https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:47:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping/page/2#post-1191931 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:43:42 +0000 birdofafeather 1191931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9.5 months and no clapping here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping/page/2#post-1189293 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:12:19 +0000 MrsF 1189293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Fronkinzankinsbride: This makes me feel better! M is 13 months and doesn't clap. She waves, points, all sorts of things. She's just not interested in clapping :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping/page/2#post-1189280 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:02:14 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1189280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nannykiddo is 13 months and still doesn't really clap. Around maybe 9-10 months he excitedly started swinging his arms like he would if he was clapping but not really clapping with his hands. He uses signs, waves, and clasps his hands together but clapping just didn't catch on no matter how much I tried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping/page/2#post-1189221 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:27:32 +0000 QueensBee 1189221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pete has absolutely no interest in clapping yet. I think he'll wave first because he at least attempts to wave back when I wave at him. When I clap, he just smiles like I've told the most hilarious joke.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1189197 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:14:08 +0000 JerricaBenton 1189197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 8 mos she started clapping with closed fists lol. Kinda defeats the purpose! I don't really clap that much at her so maybe I should! She only does it at our music class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188583 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:39:42 +0000 pinkb 1188583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 months today and no clapping yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188575 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:36:13 +0000 sumer08 1188575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clapping was around 10 months for my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188280 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:09:24 +0000 bhbee 1188280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>real clapping was 10-11 months I think for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188257 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:05:11 +0000 MamaMoose 1188257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: @Smurfette: sometimes I just don't understand them. M knows what sign goes with what word (if you say more she signs it, same with all done) but she doesn't seem to really know what it means. Because sometimes she'll sign all done and toss her food, but other times she'll sign all done and then reach for more food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188138 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:23:13 +0000 Freckles 1188138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: They definitely will let you know when they're done. When my LO was really young, she would start scrunching her food, then she moved onto shaking her head. Now she will either shake her head or tell me she's done. But i usually have to ask her (if i notice that she's playing with her food or not wanting to eat). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188118 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:12:44 +0000 betsyboop 1188118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: my lo used to clap once and then sign all done!</p> <p>she started clapping late, maybe 12 or 13 months? she started trying at 9 months but would hold her hands together and move them up and down. Now she claps allll the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188110 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:09:52 +0000 MarieJ 1188110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started around 10 months and at 11.5 months does it all the time and says "Yay" while doing so. It's the cutest thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188074 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:49:49 +0000 banana 1188074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8 months for my DD and around 9-10 for my son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188047 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:39:09 +0000 GrapeCrush 1188047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 days before his first birthday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1188003 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:27:42 +0000 wheres_c 1188003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still no clapping at almost 11 mo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187976 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:18:32 +0000 MsLipGloss 1187976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: My LO also does a face scrunch, holds her hands in front of her face, gives the windshield wiper treatment (or bombs away treatment) to any remaining food on her tray, or pushes away the food (if I am trying to feed her), or any combination thereof. The *all done* is not always communicated! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187922 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:02:17 +0000 Corduroy 1187922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 8 months, when we clap she'll throw her hands together and shake her hands. So not yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187828 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:24:57 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1187828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They started clapping around 9.5 months. They'll clap whenever we say "yay" now and T also claps during diaper changes (weird). </p> <p>At 10 months, they'll sometimes wave, but haven't gotten the whole hang of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187787 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:11:50 +0000 Smurfette 1187787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: @hilsy85: @MsLipGloss: I wish R would do something to let us know more or done. I never know. I worry we are over feeding her. They teach them sign language at day care too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187782 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:09:50 +0000 Andrea 1187782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187776 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:07:10 +0000 Freckles 1187776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months</p> <p>@MamaMoose: LO used to clap for all done! And then i did something dumb and accidentally said the sign for "please" was "more" and now she claps when she says please. I can't fix it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187773 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:05:48 +0000 Beehive 1187773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 8 months, but he still doesn't really wave at 1 year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187770 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:05:17 +0000 petunia354 1187770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of the sudden, at 10 months exactly he started raising his arms and putting his hands together. I wouldn't call it clapping but he is definitely trying to mimic us! Same thing with waving too, all of the sudden he is trying to wave back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187764 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:03:21 +0000 littlek 1187764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8 months, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187707 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:45:39 +0000 MsLipGloss 1187707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: my LO's all done also looks like a two-handed wave . . . although she usually follows it up with a slight shove on her tray--or a big frown and *enough arredy woman* looks when I try to get her to take another bite-- so there is that too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187705 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:44:49 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1187705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO was a late clapper...he didn't clap until 11.5 months. He did bang things together though if I told him to around 9 months, so I took that as the same movement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187700 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:44:09 +0000 MamaMoose 1187700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: hahaha M claps for more too!!! And sometimes I can't tell if she's "all done" or just doing an enthusiastic two handed wave! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187688 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:39:47 +0000 Periwinkle 1187688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started clapping his hands when we showed him how to do it at around 9 months. At 10.5 months though, he started clapping "on command"! It is the best thing ever :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187598 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:19:52 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1187598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of a sudden around 8 months he started, but after he got it, he quit... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-lo-start-clapping#post-1187570 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:12:02 +0000 LuLu Mom 1187570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: We've been doing signs since 6 months, but she's never really picked up on them. "More" is usually pounding on her tray and then I ask if she wants "more" and use the sign she says nods her head and says "yeah." But I do know she claps when she's mad, when we got to change her diaper and she cries and starts clapping! ha </p>