milestones

does anyone else get sad/worried that their babies arent as advanced as the ones others post who are the same age as your baby? i understand moms are proud and want to show off but i get worried my babies under developed sometimes. theres also just those moms that are straight up bragging like “look at my 6 month old crawling! but of course they were sitting on their own since 4 months old too”. it makes me not want to look at the post on that group with babies the same age as mine
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It doesn’t bother me because I have twins who are developing at completely different rates. Babies are different and milestones are expected in very large ranges of times

I promise every baby Is different my niece is same age as my son she can do some more stuff but he has teeth and she doesn’t

I stopped letting those bother me because every child goes at their own pace. Try not to compare your baby to others.

I love seeing those posts! My baby is almost 8 months old and isn't crawling yet. Her two cousins started crawling at 6 months. However, I'm not worried; she will do it eventually. I enjoy these posts because I show them to my baby girl and explain that this is how it's done. She loves seeing other babies on the phone, which is one of the only times I let her look at a screen.

I love seeing those posts! Every baby develops at their own pace, as long as they are meeting milestones around the right time there's usually nothing to worry about. It's fun to see moms so excited for their kids milestones!

Yes, I always was even when specialists were saying it was normal, but I knew something else was going on and thankful I did and was able to get my son the help he needed. Now, even though he was diagnosed with neurological conditions, I still find it hard not to compare (my son is like 5-10 years cognitively delayed, so when I see a teen without any neurological conditions I'm like oh so that's how my son should be though sometimes I am thankful I get to have a child like mind a little longer but trying to make sure he understands the world around him and as a teen and his body changing is wild).

My 3 year old is autistic and non verbal I also still have to do a lot of stuff for him. I see children his age having full conversations with their parents and I always just think ‘someday’ for my boy and I always have hope. I don’t really get sad about it because I know he’ll catch up on his own time, he’s just unique and I embrace it

A lot of those moms don’t post what their child hasn’t done yet though. My oldest walked early and potty trained early but her language skills were behind, I couldn’t understand anything she said. I did share when she walked but I didn’t make a post sharing that she was behind in speech. Don’t let other people celebrating making you feel less than. Celebrate your child when they do something new at their own pace.

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