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Hi All,
I need some thoughts/opinion regarding child development. We have a 13 month-old son. He's a great and healthy baby but my wife started getting worried lately about his development, based on infamous comparison with other kids his age.
This is his current behaviour:
Initiates eye contact, smiles, interacts with others and impersonates them
Very active and adores to explore surroundings, extremely curious, need to take a look at everything
Talking is mostly babbling, knows how to say YES/NO, mommy and daddy, but doesn't yet use it to address directly.
Uses body language to indicate disliking/liking
Cannot walk yet but able to move around and interact with objects if holding to something. He's also trying lately to stand on his own by moving his hands away from nearby objects. He's extremely fast when it comes to crawling though.
Can search toys and fetch toys when asked
Follows us around constantly
Has very good eating habits, not picky, can eat on his own, not with cutlery though :)
What's worrisome (not to me though):
Verbal aspect doesn't go beyond YES/NO, babbling and Mommy/Daddy
Doesn't point at objects or interacting with others by doing the same
Doesn't walk yet
Not very cuddly, doesn't seek too much attention from (although he's always there when somebody is eating something)
Obsessed opening/closing doors
Just looking for some opinions and experiences from people who have children of the same age.
Thanks in advance!!