Not pointing/no talking?

legalbeagle1

You guys have the right to tell me to CALM THE EFF DOWN, but I'm still worried about L.  He waves a lot mostly when we say "Say bye to ___" or something like that and "points" by putting his pointer finger on pictures in a book (but just touching them not in response to me saying "Point to the moon" or something like that) but doesn't point to show us things and doesn't have any words.  He seems to have comprehension (understands "no" and his name).  Is there anyone on here whose baby is similar or is everyone else's baby doing calculus?  (Which still eludes me.)

lady dixneuf

um words?

other than da ba! blah blah

yeah no words, no pointing.

CnAnA

Alice does point to things, but rarely on command. And it's only facial features. She loves showing me where my nose is. She is a chatterbox though. (But so am I!) She says "dat" (that) and "Daddy" and "Nana" mostly. She will say hi, bye, hey, yes, and "bop" (stop) when she so desires.

lady dixneuf

there is also quite an age spread here...our babies can be as much as 8 weeks apart...that's HUGE when it comes to developments such as these!

CnAnA

Very true, Dix. Alice will be 1 day after tomorrow. On mobile so unsure how much older she is.

chricast

Emma wasnt saying words other then "dog" all the time, I started doing flashcards with her on my phone everyday. Her favorite set is the animals of course. She started to say fish and duck this weekend. I find the best time to do it with her is in the car seat if my husband is driving or in her highchair after she eats. 

lady dixneuf

mrs.ike said:

Very true, Dix. Alice will be 1 day after tomorrow. On mobile so unsure how much older she is.

yay bday!

A full month!

BabyCarryingVessel

No words here either except mama and dada.

tamararachel2

Um nope. We get "mama" and "dada" occasionally but he just blabs all the time anyways. No pointing either and he waves, but not to actually say hi or bye...just whenever he feels like it. And he will be one in 9 days. I'm not worried about it he walked too early for me anyways (10 months) and I need him to slow the F down with growing!

StefanieM522

Wesley just started pointing to everything on Saturday, so no worries.  He can say mama, dada, and bah bah but thats it.  I think your little guy is just fine. No worries!

legalbeagle1

Thanks guys!  I feel like with L's low muscle tone I am always on the look out for the next thing since I feel like the worst mom in the world for taking the "he'll just do it on his own approach" for sitting and it turns out he needed PT.  No friends around here IRL (except dix) with bebes makes me a Nervous Nellie.

@BeaF12 going to send you a PM re apraxia

ChrisG83

All we get is "mom mom" and "Dad dad". Ashley points but it's up to the sky with her middle finger so I have no clue what the deal is with that. 

hilsy85

We are not really pointing, except to the ceiling fan--but it's not with his pointer finger it's with his whole hand. I also kind of worry about that!

LorMor

No pointing, no talking. But she does chat to all the birds and dogs she sees, so I think she just doesn't talk English.

pb_bride

DS is the youngest here - he's 10.5 months.  No pointing.  No words either, just babbling yayaya.  ACtually, there seems to be one word he says a lot - GAH- but neither I nor DH have any idea of what that means.  

He does understand a little.  When DH is almost home (I can see him but DS cannot), I'll say, "Dada is home!" and DS will stop his playing and crawl towards the gate (which leads to the stairs down to the garage), and stands at the gate until DH gets in.

Annie Frannie

Boyo's language is about where yours is at.  His one true word is 'uh-oh,' but I have heard 'mama,' 'baba,' and 'dada, but probably only once or twice each in the past two months.  He points all the time, but to get my attention only really.  One thing he does that DD didn't do at this age is hum, and I l.o.v.e. it!  It's so sweet.  He loves music.

For the record, my whole experience with girl first, then boy has been a real mind-mess in terms of trying not to expect things.  By 11 months, I think DD had 15-20 words (crazy verbal), and as I said, DS has 1.  It's a good reminder for me that it really is up to the kid.

LorMor

I didn't actually know that these were things we could/should be doing at this stage.