My kid isn't...

[stinybean]

My kid isn't:
Pulling up on her own
Standing unassisted
Sitting still for diaper changes (Joolschweets I'll join you on this)- it's a fight every change. I thought that we had until at least one until she'd be such a pain. Every change the wipes box gets pushed off the table, she's on her stomach, and whatever we've given her to occupy her time is thrown on the floor.

[heartofglass]

My kid isn't...

Interested in eating solids
Clapping
Associating words he "says" with anything
Waving bye
STTN or napping consistently or alone....
Initiating games
Drinking from a sippy cup or straw


ETA: I know y'all have probably tried everything for the rolling during diaper changes but I had to start giving A the diaper cream to chew on. For some damn reason it distracts him and keeps him from screaming and rolling long enough for me to get everything done.

[pghtruelove]

Sleeping.. At night or naps
Falling asleep on her own
Happy(she is just always screaming, never peaceful)
Sitting still for diaper
Saying words(she does say mama and baba but not at anything. Just like making the sound)
Being good in the car(she screams the whole time)
She IS still putting EVERYTHING in her mouth(when does that end??)

[mirage86]

My kid isn't:
Clapping
Crawling on hands and knees
Going to sleep without me unless it's in the car
Pulling up to stand
Standing unassisted
Staying asleep after I put him to bed
Sleeping in his bed instead of mine
He's not interested in more than half of the solids/my food that I give him, ESPECIALLY bananas.
Staying still for diaper changes & clothing changes. The best item I've given him to hold so far is a travel size baby shampoo that he can see the liquid move in. It's probably all in my head, but he also seems to do better if I say "Can you hold this for me please?" when I give it to him, and then I thank him for helping mommy when he takes it.
Eta: he also isn't able to get into a sitting position on his own. I can't wait for him to finally learn this one.

[jillywilly]

My baby is not...
aware how to use a sippy cup (unless the purpose is to bang it on the high chair tray/drop it on the floor).
able to stay still for diaper changes (our most useful helper in this has been the wipes container, but that's not full proof). He also screams bloody murder about 75% of the time we change him, like if someone came into our house, they would legit think we're torturing our son.
sleeping through the night
standing unassisted
getting anymore teeth. He's been a drooling, snotty mess forEVER, but we still only have the two bottom teeth to show for it.

Edit - I forgot initiating games after reading some of these. He also is kind of 50/50 on interacting games - like, he'll play our own version of "catch," but if you try to get him to play patty cake or peek-a-boo, he won't. He thinks it's hilarious watching us do it, but he doesn't reciprocate.

[mbjune13]

My kid isn't:
Falling asleep alone
Sleeping in her crib
Standing unassisted
Saying words
Eating much solids

[jessila]

My kid isn't:
-rolling, he can but just isn't interested
-sitting up from lying (close but not quite)
-crawling
-pulling up on anything except our fingers
-sleeping in a crib without a ton of extra things
-saying words, lots of babbling
-initiating peekaboo
-standing unassisted
-clapping

[sabrinaml]

C isn't :

Clapping
Saying any words- he still loves his dinosaur shrieks
Pulling up to stand
Laying still for diaper changes
Waving hi or bye
Initiating games
Cruising along furniture

jillywilly- C is the same for teeth. Drooling mess, red cheeks, chewing on everything- but only our bottom 2 are in. Our ped said his 'vampie' teeth are ready to come in and shouldn't be long. That was a month ago!

[mrsmonogrammed]

DD isnt-

Clapping
Saying any words
Falling asleep on her own
Cruising on furniture (but will push her walker toy?)
Initiating games like peek a boo or patty cake
A fan of her car seat (convertible or otherwise)

[jillywilly]

Mar 30, 2016 7:26:28 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

DD isnt-

Clapping
Saying any words
Falling asleep on her own
Cruising on furniture (but will push her walker toy?)
Initiating games like peek a boo or patty cake
A fan of her car seat (convertible or otherwise)

DS is the opposite - he's getting pretty good at cruising furniture, but put him with his walker toy, and he'll fall flat on his face. Even if we hold it for him to keep it from rolling too fast, he doesn't understand that he should use it walk.

[purple]

My child isn't:

Clapping
Waving unless it's through a window, for some odd reason
Crawling (she keeps trying but hasn't quite got it)
Cruising (she's all about walking whilst holding our fingers)
Co-operating with nappy changes
Eating much fruit or veg
Going to sleep on her own

Also we are still toothless over here. Teething symptoms since she was nine weeks old and nothing to show for it!


Edited because I thought of a couple more!

[ashbash]

Cooper isnt......
Falling asleep for naps by himself
Clapping
Waving hi or bye
Saying anything except ahhhhhh and dino screams

[sugarkissed]

B isn't:

Standing unassisted.
Sitting still for diaper changes... Ugh!
Initiating games.
Eating solids without choking.

[Bluedaisy]

LO will be nune months on Monday and is not:
-crawling
-cruising
-pulling up
-getting himself into a sitting position
-finger feeding himself other than teething biscuits
-drinking from a sippy without help
-clapping

[billyhorrible]

Saying words
Sleeping till morning without waking
Initiating peek-a-boo
Getting more teeth than the bottom two
Falling asleep on his own
Letting anyone but mommy hold him
Sitting still while getting dressed

[erbear]

Sleeping through the night
Standing unassisted
Walking unassisted
Cutting teeth - we've been teething forever, with nothing to show for it

I've found with diaper changes, I give her an old lotion bottle and she'll stay still. If we're out, she holds the wipes container and she's content. Otherwise she's all over the place!

[txngrl31]

Joolschweets, thank you so much for starting this! It's like you knew some of us needed it. I went to my mom group yesterday and it was a total pony show. The other moms were trying to up each other with what their babies could do. And V is behind them with the crawling and standing. I came home and cried...and again this morning.

V is 10 months and not:
- crawling on all fours. She can turn using hands and knees and army crawl. She is starting to get up on all fours, but doesn't stay there long.
- standing unassisted. She can stand holding on to her walker and couch without assistance, but not free standing in the middle of the floor.
- initiating peek a boo
- clapping
- pulling up without assistance. She can do it with our arms or hands as an anchor, but hasn't done it alone using the couch or bed railing.
- cruising
- laying still for diaper changes

[veggiemo]

W is 9.5 months and not:

-Rolling over
-Crawling any further than 2 "steps"
-Pulling up
-Moving his feet (no cruising or using a push toy)
-Eating more than a few bites of food a day

[mrsdee1982]

I needed this so bad.

C will be 10 months tomorrow and she isn't:

Pulling up
Getting into the sitting position on her own
Standing unassisted
Walking
Cruising
Crawling on all fours
She has no teeth. All the teething symptoms in the world since she was 3 months old, and still, nada
Initiating games
STTN consistently

[bookninja]

My kid isn't:
Associating sounds with things/saying real words
Waving bye bye
Pulling up on things
Standing unassisted
Using a Sippy cup for anything other than a drum
Sleeping through the night
Initiating games

[tiffbot]

10 months on Monday



She is not:
STTN
Putting herself to sleep for day or night sleep
Clapping
Taking steps unassisted


ETA- saying dada, WAS saying mama but not anymore

[erbear]

Mar 30, 2016 8:36:19 GMT -5 budders said:

Maybe I'm thinking about this the wrong way, but isn't not staying still for diaper changes what is "supposed" to happen? It's annoying as fuck, but I see it as a sign of his "growing up".

Yep!

[mgrandy]

9 months today

Crawling on all fours
Falling asleep without nursing
Sleeping in her crib
Clapping
Staying still for diaper changes
Walking unassisted

[beersandweirs]

I have a friend with a baby 2 weeks older than ours, and she is walking and saying cat already. Which rationally I know is very early for those things, but it still helps to read these and realize that my baby isn't "behind"

She is not...
-STTN consistently
-Saying many words
-Eating enough solids
-Using a sippy cup on her own

[billyhorrible]

Joolschweets,BH adores daycare, so normally his DCP is an exception to this, but yesterday he flipped out when I handed him off. LBB went through this at various times also.

My two pieces of advice are read your kid, and have the daycare providers help with distraction. Everyone is going to tell you that you should leave your kid screaming, staying only makes it worse. And that's true of BH. I left him screaming yesterday, and he was fine less than 2 minutes later. Not the case with LBB. Leaving while he was screaming made it worse. Staying a little bit until he felt settled solved the issue. I had to build in an extra 5-10 minutes to hang out and get him started in playing. And his DCP had special distractions for him - a box of toys that were just for him in the morning, or taking him to go look at family pictures. Things like that which made the separation anxiety less.

[txngrl31]

Joolschweets, we start doing DC trial days on Monday ( every Monday in April) to get her accustomed to the environment before starting M- Th in May, I'm so scared of her crying when I leave....and vice versa hahaha. billyhorrible,thanks for the DC advice!!

[prettymama36]

My kid isn't:
Clapping
Waving
Initiating games
Crawling
Falling asleep on his own
STTN
Standing unassisted
Getting any hair
I'm with budders. The only one here I care about at all is sleep.

[musicfrk2002]

J isn't
Standing on his own
Pulling himself up to standing on anything except our fingers
Clapping
Waving
Initiating games
Understanding how to use a sippy. He knows where and how to get the contents out, but doesn't understand how to tilt the cup.

[cnumbers]

Sleeping or falling into routine.
Sleeping in own bedroom or crib.
Self settling.
Staying still for more than two seconds at a time. After those two seconds he's off to see what he can get into next.
Standing unassisted.
Waving goodbye.
Properly settling with anyone besides me.
Off the boob. It's a losing battle..
Drinking from sippy cup or straw.
Isn't really into baby led feeding but I'm going to try my hand at that again this week as he seems to be showing an interest again. I have faith.

Like some of the other ladies the only thing that bothers me on this list is the sleeping. I need to sort it for the little guys sake and ours.

[Deleted]

STTN... thought we were there but *sigh*.
Drinking from a sippy.
Holding his own bottle.
Walking ... but very close.
Waving as a form of deliberate communication.
Riding in a convertable seat.
Feeding himself with a spoon... although he did chuck one a good 15 feet at a restaurant last night.