Not really babbling at 8 months

[dcmum25]

My girl just turned 8 months (on the 26th) and is not really babbling yet. She's blowing lots of raspberries and is generally fairly vocal, but no obviously mamama /dadada sounds. We've heard a few ba sounds.

She responds well to her name, smiles if someone she knows walks into a room etc.

Shes sitting and crawling and stands well (supported) and her fine motor skills, I think, are great (mastered the pincer grip a few months ago, transferring toys between hands etc). She's been clapping for a few weeks.

Would you be concerned about the lack of babbling yet? I'm guessing she's just been focused on other areas but I know it is an important milestone!

FTM (if it wasn't already obvious, haha).

Would appreciate any input from mummas of similar babies! Google is obviously so doom and gloom when you search no babbling at 8 months...

She's definitely not silent and she's trying to do a few more Baba sounds but nothing else at the moment.

Hello,
I am not a mother, but I wanted to answer you, to give your post more visibility.
Hopefully someone knowledgeable will along soon, with some advice.

I wish you and your daughter all the best, and a Happy New Year!

Update; I did the 8 month ages and stages questionnaire. She scored full marks in every area apart from communication where she was in the black.

From what I've read, a delay in the communication / social area always seems to point to something more serious compared to delays with crawling etc and finding it really hard not to worry!

It's natural to worry, I think.

Perhaps try posting on the Parenting board here on Mumsnet instead, it seems to be a bit more active.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/parenting?view=compact-view

If she scores in the black for any area you need to see your HV. Usually scoring in the black means that your HV should refer you to a Paediatrician, however given your LOs age they might want to refer them for a hearing test and see her again at 10 months.

@SleafordSods thank you for responding! In the last few days she's actually started doing Bababa more frequently and we've even had some mamama sounds. The questionnaire goes up until she's 9 months so I'm hoping she'll suddenly make progress before we have our HV appointment.

I think I was over testing her on her name response and misunderstood some of the questions on the ASQ. She's probably more in the grey area but a lot can happen in 3 weeks. Trying to stay positive!

Being in the grey is perfectly fine. Most babies will score in the Gerry in one or two areas. The tests aren’t designed so that most will score white in every area. That is an unrealistic expectation

In case anyone comes across this post. My girl is now 9.5 months and babbling loads, imitating sounds etc. We even have some mixed consonant babbling!

I was definitely panicking prematurely, try and trust that your baby will get there when they get there!