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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
When did your DC wave & clap?
I went to my mom's group this morning and a mom's almost 8 month old waves, claps and crawls, says mom and dada. DC does neither of these. I was feeling pretty bad, even though the mom is so nice and she wasn't telling me to show off, we just hadn't seen each other in a while and were catching up.
What can I do to teach DS to clap & wave?
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Re: When did your DC wave & clap?
They all do it at different ages and even if they do something early when they learn something else they can forget. DS started clapping around 7-8 months, it was super cute because I'd say YAY and he'd clap. Then for abot 2 months he completely forgot how to do it and has just started doing it again. He hasn't tried waving at all though.
To teach them all you can do is show them what to do repeatedly.
matthew takes my hands and claps them together, he doesn't clap or wave himself.
little stinker is all dadadaddadaaaaadadadada. no mama though
My 8 month old started clapping shortly before her 8 month birthday, but she still doesn't wave.
When she eats her breakfast, lunch, dinner (or finishes a bottle), we say Yay! and clap. Now she mimics us.
here is my experience with those two milestones.
everymoring after we get dressed and leave the nursery for the day we wave bye bye to the crib. I used to wave his hand for him and then around 9 months he started doing this by himself. ds just started clapping this week! i was never really concerned b/c he uses his hands just fine and figured he just did not want to do it. we used to clap our hands and clap his hands all the time and he would just laugh. i started him part-time in an in-home daycare 3 weeks ago and he finally started clapping this week! don't ask me if there is any correaltion but ds is much older than yours. try not to worry or compare(i know it is so hard) there is a broad spectrum for the normal range to hit milestones. just to give you some relief ds was doing none of these at 8 months. oh- and the consistent babble started at 9 months. mama started more like 10 months.
All kiddos are different. ?Looking at my developmental assessment, DS is still well within the typical age ranges for learning those skills.
DD started waving in imitation around a month ago and waved in response to a verbal "bye bye" a couple of weeks ago. ?She just started really clapping in the last week or two at most.?
DD started clapping and pointing at 9.5 months.
She first waved at 7 months, but I don't even know if it counts since she just raises her hand up. She doesn't actually wave her hand yet.
Ben doesn't clap yet. He just started waving bye last week. He does it when I am leaving after dropping him off at the sitters. It's too cute.
Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. They all do things at different times. It doesn't mean anything if he's later (or earlier) than other people's babies.
My DS started clapping at 8 months old, but sporadically. Now at almost 10 months old, he claps all the time. He just started waving about 2 weeks ago. Honestly, I have daycare to thank for that. They taught him how to wave. I do paddy cake with him at least once a day, but he doesn't really understand the hand coordination thing yet. He only says DADA and no MAMA yet.