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milestone questions

javorka.samantha@gmail.comjavorka.samantha@gmail.com
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Anyone receive updates on what there LO should be doing at each stage?  I received 2 today (1 from the bump and 1 from 365) and DS isn't even close to either of what they said... anyone else like this??

Ds is 24 weeks today and it said he should be saying "ba-ba", "ma-ma" and "da-da" (the bump)... um, we're lucky to get an "mmmmm" and I think it's just cause I say it so much when he's eating solids.  And then the other one said he should be able to point at something when you say what it is (ie. "Point at the puppy").  Um, yea, he turns his head - but I think it's more because he hears my voice.  

I'm thinking of discontinuing them (or at least not reading them) because they freak me out.  I know babies develop at their own pace, but it's hard not to get worried.  

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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member
    I have 5 friends that just had babies last year so they are a year old and I dont think any of them could do either of those things at 24 weeks!! The one that started saying da-da the soonest was I think around 8 months or so... I know every baby is diffrent but IMO 24 weeks seems way too early to expect a child to do that! 
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  • CodyGHCodyGH

    I don't receive updates, but I look at a milestone chart.  My chart says that "jabbering" is an advanced skill at 6 months of age and only a few kids can do it.  It doesn't say anything about pointing to things.  The main milestones it says he should have mastered are turning towards sounds or voices (which you said he does), rolling over in both directions, and imitating sounds (which you said he does).  Some milestone charts differ.  So I wouldn't go by just one.  I think your LO is right on track!

    ETA:  My chart says pointing to objects is an "emerging" (aka intermediate) skill at 8 months.  Here's the web site:  https://www.babycenter.com/0_milestone-chart-1-to-6-months_1496585.bc

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  • javorka.samantha@gmail.comjavorka.samantha@gmail.com
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    OMG my kid is almost a month older than yours and isn't doing any of those things.

    I have had to stop reading that stuff b/c it makes me all panick-ey.

     

    Ugh.  This.  Thanks ladies... I thought they were way off.  =)

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  • Angela1305Angela1305
    Okay I got both of these as well and I was like "yeah right!!!"
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  • EMWindyEMWindy member
    Yeah, those emails are way off.   My DD1 didn't babble until 10 months (but I think 6-9 months is the common range for that).   And pointing?   That's more like a 1 year milestone (that my DD1 didn't do until 15 months or so).
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  • MelonieKMelonieK
    I get those too. Instead of getting panicky, I look at them as something new to look forward to in the coming months.  365 is positively cracked with some of their suggested milestones, but I like the community posts, so I keep it.
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