Worried. 12 month old baby girl not responding to her name

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League Girl you mentioned your child did respond to his/her name when they were young. Do they have Autism?

How are they currently doing? Are they in regular or special needs classes?

I just walked downstairs as my parents are going to watch my daughter tonight/ she was just sitting with grandpa looking at our wedding photos.....

She isn't hyper...active yes....

Example - yesterday we went to Starbucks and she saw a little girl (3 years old) and walked right up to her... she attempted to interact with her by touching her/ the 3 year old went nuts... This baby touched me... I see nothing wrong with that.. just wanted to say hi...

Today at the supermarket I allowed her to walk a little and we ran into a 5 year old boy she walked right up to him and looked at him and babbled....

She doesn't spin or afraid of light etc... she does like to pull our stuff out of drawers, but my mom said how could that honestly be an issue... you kids did it all the time... every parent has to child proof those cabinets...

I am just praying that everything works out...

Regarding me from another poster.... No I am not ADHD/Autism... I was honestly not even ADHD... very hyperactive...

Also whether my cousin is happy I guess so.. He doesn't know.... if you say whats going on he just repeats what you say.... its unfortunately very very simple... that is what scares me... He almost seem like has some form of mental retardation....

[quote="Concerned Dad"]League Girl you mentioned your child did respond to his/her name when they were young. Do they have Autism?

How are they currently doing? Are they in regular or special needs classes?



My son is on the IEP and he attends normal kindergarten. He goes to speech therapy once a week for like twenty minutes a day and he also does occupational therapy on the same day and they make sure that doesn't go on during recess or any of his activities like PE or music or library. He also had a room he goes to and it seems to be a stimulation room for kids to go when they need a break from class. But he has friends and he loves school and no he isn't autistic. He's normal but just needs help in some areas like with writing and spelling and and learning to cut with scissors and write with a pencil. He gets bored with homework so I can't make him do it all day so I have him to little of it each day, two pages. He still has a short attention span. Lot of kids are in speech therapy and occupational therapy. I think 1 in 5 kids are on the IEP so that would mean at least four other kids in my son's class are also on it.

I think my son is doing good because he is on the IEP.

Honestly - your little girl doesn´t seem unusal at all - apart from obviously being very bright.
She might become a little "shy" all of a sudden, when she reaches about 2, but that would be normal for most kids, as they become socially more aware and a bit more careful.
Right now she only has 12 months of life experience, so she just walks up other children to say hi.

League Girl - Thanks for all your responses.

Did your son have an issue with responding to his name when he was 8 - 14 months old? As I stated earlier that is her big issue.....

I am happy he is doing well.

I am hoping if its is only one or two issues we can catch is early and use intervention to help her overcome the issue....

Today is her 1 year old bday party...

I just saw that he sometimes didn't respond.... She is very very very very rarely responding....

I also tested her ability today on whether she notices objects that are hidden...

Example I showed her one of her toys and then I put it underneath a pillow .... She quickly went for it....

I even pulled out a CD (music) and then put it underneath a couch cushion... she tried but wasn't strong enough to lift the entire thing... I was happy she was able to do that....

If she isn't hearing well, she may respond more if you place yourself in front of her so she is looking at you before you speak to her. Be careful to have fun. If she senses your worry, she may show little response to what she thinks worries you, in this case, her name.

Does she have favorite songs? And does she babble much, or use words?

She hears the door bell and music I believe... She likes Frozen....She reacts instantly when I sing ABC song, but I have been doing that since she was 1 month old....

Babble all the time... sounds almost like dadddy.. almost.. but who knows.... Babbling all day long.....


She actually sort of waved twice and sort of said buybuy... kind of....

We had about 12 kids at in our backyard ... a total of about 40 people.... yes she wanted mommy a lot, but she was hanging around the big girls... walking all around/ just trying to hang with them...

Also she loves peek a boo (stops watch she is doing to watch)... When I hide stuff she finds it in seconds.....

I must admit we used TV as a babysitter..... My wife is finishing up her 1st year of graduate school/ I work at home....

I can start work at 4am if I want/ will just to make sure I have more time for her once she gets up... The last 4.5days have been horrible....

TV is probably the cause.
It teaches toddlers that most of human speech they hear is not directed to them so they don't have to react and reacting actually often leads to disappointment because the adult just keeps talking/does whatever, without even making an eye contact with the baby. This is exactly whet happens when baby gets interested in a voice from TV - so baby learns to ignore it. Human voice just becomes a constant noise to her brain (actually I have the same problem - I need to focus to actually hear what people say. But while it might be too late for me there is still a lot of hope for your girl).

Limit TV time and talk to her more instead.
Actually try to talk to her as much as possible. "Mommy is doing laundry. Look <name>(make eye contact, wave or clap if she still isn't looking). It's your t-shirt(show the t-shirt, smile). Yes? (smile more, make eye contact, wait for some kind of answer, body language or babble). Mommy is putting it here(put it to the washing machine) so it is clean and smells nice. <name> do you like when you t-shirt smells nice? (wait for eye contact) You do!(in excited tone of voice)" and so on.
The body language is more important than what you actually say (because the baby won't understand the grammar and most of the words anyway). Soon she will learn that your voice, especially saying her name means you are going to show or do something interesting and give her attention so it is worth to look your way.

Check it out:
http://www.raisesmartkid.com/pre-natal- ... tv-on-baby

Lot of TV time for kids under 36 months stunts their language development and their learning so it can lead to ADHD or learning disabilities in the future. A toddler's brain is developing fast, faster than a child. That is why there is a difference between a 18 month old and a 14 month old. They change every month. Then it becomes yearly after three years of age than monthly. More kids are visual these days and have language delays and learning disabilities and ADHD and it's speculated because of too much exposure to electronics. Pretty soon this will be so normal, teachers would have to change their teaching style and how they give out school work and how they make their students do it. They would also have to change their expectations for the kids so so many kids are not on the IEP. I read more kids are being diagnosed now when in fact they're normal because that is the only way they can get their education. That is what some professionals believe. My mom believes more kids are truly that way because of TV and electronics. Not that they don't have it.

But of course no parent wants their kid's behavior or problems to be blamed on their parenting so this is a touchy topic here even parents of children with disabilities get offended because they feel people are saying their kid only has a disability because of their parenting even though no one has said that about them but they feel the comments are directed at them.