Behind on milestones

My baby is nearly 13 months old and doesn’t say any words. He went through a period of saying ba ba and ma ma but he has stopped and just makes noises. My partner is really worried because we have friends who have babies the same age as our LO and they wave, clap and say words etc. I always talk to him and say da da and ma ma and when he does something like put a ball in his toy I always clap to say well done. I also wave at him but he just looks at me like I’m crazy and then looks away. I don’t know if this is normal or not.

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He’s probably focusing on another skill. Sometimes babies park working on something like speech to focus on doing something else. My LG doesn’t even army crawl or pull herself up properly yet but can wake, clap, can say over 10 words. It’s annoying to hear but it really is all in their own time. Keep doing what you’re doing with encouraging, I’m sure he’ll surprise you soon! 🫶🏽

Mine doesn’t say any words either, babbles sometimes but mostly just says ‘ugh!’ In different tones and volumes!

My boy is 13 months old today and has only just mastered waving. All babies do things at their own pace. My boy was saying mama and dada but loves to say dada none stop now , I wouldn't worry... its only been in the past 2 weeks he's mastered his waving.. he's developing in other ways though

My little boy stopped babbling for a little while and just grunted & I did start to get a bit concerned but then out of no where he started up again and instead of mama we now get mam. He doesn’t wave either he just holds his arm up so I don’t know if he is waving or pointing but I think it’s an attempt of a wave. I know it’s so hard to not worry or compare isn’t it 😔 xxx

he is now 2 and still doesn’t say any words. He finally started walking at 21 months so he is very behind. HV doesn’t seem worried but it surely isn’t normal at that age not to say anything

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