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Nearly 8 month old doesn't babble

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courtneyi · 22/06/2021 09:22

My little girl babbled up until she was about 4.5 months old. Then she just stopped! She's now a week off 8 months old and still doesn't babble.
The past few days she's started blowing raspberries again but apart from that, nothing!😭.
She's definitely not deaf, she looks when you call her name or when she hears noise.
She smiles most of the time and is generally a happy baby. She interacts with you by smiling and laughing, she's just learning to wave and is on and off with it the past few days.
From day one both me and my partner have 'baby talked' to her, we've babbled, we talk to her normal as well (if we're telling her what we're doing etc). We also sing to her all of the time, both nursery rhymes and normal songs.
I'm so worried 😭

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Somethingvague · 22/06/2021 09:27

I was very worried about this not long ago. My little girl started babbling at around 9 months and has been doing it lots since. Just keep doing what you're doing and they will get there.

Foreverbaffled · 22/06/2021 10:01

Babbling isn't really considered delayed until around 10 months so plenty of time. Has your baby been focused on other things like rolling/sitting/crawling? They can only really master one big new skill at a time. My 7.5 month old doesn't babble either. My first DS literally started over the course of a few days at around 8/9 months and went on to speak words very early. Nothing to worry about yet Smile

courtneyi · 23/06/2021 08:56

Yes she's hit most other milestones, she started crawling at 6.5/7 months, started pulling herself up on furniture from about the same time too. She's can sit up unaided and has done for a while as well as rolling both sides etc.
She's on and off with waving, done is for a couple of days and hasn't done it again and also hasn't clapped yet.
I feel like she's ahead physically. I'm just really worried as most babies her age are talking away!

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