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Okay, so I KNOW you’re not supposed to compare kids, because every kid is different. But when did YOURS start speaking/walking/feeding themselves? My son can’t say any legitimate words regularly yet (he would have just been a year old per his due date) and while he CAN walk, he chooses not to do it solo (but furniture surfs CONSTANTLY). He also only has two items he’ll feed himself— I wasn’t worried and wasn’t comparing, but my husband and I got into it the other day because his co-workers kids are ahead of him, and he feels like our boy is falling behind. Now I’m worried he is falling more and more behind.. I don’t know what’s “normal” :(

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Walking- Nope. She doesn't even crawl. She scoots and rolls to where she wants to be. 
Talking- Everything is "DADA!" She will say mama if I ask her to, but neither word has any real meaning to her. She mostly babbles. 
Eating- We did BLW so she's been feeding herself regularly since about 7 months. The girl loves eating, lol. 💁 She got that down very quickly. 
But don't compare! Like you said, every baby is different.

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My son only says mama and dada. I don’t think he even knows what it means. He still doesn’t walk or feed himself. I’m not at all worried about him walking, I know he can do it if he tried he just prefers crawling. Feeding is impossible. He has gagged and thrown up so many times. He’s good when it comes to baby purée, and bread (of course bread who doesn’t love bread lol) but I also feel like he is behind sometimes, he’s a very very active kid and just doesn’t sit still for us to even teach him anything, we try to read to him at least once a day and even that’s a fight.

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Speaking...nothing really, he constantly babbles mainly dada but nothing means anything yet.
Walking...no where near! He doesn't support weight on his feet yet so no furniture surfing or standing with support he is just crawling for now.
Eating...we did BLW and he prefers to feed himself although sometimes I have to spoon feed him (porridge etc) which he does NOT like and I have to distract him like crazy and act like a children's TV presenter even though inside I am so frustrated!

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My daughter just turned a year on the 2nd. She crawls, furniture surfs, says mama and just started saying dadadada . It's completely normal. I wanted to add though for the food. I know it's a pain but kids get messy, them " getting into it" is learning and processing what it's all about I know it's easier and cleaner to feed him yourself but he won't learn without the opportunity. Most often our meals and messy as hell but she's become a good eater most of the time and doesn't have any sensory issues. Messes can be cleaned. Pics for example. ( I try not to do super messy food like pastas unless it's right before bathtime )

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My first son was walking at 10 months, spoon feeding himself cleanly at about 7m (no joke!) and had a handful of words by 1. My second son (who will be 1 on the 26th) has started walking in the last week (but still not confidently / only a few steps at a time), is THE MESSIEST eater (he gets ragey because he can’t do it properly & then just uses his hands & it’s gross), and only says ‘mama’ and ‘woofwoof’...you really can’t compare kids, they do their own thing when they’re ready :)

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Our daughter says mama, dada since 9 months, says dog since 11 months. She does not independently walk but will holding hands or cruising furniture. She feeds herself all of her own food. 
ALL BABIES ARE DIFFERENT! Repeat that to your husband a million times! Is baby offered a chance to self feed at every meal? Are words being spoken specifically to him regularly? Pointing out objects and their names? Is his pediatrician concerned? 
It takes a lot of consistency and repetition to learn new skills. Personally if our pediatrician is not concerned I am not concerned.

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I think the food thing is my fault, because I’ve always been so worried about him just playing in it and not feeding himself, so I always do it for him.. yes on the tooth thing, he’s just now breaking his 4th tooth, and the first one came in maybe a month or two ago. But hearing at least that I’m not alone on the slow venture to walking is a big help. He understands a couple things “come here” his name, “what are you doing?” And always responds with baby babble, but never said real words back. Just babbles constantly back at me. (lord help me when he does learn the words lol)

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As you know every baby is different! My daughter started crawling later than any other baby I knew. She also got teeth late. She’ll be 1 in a few days and she can’t stand on her own/ take unassisted steps unless she does it on her own terms. I’m not worried. She does love to feed herself though. 
I know it’s normal to worry about your children but I don’t think yours is falling behind at all!

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Walking:9.5 months
Talking: nothing but babbling, but can understand lots of words 
Eating: started baby led weaning at 6 months, so he’s been feeding himself for 6 months

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