My DD has just turned 12 months old and is happy little soul, but she's not making consonant sounds other than a very occasionally Da or Ba (maybe once every few days). When we went for her 9 month review she was doing fine with every other area of development but was very far behind with communication. At the time the HV booked in a meeting for when she turned 12 months, which we have next week, to monitor how things are and to refer on.
I know it's not an issue with hearing as she understands a lot of words. When I ask her 'where's mummy/daddy/teddy/cup' etc she will turn to look for them and fix her gaze on them when she finds them. She doesn't babble in a way similar to other babies her age at the groups we go to. She likes playing around with her tongue and makes funny olala sounds by wiggling her tongue around, blows raspberries a lot, says mmmm when eating or when frustrated, growls and likes putting her fingers in her mouth to change the sound she's making. She doesn't copy sounds other than blowing raspberries and has never really has copies sounds.
I take her to music groups and toddler groups, read and talk to her a lot at home, and I don't think there's anything else I can really do to encourage her.
Does this sound within the range of normal at this age? What would the HV be able to do if not? I'm really panicking about meeting the HV as I felt quite deflated after our last meeting.