Should I be worried?

My boy is 13.5 months old, but I feel some development factors are abit behind. He can’t walk or wave yet and just babble talks. He says mamama or dadada but I don’t think he knows what the words mean or anything yet as he says it constantly when even playing. He’s so good at everything else like sleeping the night from being 3 months, can self soothe, good at eating, but when it comes to developing like talking or walking I feel he’s abit behind. Just wondering if I should be concerned cause he can’t communicate yet or if I’m just over thinking as everyone else’s baby that I know of is walking from 10 months and says hiya and bye and waves etc.

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Perfectly normal not to be walking or talking yet! Some babies do it earlier but a lot don’t.

It doesn't sound like you should be worried. The window for walking is generally up to 18 months, so there's plenty of time for him to work on it. With talking there are some expectations at this age for example from 12m you would expect 3 clear words which can include mama and dada, but mostly babbling. If he is communicating in other ways e.g. pointing this is a good sign. But it's also worth remembering 1 in 5 babies will have some speech therapy, so if he needs some help then it's more common than you think. Ask your health visitor or GP if they can refer you for an assessment, as speech therapy generally won't begin until 18 months. And if he's not walking at 18m then you can ask for a physio referral too. X

Sounds normal & nothing to be worried about

My little boy is the same other than he can wave. He doesn’t sleep through the night and isn’t the best eater so at least that’s a positive for you 😊 I’m not worried my nephew was a late walker at 2 years old and you wouldn’t know it now he’s 4! X

I’d add as well - communication is a two way thing. Does he comprehend when you say things? For example if you say “where is daddy” does he look at daddy? That’s actually the beginning of them being able to talk.

@Jen he doesn’t really understand who is mummy or daddy, but i think the only word really he understands is No😂

Like we try so hard to get him to communicate his words and wave etc but he just laughs and carries on playing

My daughter is the same! I’ve been worried too because I saw a post on this app saying their 14 month old could say 50 words! My 13 month old can’t walk, she just cruises around furniture but doesn’t let go. She only started crawling a week after her first birthday! She doesn’t say any words other than babbling mama, dada, baba etc but she doesn’t know what they mean. She also only learnt how to wave around 2 weeks ago! It’s so so hard not to compare because I’m the exact same! She does however, sleeps through, is a very good eater and she has 12 teeth!

My little one is similar he was meant to be a December baby but due to ivf and other complications he came earlier , he isn’t walking , he cruises furniture and can get Back down but In terms of babbling he isn’t he says ohhh arrrr fff but no ma ba da Sounds , I have speech and language coming on Thursday but to check his swallow (due to very frequent chest illnesses to make sure he’s not aspirating on to his lungs ) so I’m going to ask about his speech, he doesn’t clap but will bang your together , waves on the odd occasion. Points but I don’t think for shared attention yet , it’s such a worry xx

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