Not using gestures
My LO will be 11 months next week and doesn't use gestures yet.
He's clapped once or twice but that's about it. He hasn't waved or pointed yet.
Just wondering if there are other babies in a similar situation?
The only thing he does is gives us a hi-5 😅 which isn't evena thing in this age bracket. Wondering if it's just that we don't use the gestures enough / started doing it late that might be affecting him? We've o ly consciously been waving, pointing last month or so. Otherwise it's been more verbal from our end.
He cruises on furniture, is very active, crawls, climbs onto the couch etc.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about it. If he’s don’t it once it twice then the potential is there. My son didn’t wave until after his first birthday. He does clap. I would just do lots of nursery rhymes with clapping and waving and just beep practicing. He will pick up.
No crawling or clapping here. But a ton of smiling and experiences. She will do it I’m sure.
My boy sounds the same to yours 🙂
When I was completing his questionnaire I thought the same.
He sometimes waves, used to do a few claps and can’t say I’ve ever seen him point. His gross and fine motor skills are solid though so he absolutely focuses more on that!
that's good to know, thanks! I should look up more nursery rhymes - right now I only do 2 rhymes with clapping. Need to get my rhymes game on 😅😅
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aww yes! They do say every baby developes at their own pace but sometimes i just wonder if I'm not doing something right!
that questionnaire was what got me thinking in the first place. After the HV visited and shared her 'report' with me, she had scored him a bit low on communication and logic skills - she said it wasn't anything to worry and that she would check on us at 12 months so by then he out to have learned....
But I feel like maybe I'm not doing enough to give him exposure to develop those skills! So got me thinking!
haha that's great! Hoping mine does it all next week as he turns 11 months!
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