dont worry about signs like that Dionne, a lot of kids do those things, so they are not huge tell tale signs. My niece till she was about three was always very shy and hated all men appart from her dad.
Te main unusual things to look for, is a lack of eye contact, not smiling or wanting to play with people or share toys and a tendancy to have tantrums if any part of her routine is messed up.

Noah is also terrified of my mums dog barking, the hoover and sellotape. ake him scream like mad!

alexis is also terrified of the vaccum, which is weird because when she was newborn it would put her to sleep lol so now i have to hold her while i vaccum lol or else she cries. and if i put her down before i put the vaccum away she crawls away from it super fast lol. she isn't walking unsupported yet either, but she's been walking around the couch and coffee table and anything else she can get her hands on since 9 months....but the way i see it is even if they take awhile to walk alone, they will do it sooner or later, like have you ever met anyone who just never learner? i haven't babies are unique and i think its shit that people (nurses, doctors, ect) have "guidelines" of when they should do things, because then it just causes unneccesary worry . i think sorting things is a normal thing for babies to do to. i would look on it as a good sign and pray it carrys on into teenage years lol

Cat.. Alana is not much older then Noah and all the things you described Alana did too, it must be normal. She walks now, but it happened quick, one day she was crawling next she was walking.

She doesnt say many words, just dadda, mama, no, and whats that. and her fav thing to do is push a box around and put any thing little into it.

Lous noises dont seem to bother her, and she loves strangers but a few memebers of the family she dont like