7mo not babbling?

[Hernamewass]

She’s 7mo next week. She has done nanananana dadadada but has stopped? I’m really worried

she does respond to nose and when we say her name looks at us

she is so smiley and happy and has the biggest gummy grin ever she is so cute

I’m just worried as I’m alone with my 2 kids a lot (eldest is 3 in a month) so I’m worried that she’s not developing well as I’m constantly split in half it feels like constant chaos :( and I’m so worried because she’s not getting my 100% she isn’t developing

she can sit well, roll very well , kind of crawl backwards ? Stand when we hold her up etc
Reaches out loads to grab toys or whatever is around her and is weaning very well

She squeals and makes sounds coos etc, she hasn’t done belly laugh but has laughed and like I say babbled a little but stopped

i I feel so worried and guilty like I’ve let her down

Any tips how I can help we speak loads to her and I do baby sounds too so mamama dadada etc

i sing to her and we read

She is only 7 months. You need to try and relax.
Unless other issues like not able to sit up or vision or hearing issues. Or difficult birth or other reason to get checked.
Just carry on chatting to both kids baby will pick up and learn . Sit and read picture books with both together. Play peekaboo with both. Get older child to roll balls to baby for 5 minutes etc.

Not all babies babble, DS had one noise and subtle differences told us what he actually meant although people like my in-laws could'nt hear a difference. A week before his third birthday and I came home from work to be greeted with " hello mummy can I have drink?"

Relax and chat with health visitor now or when she is 12 months if any concerns.
Chat with gp if you feeling very anxious

She sounds totally fine op!!

This. My ds didn't say a single word, not even mama, until he was 25 months, then suddenly started chatting away in sentences.

They all develop at different rates. Just keep doing what you are doing - chatting, singing and playing.

I think , I am trying not to but I am comparing

and even now 3yo DS does not stop he constantly chats!😂 he was a noisy baby and babbled from like 4/5months old

maybe she’s just quieter ? I try and i always narrrate to her to and we sing read etc and even now I’ve been getting my little boy I’ve been making it fun saying should we teach her some words and he repeats the babble sounds to her ❤️

I just felt really bad but she’s so active moving and responds to us and doesn’t stop smiling so this is all good isn’t it?

Don’t worry! Mine is the same - she’s 6.5 months, and she hasn’t made any consonant sounds. She squawks like a dinosaur, and that’s it. She doesn’t giggle or laugh at all (maybe my husband and I aren’t as funny as we think we are!)

But like yours, she is starting to move - she can shuffle backwards, and hold a crawling position though not actually crawling. I’ve heard babies are either walkers or talkers - maybe our two just want to focus on walking, and don’t see the need to talk yet!

she’s so active moving and responds to us and doesn’t stop smiling so this is all good isn’t it?

Yes
Second kids are sometimes quieter but absorbing everything! She is watching and learning

feeling loads better <3

and tbh DH has also said while discussing - she can’t get a word in with our eldest!😂

I think as I compared the 2 and he was mamamamamm babababbb at this age and it frightened me that she does the odd sound and has stopped babbling

Mine are a lot older now, but from memory I think 7 months is quite young for proper babbling?

Babies can pause one learned behaviour while they focus on another.

Mine goes basically mute except for laughing and then develops a new milestone.

It's completely normal for them to have leaps and ebbs.

If all other milestones are there and she's happy and healthy, I wouldn't worry about it.

I think this is quite normal, they tend to sort of work on one thing for a while and then seem to drop it while they work on something else and then it will come back.

Babbling is good at 7mo, if there was no babbling by 12mo then you should worry but you've got loads of time until then :) Keep talking to her and interacting with her and I bet she will get back to it. And don't stress.

Any update on your little one @Hernamewass ?