Definitelyme
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Hello lovely, sounds to me like you are doing a great job in tough times.
(For context here I have 3 kids, a 4th on the way. My youngest is 2.5)
At 9 months I wouldn’t expect a baby to be saying ANYTHING at all. Babbling sounds, repeating sounds, absolutely, but not saying mama and dada, or anything else, with actual meaning. They may say the sound dada but I wouldn’t expect a meaning to be attached to it at that age at all. So no worries there!
Waving is such a social thing, and I wouldn’t worry about that at all either. Babies learn to wave when someone waves to them - nobody is at the minute as you don’t see many people so he wouldn’t understand waving really. I think my 15 month old nephew is great when he waves at me! So again, I wouldn’t worry about that!
Clapping hands isn’t something I remember from my own babies, but it definitely isn’t something I would be panicking about at 9 months. There is a BIG difference between a 9mo and a 12mo, so there is lots of time for him to develop those skills and meet the health visitor review.
At 9 months I would be expecting a little one to sit up, be able to roll, maybe be making moves towards crawling (although 2 of my kids never crawled! My son did at 8.5mo, so all different!) and be developing good pincer grip for smaller toys.
All the things you’ve mentioned will come in time. 9months is absolutely tiny, and there are years ahead to learn them. I know it’s hard as a FTM not to worry about these things, but by all accounts it doesn’t sound like anything to worry about to me (although I’m not an expert at all!) Don’t try and teach him, so to speak, just chat to him throughout the day, spend time with him, and he will be just wonderful, as are you
(For context here I have 3 kids, a 4th on the way. My youngest is 2.5)
At 9 months I wouldn’t expect a baby to be saying ANYTHING at all. Babbling sounds, repeating sounds, absolutely, but not saying mama and dada, or anything else, with actual meaning. They may say the sound dada but I wouldn’t expect a meaning to be attached to it at that age at all. So no worries there!
Waving is such a social thing, and I wouldn’t worry about that at all either. Babies learn to wave when someone waves to them - nobody is at the minute as you don’t see many people so he wouldn’t understand waving really. I think my 15 month old nephew is great when he waves at me! So again, I wouldn’t worry about that!
Clapping hands isn’t something I remember from my own babies, but it definitely isn’t something I would be panicking about at 9 months. There is a BIG difference between a 9mo and a 12mo, so there is lots of time for him to develop those skills and meet the health visitor review.
At 9 months I would be expecting a little one to sit up, be able to roll, maybe be making moves towards crawling (although 2 of my kids never crawled! My son did at 8.5mo, so all different!) and be developing good pincer grip for smaller toys.
All the things you’ve mentioned will come in time. 9months is absolutely tiny, and there are years ahead to learn them. I know it’s hard as a FTM not to worry about these things, but by all accounts it doesn’t sound like anything to worry about to me (although I’m not an expert at all!) Don’t try and teach him, so to speak, just chat to him throughout the day, spend time with him, and he will be just wonderful, as are you