Baby “losing” skill or gesture

Please tell me this happens and it doesn’t definitely mean the scary neurological things I’m reading about! My little one is 14mo now and scored low but within normal for communication skills at his 12mo review. 2 months later he stopped waving which he was obsessed with, one of the few gestures he used. Now does it veryyyy occasionally and only if I’ve been modelling it all day. Doesn’t wave or point or blows kisses, never has. No words yet. Totally fine on his motor development skills and recently learned to walk, I thought this is his focus but the internet has scared me that regression in skills is often autism. Has anyone else seen lack of interest in doing thing they used to do?

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I think it's fairly normal. My son was obsessed with waving and then he learnt how to clap and now barely waves. I think when they're learning something new they prioritise that. It was like when he was younger and learnt how to blow raspberries then he learnt how to roll and barely blew raspberries until one day he woke up and did nothing but blow them all day lol. I'd definitely stay away from Google though, everything is going to tell you it's autism x

Our girl is forever learning something then soemthing else comes along and she doesn’t do that anymore. Like clapping was forgotten until recently. Personally I wouldn’t worry about it they’ve got so much going on. Sounds like he’s doing fab x

I think it’s fairly normal for children to have a temporary regression especially when they are learning big skills such walking,, my little one has never clapped but can wave and point (I was told by a paediatrician not to ask for a gesture more than 10 times daily because they get fed up) I wouldn’t worry over autism because a lack of gestures on there own aren’t enough to be a red flag as long as he’s responding to his name , giving eye contact Im sure he’s ok,, things with little ones can change so fast too just keeps modelling and im sure it will all come back , but if your really concerned reach out to your hv or gp xx

These comments have turned a very emotional evening into a much more relaxed one, thank you everyone ❤️

Oh god, literally same! I also googled yesterday and started freaking out. She used to be obsessed with clapping and waving and could do it on command (apart from just clapping and waving at everyone). She also knew words for dog, bunny and cat, and would say 'dog' every time she saw one since October (which was a lot!). Then suddenly, all of this stopped. No clapping, no waving, no words. She is on a brink of walking though, she took a small step yesterday, so I really hope it's that. I am especially sad about dogs because she was obsessed with them and now it's like she doesn't recognise them and it's scary. But googling it is so anxiety inducing, especially since it happened right after the jabs (I do not believe they cause autism, but it's hard not to think 'but what if it's all true' when it happens straight after).

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