11 month old not babbling

[Peagle]

Hi,
I am just looking for some advice/reassurance really.

My 11 month old
doesn't make any noise (talking noise - she is good at crying and
screaming as they all are!) apart from a sort of grunting noise or a
high pitched scream, no noises that involve her having to use her tongue
to form different sounds.

Is this something I should worry about?! All the other babies around us
seem to be babbling away and saying their first words and there is still
nothing from her.

She was tongue tied when she was born and although I took her to two
doctors, a midwife and a health visitor as I was convinced she was
tongue tied it was not noticed until she was 6 weeks, we then had it cut
straight away as it was causing lots of problems when feeding (which
unfortunately never got better and I had to change her on to a bottle at
12 weeks) Do you think this could be part of the cause?

Is there anything I should be doing? Or should I just wait?! If I just wait at what point should I do something about it?

Sorry for going on!

Have you had any combinations of vowel/consonant sounds such as ah-goo? Some babies just aren't very chatty, but if there are no 'noises' then it might be worth getting checked out.

Also, how's her eating? She's not still having purees, is she? Having to move food around their mouths is one of the best things to exercise the tongue, which is a muscle after all.

Does her hearing seem ok?

Thanks guys, no combination of vowels/consonants at all, she makes lots of open mouth squealing noises and is very good at letting us know when she wants something by making a noise but nothing that is the forming of letters.

She has been on mush until a few days ago when she refused the spoon totally so is now on real food.

Hearing is fine, she can hear us alright, whether she chooses to listen is a different thing altogether!

Do you think I should take her to see someone?

Is she very active? My dd didn't talk for a while, maybe 15 months now she not shut up! She walked early nd was always very busy. My ds is following suit. He is one next week and not babbling yet.

That's made me feel so much better , she is VERY active. All over the place, and has just started walking. Do you think she is just concentrating on the physical stuff?

It is often either walking or talking, not both. And sometimes they'll stop doing something altogether for a month or two while they concentrate on acquiring a new skill.

@Peagle hey I know this was a while ago, but how is your DD now?

@Peagle @Mumof3bb1 curious to see how you both got on with your little ones

My little boy is in the same boat too xx

@Han22nah @MumofHennHals hi both hope you are well. So in terms of babbling it really hit off around 12/13 months he’s just turned 16 months and we have around 50 words/animal noises and names which are correctly used! I was in a dark place for 8 months and sometimes I see other 16 month olds that say a lot more but equally some that don’t, I would honestly try not to worry and just enjoy every day as much as you can! They should only have one word by 12 months! I feel his clapping waving and pointing all came after 12 months too! Feel free to message if you ever need too!

@Mumof3bb1 thanks for replying! I'm glad all is going well with your little one! Before the babbling really took off did you any consonants? As this is what's worrying me. He learned 11months today and he is very chatty and noisy, lots of squeals and volume changes of vowels but not any consonants. Thank you

@Han22nah so around ten months we had lots of wowwww and baaa type for a few weeks then went silent for a few weeks then it ramped up to ma/da and ba sounds for a few weeks.
I think what they say is as long as you see an improvement then the consonants will come! My little one was super quiet no noises or chatty like even now is still not the most chattiest but has the correct words and understands simple directions and instructions etc if that makes sense.