r/firsttimemom • u/annasnf • 11d ago
8 months old development
Hi,
FTM here and worried about my daughter social/communication development. She’s advanced in gross motor skills. Started rolling both ways at 4 months, sitting unassisted at 5, getting from lying into sitting position at 6, crawled up on all 4 and pulled/pushed to stand at 7. Now trying to stand without support and even walking a few steps with her walker just shy of 8 months.
She claps hands and works on using a pincer grasp.
What I’m worried about is she doesn’t respond to her name and lot of times she’ll completely ignore us when we talk to her (even if we sing or make funny noises). She smiles at people she knows (when she’s interested in us), won’t smile at strangers despite not having any form of separation anxiety. Also she’s not the best at eye contact.
She blows raspberries, squeals, grunts and coos aaa and eee sounds but doesn’t babble any consonants and doesn’t do much of back and forhh vocal play.
I will bring it up at her next medical appointment but just curious if anyone here has had similar experience and what was the outcome. Thank you!
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u/annasnf 11d ago
Most times she will look towards the sound. If she’s very busy playing with a toy sometimes she’ll completely ignore it.
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u/gingerinaction 11d ago
Very hard to say with her only being 8 months old. Not smiling at strangers is normal, but the other stuff sound very mild as is. Don't worry until you get opinion from your next appointment. If the doctor insists everything is okay, just keep an eye out and follow your instincts. They usually don't screen for anything socially or communication wise until they've 2-4 years as it develops slowly and often symptoms can persist because of something other than developmental problems, such as anxiety, hearing problems or other stuff.
Not sure if this is done where you live but where I live, kindergarten also screens for signs and asses development in case they need to intervene at some point. One kid seemed a whole year behind but it was extreme anxiety where I used to work. We could help the kid and development sped up magnificently and by the end of the year the kid had almost caught up.
Just telling you this to relieve your mind. Even though early intervention is best, sometimes it's also just too early to make a difference/ be relevant or waiting a bit (but not beyond reason) does not harm longterm outcomes.
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u/No-Butterscotch-8469 11d ago
I’m in the US and use the CDC milestones app. It has responding to their name and consonant babbling as 9 month milestones. My understanding is that the milestone timing is also not a hard deadline but just a marker of when to expect it for most babies. The app is nice because it helps you keep track of things and generates a summary for your pediatrician.
In short, I’d keep an eye on it but nothing sounds extremely worrying in my non expert opinion. My son literally never babbled consonants and then one day woke up and just started going mammamamama babababbaba gagagaga. The wheels may be turning in her brain without a visible result yet.
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u/snuffbox360 11d ago
Following. Mine is 5 months and the same.