not babbling

anyone else’s baby not really babbling (like babababa mamamama) yet? my baby is 7m1w and still not doing this. she makes noises, but no consonant sounds. i’m getting a little worried!

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That’s how my son was for a while. My daughter is the complete opposite and doesn’t shut up. But I wouldn’t worry because it can be a little bit for some kids

my baby literally just started she's 7m2w

he just started saying dadadada (7m)

I took my daughter to a hearing test at 11ish months because she wasn't making any babbling noises at all. We had to drive over an hour one way and take a day off work for this appointment for them to tell us her hearing was fine. I swear it was literally the next morning as I got her out of bed she started babbling, she hasn't stopped talking since

My daughter isn't, and she will be 8 months in less than 2 weeks. She's making other sounds, but not putting them together like Mama, Dada, etc. My son was like this, too, though. I worry, too, of course, but I try to remember that my son took a while, and he's 10 and super smart/advanced. He also took a very long time to talk, period.

Mine either she’s quite unless she’s laughing or frustrated in her swing

my son doesn’t babble either, he makes a lot of sounds and he laughs a lot but has never babbled

My son will be 8 mos on the 7th and he makes a variety of sounds and is very communicative, but no consonant-vowel combos yet either. I'm also a little anxious to hear a dada/gaga/mama soon! I keep playing with and saying "ball" a lot hoping to hear that one.

So I thought about this post I commented on 5 days ago saying my daughter hasn't started saying things like mama or Dada yet. Today, she started saying Dada, and it's been constant all day. She was crying earlier and yelled out dadadadada. Just came to say, just when we worry, they start doing just the things we were worried about them not doing. ❤️

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