As you can tell by the oh-so-chipper title, things are not going so well around here. G. has not been pointing for the past several weeks. Not pointing is the sine qua non of red flags, so I am beside myself. I keep asking him totally inane questions like, "Where are the bananas? Show Mama the bananas!" and I keep getting the same response--a look at the bananas, but nothing else. When I think about where he was a few months ago, it's pretty frightening.
When he pointed on time and with relish, I was thrilled. I thought that it was the big sign I needed that he was going to be okay, if a late walker. Everyone assured me that when kids pointed, they did okay. Now it turns out that pointing certainly can be lost along with other skills. This is quite cruel, since it allows you to get your hopes up so high.
I hate being so negative, since I know he can sense how I am feeling. He sucks up my fear like a little sponge, which cannot be good for him. Perhaps he is just working on all his other new skills--crawling, cruising and hi-fives--and will come back to pointing soon. It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing you drop though.
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