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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. What does "pointing" mean? She definitely waves her arms in excitement, reaches with her whole hand for things, and lunges (including to people she wants to hold her) but she doesn't use her index finger per se. She gets really excited when she sees something she wants to eat for instance and will stop being excited (which is her waving hands and kicking feet in high chair) when we locate the item she wants.
In terms of word regression: the words she had were not at all consistent, but in that direction. Does that make sense? At one point it started off that she sounded like she was GOING to be saying "mamamama" and really mean it (because she said it near me) but it wasn't clear that she entirely got what it meant. She also had some versions of her brother's name but again it wasn't consistent. She still sometimes says "dah" for the dog.
Like I said, her babbling seems pretty advanced. She makes eye contact, clearly has attachment to certain people and fears of strangers, smiles, cuddles, imitates noises and expressions, has fun playing, responds to us (and voices). On the other hand she doesnt always follow our pointing, and I have thought shes a pretty even personality in the sense that she isnt super animated in her expressions like her older brother was.Shes also been pretty whiny lately and its unclear why although I suspect teething.
Anyway I am definitely visiting the doc and asking for an evaluation if for no other reason than my own anxiety. But given the wisdom here and the fact that sometimes parents who have "been there" have much better pointers on what to ask and look for.
Thanks
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