1 year review at 9 months old.

Surely they can’t class that as a 1 year review. A lot can change in 3 months between 9-12months old.

They dont worry about walking if not walking till they go past 18 months so dont stress to much on that. I think its more there picking up things and general playing.

My LO had her 9month review on Wednesday (she’s just about to be 10 months).
We got asked to fill out the ‘ages and stages’ questionnaires for 9 months and 12 months. You can find them online to have a look at. They’re not supposed to be able to do everything on the questions, it’s just so the HV can see where they’re currently at.
The average age for kids to walk is between 12-16 months so I wouldn’t worry, they’re not going to expect him to walk into his appointment.

We also got asked about if we’re getting out and about, I got asked about my mental health and domestic violence. They gave some advice on infant safety, and talked about transitioning to cows milk at 12 months.
They checked if her vaccines were up to date and if I had any questions about her up coming ones.

It’s more for you to raise any concerns you have than for them to judge how many milestones your LO has hit. It was also a chance to have my daughter weighed and measured as we don’t have any where locally.

apparently they can do it anywhere between 9-15 months. I contacted her because he only cries/laughs sounds wise. She’s waiting until he’s above 9 months to come and see him so she can do his 1 year review at the same time

thank you, this is really helpful!

That’s crazy.

They adjust their expectations based on your babies age. It’s a 9-12 month review not a 1 year review so can be done any time within that period.

It’s just about seeing where baby is at - it’s not a test and they don’t expect baby to be able to do lots of it if they’re at the younger end of the scale.

My baby couldn’t wave or clap, pull himself up or babble at 9 months and she said he was perfectly on track. At nearly 13 months he can do all of those things and has been able to for some time.

It’ll be absolutely fine 😊 they’re just trying to identify babies who may need some extra help x

I have our little girls 9-10 months review on Monday. Surely It should be that one and not the 1 year one. She's nearly 10 months

They have different versions of the questions depending on when they review. They won't be expecting all that stuff from your child when they're doing the review early.

1 year old review is between 9&12 months now. My lo is still not walking and he’s 14 months

I also got told the 1 year reviews are more around 10 months. The walking thing.. I've never heard of that! My 8 momth old (8 months and 3 weeks) isn't crawling or waving etc. I'm not too worried as all babies are differsnt!

It's a 9-12 month review, my little girl had hers at just over 9 months. They adjust things accordingly for their age. My lo was walking already by then but some babies don't walk till 18 months and it's not a concern before then. Don't stress about it. Our health visit just asked a few questions and watched her playing etc to see how she was with hand eye coordination and using her grips, passing toys between hands etc. it was a very laid back appointment. X