Another milestone Question...

lfen0526

I have a 9 month old.  We went to the pedi last week, and he told me he thought that my son was developmentally delayed because he didn't pull up on things, and because he didn't say mama or dada yet.  I am having a really hard time with this, because I don't feel like he is behind.  He is a peanut, 16 lbs at 9 months, so I am wondering if anyone else has a 9 month old who was a little slower with these things? 

 

Also, he said it was strange that he didn't know how to play peek a boo.  Like he said we should be able to say peek a boo, and them cover his eyes?  A little advanced don't you think? he also doesn't wave yet.  Maybe he is delayed? 

Soap1

DS has been saying mama and dada for a long time, but he has no idea that means us.  He just babbles.  I think he was pulling up at 9 months, but he didn't wave until he was 10 months old.

DS can play peek-a-boo with a towel or burp rag.  He's been doing that a couple months.  Does your baby clap?  Will he bear any weight on his legs?

Basically I think your LO sounds pretty normal, but obviously I am not a pediatrician.  Did the pedi suggest early intervention?  Maybe he was just saying it's something to keep an eye on, because there's absolutely nothing wrong with a little help/therapy to keep things going!  Prob if he's not doing those things by a year I'd be a little worried.

lfen0526

Soap1:

DS has been saying mama and dada for a long time, but he has no idea that means us.  He just babbles.  I think he was pulling up at 9 months, but he didn't wave until he was 10 months old.

DS can play peek-a-boo with a towel or burp rag.  He's been doing that a couple months.  Does your baby clap?  Will he bear any weight on his legs?

Basically I think your LO sounds pretty normal, but obviously I am not a pediatrician.  Did the pedi suggest early intervention?  Maybe he was just saying it's something to keep an eye on, because there's absolutely nothing wrong with a little help/therapy to keep things going!  Prob if he's not doing those things by a year I'd be a little worried.

 yeah, he can pull a towel off his head if we say " where's Dylan??" Does that count?  lol.  No he doesn't clap either.  He will stand next to furniture if we put him there, just can't get up by himself.  He did suggest early intervention, which I have no problem doing what so ever.  

I had a speech problem as a child, so I I have no problem with that either.  He just doesn't babble much at all.  He yells!:)  he does say mamamamam, but never dadada which I know is a little backward.  

 I was just seeing what other peoples babes were doing at 9 months!:)  Thanks for the response! 

 

kiwi443

Sounds normal to me. DS just started waving and didn't pull up until he was close to 10 months.

Christmasbaby18

DD will be 9 months on Sat and she doesn't pull up or play peek a boo yet either. She will wave sometimes but I'm not even really sure she knows what she's doing.  She just started crawling about 2 weeks ago.  We go to the pedi this week so we'll see what she says but I've never thought of her being behind.

mc0226

My DS is a little guy too....same thing only 16 lbs at 9 mo.  We just went to the pedi last week also and he thought he was behind because he wasn't crawling or pulling up on things so he wants us to take him to physical therapy for his developmental delay.  I was a little upset at first cause i don't think he is that behind especially cause he was born 5 weeks early but he said he would rather be on the safe side and get things checkd out now.

lfen0526

Christmasbaby18:

DD will be 9 months on Sat and she doesn't pull up or play peek a boo yet either. She will wave sometimes but I'm not even really sure she knows what she's doing.  She just started crawling about 2 weeks ago.  We go to the pedi this week so we'll see what she says but I've never thought of her being behind.

Yeah, Dylan doesn't crawl right yet, he still army crawls, but hey, I figure he knows he can get from point a to point B pretty quickly, so why change what works!? 

rebeccaontherocks

At 9 months my DS was crawling and just started pulling up.  But I also have an early walker (at 10 months).  He does play peek a boo by covering his eyes with his hands, he can also play patty cake on demand. He started doing those around 10 months.  But we worked with him a lot on how to do these things. 

BTW... I DO think that the towel over the head and the "where's dylan" game that you posted about below DOES count as peek a boo.  That is how it started with us, the hands over the eyes thing is just another method of doing it.  This is just my opinion though.

I think every child develops at different ages, and I HATE how pediatrician's try to compare one child to "the average".  Like the whole percentile comparisons drive me nuts.  I would just be patient and let him develop.  If he is still not doing things at closer to a year then I would consider early intervention... but that is just .02 cents.

Amber68W

He sounds fine to me. DS started waving around 7 months but just now started pulling up and cruising. He calls everyone "Dada" and doesn't say "Mama" yet. I wouldn't worry about it.

Vuja_de

DS will be 9 months on Friday, he does say dadadada and babababa but has not yet said mama. He just started to army crawl and he can crawl a bit on his knees (started 2 weeks ago), he just started to pull himself to a kneeling position but no standing yet. He loves to play peek-a-boo but he doesn't cover his own eyes/face. He doesn't wave or clap yet, we have our 9 month appointment on the 27th. I will let you know what our pedi says then.

Scooter359

Mason just started to pull up on his own on things, and he is almost 11 months.. He just recently started to crawl as well. He will play peek a boo with a blanket or something but not with his hands. He also does not clap yet, and he does say "mom" and dada but I don't think he knows the meaning yet, and my pedi has never showed Amy real concern. I guess different pedis, different opinions.

erin_aaronsbaby

My DS doesn't clap, but he tries to wave (and fails). He only plays peek-a-boo with his bib - and we don't say peek-a-boo - just "Where's Wesley?" and when he pulls it down, we say "There he is!!"He doesn't say mama, but does say dada. He is pulling up, and stood without help yesterday for about 5 seconds before sitting down. All kids are different. I wouldn't worry at this point.