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Very quiet 6 months old - Gone down a rabbit hole, please help!

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VillageFete · 17/06/2024 17:03

Hi,

I’m angry with myself for even worrying about this. I worried about EVERYTHING with my 5 year old son when he was a baby and it was all for nothing and robbed my enjoyment.

My daughter is 6 months and 1 week old and she’s so quiet. She WAS cooing back and forth with me but seems to have stopped the last week. She constantly has her hands in her mouth and has just started rolling both ways and it seems to have stopped since then.

There’s some quiet cooing, some throat gurgling back to me when I talk to her (Not all the time) But in general she’s just quiet and seems to take it all in? In all honesty though, she’s never been loud or shouty, but I can see a real difference this last week in that she’s gone even quieter.

Eye contact is great, very smiley, smiles in response to me smiling at her, occasionally giggles, sometimes responds to her name, very alert and “nosey” - but I have this horrible feeling as compared to other babies her age she is very quiet. For example my friend’s lad is 4 week’s younger than her and doesn’t shut up! Constantly belly laughing too.

My other 2 really found their voices at 4 months and 5 months and were very vocal. She’s definitely not and it’s got me so very worried when I just want to enjoy her!

Is this a major red flag? Anything I can do?

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Row23 · 17/06/2024 18:51

Doesn’t sound like there’s anything to worry about. Some babies are naturally just quieter than others. Plus if you have two other children then she probably enjoys taking in everything they are doing at home. Or maybe she just likes to watch other babies.
If she’s just started rolling then maybe she’s concentrating on the physical stuff for a bit and then will pick back up with communication.

VillageFete · 17/06/2024 20:39

@Row23 Thank you so much. I’m just so anxious. The more children I have (She is 3rd and final!) The more worried and anxious I become.

14 year’s ago when I first became a mum, ignorance was bliss.

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Namechangenoidea · 17/06/2024 22:40

She’s absolutely fine. Babies stop and start babbling all the time. She may have stopped for a week or even a month while she’s working on other skills. She will start babbling again soon.

VillageFete · 17/06/2024 22:45

@Namechangenoidea Huge thank you for responding and offering reassurance ❤️

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