13month DD and talking

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Ok, I know I'm probably massively over-worrying, and just being a fretful first time mum.
But, DD (13 months) doesn't say any words. She babbles a reasonable amount but not a huge range of sounds to be honest, it's more squeaks/vowel sounds, but she definitely does babble with consonants "dada" etc.
But none of her sounds relate to anything, and some sounds she's never made eg she'll babble dadada but not at DH and hasn't made the "mama" sound at all.
She does seem to understand quite a bit "can you bring me your socks" "where's your bunny".
At what age would this be a worry? Or should we worry now?

My daughter is nearly 13 months and exactly the same. I have read that you don't need to be concerned until 18 months.

Don’t worry too much. My DS didn’t say his first word until he was 14 months, and at 16 months he only had about 8 words. He’s now 25 months, has hundreds of words and is speaking in 3-4 word sentences.

..... zero words are expected at 13M.

My little boy is 18 months and only says 3 words. I wouldn’t worry at all at 13 months

Similar concerns for my 14mo.Have decided not to worry until months. Doing all the right things so just hoping we see some progress soon. HV said to ring at 15mo if no words but then HV friend said referrals to speech and language therapists usually not until 2yo!

Sounds pretty similar to my LG. Could say ohoh in context at 11MO but was a very slow burner even with babbling. She's 28MO now and talking lots sometimes in quite long sentences. Mine also understood lots from white a young age. I have a video of her at only 14MO and I say something like 'you need to draw with the crayons not throw them on the floor' and she looks at the floor and starts drawing I think generally if they're understanding is good then the expressive will usually catch up. I'd just keep a lookout for other signs that her social development is on track (pointing/clapping/waving etc) and I'd get her hearing checked even if you think it's ok. 13MO is really too young to know if much is up and she sounds pretty on track tbh. I'd just spend lots of time talking face to face and playing games that involve joint attention and I'd see where you're at at 18MO and again at 2 and do the MCHAT screening at this point. If she's not pointing and showing good signs of joint attention by 18MO then I'd mention it to HV and if she's not got a good chunk of words and attempting 2-3 word sentences by 2 I'd also mention that. Realistically not much will be done before then unless there's a really obvious delay. Www.teachmetotalk.com is a great podcast site explaining speech development and ways to get a child talking so worth a look at if you're concerned. I was where you were this time last year though and I'd bet money that you will wish you could shut her up for 5 minutes she'll be talking quite well in a few months

Honestly wouldn't worry at all. My DS is 22ms and speech is actually one of the areas he has been quite advanced in. That said at 13ms he was Def similar to yours just said a few babbly things and very basic stuff like uh oh etc. Between about 15-18ms this really ramped up and now he is saying loads. At 13ms my understanding is they're not expected to be saying much at all. Something like a handful of very basic words like dada mama etc if that and that they don't have to be understandable to ppl outside the family. As another poster said I think it's if they are not saying at least 5-10 things around 18ms is when they usually suggest you get them checked up. Sounds all v normal to me!!

Ps the fact that your DD understands you is a really good sign. Understanding comes before speech so don't worry

My 13 month old babbles a lot, she actually says ‘oh dear’ when she drops something but otherwise nothing and also she doesn’t really understand me saying ‘pass me the toy’ or anything like that so your little one is doing really great there