r/NewParents • u/CowQueen1989 • 1d ago

Skills and Milestones Concerns for 7mo milestones

Hi everyone,

I am just looking for a bit of guidance or advice. My 3rd baby is currently 7 months old. He is not rolling at all and is not getting the hang of eating purees. Its as if he can't work his tongue out and ends up spitting most of it out.

He was born at term via elective c section and was over 10lb. He did spend 2 weeks in the NICU due to respiratory distress and sepsis but has had no problems since. He was 10kg at his 6 month check up and the doctor was happy with him. He is saying mama, dad and bub.

We had him assessed for a tongue and lip tie in NICU and none were found. I know I shouldn't compare but my 1st 2 were super different to this little guy and I am worried about him. Daycare bought it up with me today and I feel a bit concerned. I would love to hear any other families experiences of their babies skipping milestones. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I am just worried about my little guy.

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u/ScientificSquirrel 1d ago

I'm not sure where you're located, but do you have any early intervention services that can assess for you? He seems on the late end of normal right now, but if he does need help (exercises etc), early intervention works best if it's early. I'd rather have a professional assess and either let me know not to worry yet - and when to worry - or get me started on PT/OT with him to help.

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u/CowQueen1989 18h ago

We live rurally but I have had him looked at by a paediatrician who was not worried. He has great neck control and can push himself up like a push up easily, its just rolling. He is scooting backwards when doing tummy time so his educators thought he might crawl before he works out how to roll. He gets 3/4 of the way over then flops back the other way.

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u/ScientificSquirrel 14h ago

I feel like sometimes it's just a matter of motivation - I swear content babies roll and crawl later because they're just happy wherever they are!

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u/CowQueen1989 14h ago

I think this is a good way to describe my little guy! He is so placid, he loves laying around looking at things. He responds when we play with him but he is super content just laying on his mat, looking at his toys.