Happy hands or stimming?

As a first time mum I am getting really worried about some of the repetitive hand movements I’ve noticed with my LO who is 6 months old, over the last 2 months just keeps twirling his feet and hands/wrists. Tends to do this more when excited or in the bouncer, I’ve read some worrying things online about what it could relate to. Has anyone else experienced this with their little ones?

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My little boys twirls his hands when he’s excited. He does it quite a lot. Apparently I did the same as a baby and have no issues like autism (although I do believe I am dyspraxic but this is a self diagnosis). From a brief look, as I’d never heard the term stimming before, it seems that lots of children and adults do it, it’s just more pronounced in adults with autism than those without. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about

Yess mind did this and I went down the google rabbit hole and then the tik tok algorithm found me and it caused me so much stress and worry and that’s time I’ll never get back. My baby simply grew out of the hand and especially feet twirling once they started walking. But she did it for a good 4/5 months. She’s absolutely fine btw and I had nothing to worry about. Please don’t stress like I did for no reason!!!

My little girl does this too, and like above a quick google took me quickly down a rabbit hole which then impacted the TikTok algorithm! All scare mongering. My advice would be to look at your little one in a whole, other than this, is there anything else that concerns you? Are they meeting their milestones etc? If the answer is yes then I wouldn’t worry at all. It’s such a common baby movement and they have no other way of releasing their emotions. I have no concerns about my little one. For context she is 10 months and has done it for as long as I can remember xx

My 6 month old does this too and has been doing it for a month. At first I was concerned but talked to my pediatrician and she said is pretty normal and my son is meeting all milestones so to not worry about it

My LO is 9 months and still does this

Don’t worry yourself over nothing hand and foot twirling is very common at that age. If your child IS autistic you really won’t know til much later. Any ‘signs’ now are just part of normal baby development stimming at this age is age appropriate they are discovering control over their body parts. If possible try to do less research and if you have concerns closer to 18 months -3 follow up with your health visitor. Hope these comments put your mind at ease x

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