@sara-lou86 no you're not going on at all. It's nice to hear from someone that actually does this day to day. Thank you I really appreciate it x

Oh Max was well into the black at his 9month check. He was barely doing anything physically. Cut to 3 months later he'd moved on leaps and bounds! Honestly don't worry 😊

Also this goes from emerging, developing to then secure so again the children need time to practise and progress through the stages

@sara-lou86 yeah they made me fill out a questionnaire and they were like for communication she's in the black area it's a cause for concern. I was like woah okay. I just felt so overwhelmed lol and they're doing a home visit next week

@chesscalouise @firsttimemummy86 @sara-lou86 I literally leave it on as background noise or if I'm washing up or whatever just so she's not circling around my legs lol but she will never watch a whole programme she gets bored. And she only likes the songs really and waves to mr tumble. I'm going to make an effort to take her to more stay and plays and they have a talk and play I've been referred to so we will see how that goes ladies x

Health visitors have no knowledge of child development. They have a checklist to go by & we all know children don't follow lists!

Ignore her lol. As long as she's not glued to the telly all day I don't think that would be the cause for any concern. She's very young & I hate they way they expect so much from our little ones. I've worked in child care for 14yrs and we do not expect that much from that age. As long as your making time to play and are talking throughout the day then the rest will happen naturally. If we're having a day at home the tv is on pretty much all day! Mostly just as background noise. The boys come and go. I've never really timed how long. I am very careful of what they watch though lol

when ever I need to get the housework done, the tv goes on lol and health visitors chat bubbles.

Half a hour a day ha that's a bloody joke I leave kids telly on all day in the week as we don't go out much Monday-friday cause of the weather and my partner is the only one that drives they don't watch it all day there playing napping eating ect so I'd say my oldest probably watches about a hour n a half a day but it is on most of the time but she's learnt a lot from it she can name all the tellie tubbies and sing along to the Mr tumble theme song and also has learnt some sign language from Mr tumble xx @mum2sky

@abbiiqx I know. I dno why I let it get to me lol I feel silly. I think it was just in the moment and them writing down all this stuff and telling me she scored low on communication because she can't point and say more words than mum and dad I just felt shit. But thank you for your kind words it really means a lot x

@mum2sky noahs only just started pointing at things and he just says aload of jumbled words most the time but there learning ☺ they have there own little ways of communicating anyway ☺ your doing a great job hun i wouldnt worry xx

@abbeyc167 yeah you're right I will just monitor it and see how she gets on. Thank you all x

@mimibear thank you hun again that means a lot. Just made me feel like I wasn't doing good. I know they didn't mean to make me feel that way but I do uno lol x

@beffgoude thank you so much hun. I just felt like I was failing her. I dno I guess I will keep trying to get her to interact more. She understands it's just she won't say the words lol x

@mum2sky I would honestly take no notice. They go by a book we go by real life. If you feel shes doing well then she is. A lot of children dont start properly communicating until nursery I wouldn't worry yourself. Keep doing what your doing she will be fine xx

@abbiiqx yeah it's little things like she doesn't know how to point yet and stuff like that so they said maybe cut down on the tv. I'm just so lost x

@abbeyc167 thank you hun. I was just shocked I thought she was doing well and then they said that lol x

@ashleighholly that's exactly what I do. But they said white noise delays speech so it actually made me cry lol felt so shitty x

That's rubbish!! evelyn nd i watch about 2/3 hours a day of something special with Mr tumble and her communication skills are brilliant. She even signs because of that show!! Some babies just take longer to develop there communication skills! My nephew didn't properly start talking til he was 2 and now you can't shut him up lol I wouldn't worry too much hun x you're doing a fantastic job with her

We have TV on all day as background noise, and his tablet too there's no limit in my house. I let him make the decision about what he wants to do but he only really sits down and watches it is when he's having something to eat. Kids learn at different levels, and I can already tell from what you put up that your constantly engaging with her, so don't feel any guilt please! Your a great mom and she's lucky to have you xxxx

@abbiiqx yeah they dont generally watch it all day do they! I find if they've been watching peppa and Ben and holly a lot o turn over to cbeebies and they are glued for a hour or so 😂 xx

@abbeyc167 yeah its good when you can interact with them through out the shows. But then again if its not justins house, mr tumble or twirlywoos he generally doesnt watch it haha

@abbiiqx thats what I mean I think it's very good for learning cbeebies

Slower in her speech I mean lol x

I have t.v on all day cbeebies is usually on in the mornings, i wouldnt say its affected his communication, if anything hes learnt alot and points and tells me what things are ☺ xx

Don't take any notice of health visitor. Half of them dont actually have kids. Every child grows and learns at there own pace. I lived at my moms with my little boy so he was very forward. I had my own place by the time my lg was born and shes slower. TV time has nothing to do with it I have cbeebies or nick Jr on majority of the day x

If we're at home I just have cbeebies on in the background but she's not constantly glued to it... So I must be a terrible mother haha