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Andie
andiedh
Andie
I posted this in another group, but I thought it would help to get feedback from other moms with 12 month olds or those that have recently went through this phase already.

My 12 month old baby boy has been making me concerned. But mainly only with one "red flag".
The one concerning response to his name being called.
The positives are
He has several words and sometimes will attempt to copy words we say if we say, say I love you for instance he will start babeling something that sounds like the beginning of that sentence.
He says his words in context. Mamma, daddy, dog, ball, sissy, hey, bye bye, clap, last night he said bite bite for the first time.
He immiates things like brushing hair and teeth, drinking from a cup saying vroom while pushing his cars, eating from a spoon, stiring a bowl, watering grass etc.
He makes eye contact and smiles all the time at me. He shows me his toys, or looks up at me to make sure I'm watching. If he's eating and I say give mommy a bite he will put one in my mouth. He responded to me crying (going over the symptoms check list today) he came to me immedately and looked right in my face while in my lap and gave me a kiss and a hug.
He responds to noises and if I call his name from another room or walk into another room he will look at me.
He will point at both things he needs, wants, and is interested in. He plays hide a seek, laughs when he finds me. Laughs at us when were being silly, looks at me when I'm talking to him, and will bable and use had gestures while looking at me. He will start hide a seek himself if he spots a blanket.
No stimming behaviors that I've noticed, he bangs blocks together, uses toys appropriately if he knows their purpose. He respondes to some basic request like throw the ball, turn off the light.
He follows my point, or if I say look at something he will look.
The only pressing concern his response to his name or being talked to when he's occupied by toys or doing his new found skill which is walking.
He is teething right now cutting his canines also, and has been breastfeeding non stop. He does also let me know when he wants to nurse as well.
Getting it all out makes me feel better than being stuck inside my head about it. Can anyone tell me if I have reason for concern? I'm not sure if I'm just making it worse my saying his name way more than normal by "testing" him. The only possible reason I could find for this is that there are 3 variations to his name and no one uses the same one every time.
Thank you for reading all this.
26.07.2018

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andiedh
andiedh
@nomli it really is so stressful. You want the best for them and don't want them to have struggles in life. I just pray that everything is okay with him. I know sometimes he will ignore me and if I get close he will giggle so he actually seems to be ignoring me on purpose at times. He's never without me either so maybe he's bored with me.
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nomli
nomli
I wouldn't worry. My son did all that, even flapping his hands when excited or upset. His doctor says she is not concerned at all about him. He also had, and still does have, amazing selective hearing when it comes to dragging him away from something he's enjoying, or that has his interest. But, that's toddler stubbornness and not wanting to stop playing. If I say "want a cookie?" he'll come flying, but if I say it's bedtime he's suddenly gone deaf.

(I was worried about all that too, and still worry incessantly about things, but that's normal. Don't freak out it when at his 18m appointment they give you a questionnaire, full of questions about what normal toddlers do, like running and climbing, and your doctor tells you that by checking 'yes' to a few it's a sign. His pediatrician HATES that's questionnaire, because it makes parents worry for no reason.)
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andiedh
andiedh
@mrschanandlerbong95 thank you
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nap.queen
nap.queen
In my opinion, 1 is way too early looking for signs. It really sounds like he’s doing great. I’ve got a 2 year old that is completely nonverbal, so I do understand where your concern stems from, but it sounds like you’re doing just fine 😊
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andiedh
andiedh
@mrschanandlerbong95 these dang red flags can make you panic. I will say one thing he does do though which has made me raise an eyebrow other than the name things is the up and down motion with his hands when he's upset or trying to get my attention. I don't think it's a stem because if he's doing it and I reach for him he puts his arms out or if it's something he wants and I give it to him he stops. And from what I read about stepping is that it's supposed to be an all the time uncontrollable type thing?
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nap.queen
nap.queen
I don’t think you have anything to worry about. It actually sounds like he’s doing very well.
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