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when do babies say bababa, dadad, mamama etc?

16 replies

smokesandmirrors · 13/06/2011 15:48

daughter is noisy and makes lots of sounds - ahgo, ahga, he ha he etc etc - but hasn't done the babab dada mama etc. I read that maybe she should have by now? She's 6 months and 1 week....?

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NotJoiningIn · 13/06/2011 15:54

My DD is 7 months next week and she still doesn't make any babbling noises either. I would like to know the answer to this question too!

bruffin · 13/06/2011 15:57

DS was 8 months when he started bababab. Remember it clearly as we had just arrived on our holiday and we were on the transfer bus.

jenrendo · 13/06/2011 15:58

My DS is 8 months and only really started with dadadadada about a month ago, but has now in the last couple of weeks started baba and mama. It just depends on the child doesn't it? Some of his wee friends the same age are crawling and he isn't. I'm not worried. You're wee ones will babble soon!

JosieRosie · 13/06/2011 15:59

No early development stages are set in stone. Children usually start sequencing sounds (baba, mama, dada etc) at AROUND 6 months of age, but there isn't a hard and fast rule for it. So don't worry! Chat to them lots during daily routines, they love the sound of their parents' voices. Holding them on your lap so they can see your face and copying the sounds that you make will encourage them to 'chat' more. Try extending what they say e.g. baby says 'ooh', you say 'boo-boo'. Have fun!

hazeyjane · 13/06/2011 16:05

According to this developmental chart, the baba, dada, mama sounds are more likely around the 9 month mark.

Paschaelina · 13/06/2011 16:08

Boy started with dadadada around 7 months, along with gaga, yaya, vava etc. No mama yet at 9 months.

Cosmosis · 13/06/2011 16:33

DS has just this weekend started mamamama and babababa he?s 9m.

chocjunkie · 13/06/2011 20:18

DD1 started quite early - at about 5 month. though didn't mean a lot. she is now 3.4 and has a severe speech and language disorder.
DD2 is 6.5 month and started with dadadada at 6 month, also a lot of ayayayaya. no mamamama yet.

Rubyabcd · 13/06/2011 20:47

My dd was about nine or ten months!!

Mummyloveskisses · 13/06/2011 21:06

DD and DS were both 8 months :)

Hulababy · 13/06/2011 21:09

DD was 6 months. She did talk quite early though afaik.

Lovemy2babies · 14/06/2011 11:03

My 13 month dd2 still dies not say mama or dada!

But will sat d for duck and ish for fish

Lovemy2babies · 14/06/2011 11:04

Does

notso · 14/06/2011 11:15

DS2 will be six months and one week on thursday, he either does high pitched squeals or long eeyoreish "ooooohhhs".
I think DD was about 6.5 months and DS1 was more like 8 or 9 months.

littledid · 14/06/2011 16:27

DS has been saying gaga, dada and mama for about 2 weeks now and he's 8 months old.

Wallace · 14/06/2011 20:48

ds1, dd and ds2 were all about 5 ish months

ds3 was 3.5 months

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