5 month old development
This probably comes across a bit of a neurotic mother post but I thought I'd see what people said anyway.
My little girl is 5 months on Saturday, and I was googling for games to play with her whilst we're at home, and they involved things like saying words to her so she can repeat them and it also mentioned how she'll be giving me hugs and kisses and trying to make me laugh.
Now, I personally think she's a pretty clever little girlie, and is more into the physical side of development - she'll drink from a cup, feed herself from a spoon if I load it and is very close to sitting up independent, but I can't help but feel she's not at all interested in copying things I say and isn't aware enough of everything to even know what a kiss is!
What sort of things did you baby do at 5 months?
She's not rolling and has little interest in tummy time or actually moving anywhere (although she has rolled onto her side to reach for things before), and all these pages I've been reading just make out as if she should be doing a whole lot more.
She's not really a very vocal baby, she makes squeaks and squeals sometimes and makes a lot of frustrated noises, but no obvious consonant sounds. She laughs if we make an effort to make her laugh but doesn't seem to get really excited at random things like the websites seem to suggest they should do.
I know babies do things in their own time and I think a little of this worry is PMT induced so I was wondering whether anyone might be able to give me some reassurance that this is normal!
Thanks xx
My little girl is 5 months on Saturday, and I was googling for games to play with her whilst we're at home, and they involved things like saying words to her so she can repeat them and it also mentioned how she'll be giving me hugs and kisses and trying to make me laugh.
Now, I personally think she's a pretty clever little girlie, and is more into the physical side of development - she'll drink from a cup, feed herself from a spoon if I load it and is very close to sitting up independent, but I can't help but feel she's not at all interested in copying things I say and isn't aware enough of everything to even know what a kiss is!
What sort of things did you baby do at 5 months?
She's not rolling and has little interest in tummy time or actually moving anywhere (although she has rolled onto her side to reach for things before), and all these pages I've been reading just make out as if she should be doing a whole lot more.
She's not really a very vocal baby, she makes squeaks and squeals sometimes and makes a lot of frustrated noises, but no obvious consonant sounds. She laughs if we make an effort to make her laugh but doesn't seem to get really excited at random things like the websites seem to suggest they should do.
I know babies do things in their own time and I think a little of this worry is PMT induced so I was wondering whether anyone might be able to give me some reassurance that this is normal!
Thanks xx
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They are all so unique and do things so differently that I really wouldn't worry - she sounds like she's doing just fine. I don't think these 'guides' account for the fact that some babies, for example, don't crawl. There are always going to be a hell of a lot of babies that don't do what they should, when they should just to give their mummies something else to worry about! x
It's reassuring to hear what your LO is doing at 10 months, I do think these websites might be overly optimistic in what babies can achieve; all it does is worry us poor mummies! x
then all of a sudden at about 6 and a half months we started getting 'babamamababamama' and it literally happened overnight! as for repeating sounds, not really. Very occasionally she's said 'baba' after someone else, but only about one time out of ten that you try, lol!
also I never rolled or crawled even once, I bum shuffled then just started pulling up and walking at about 10 months old!
So no, there's nothing to worry about.