Not really babbling 13 months

[Rach7291]

My 13 month old DD isn’t really babbling. She was saying dada, yaya, nana and mama. Now she just says mama. She stopped babbling as much when she started pulling to stand, cruising etc. i’m not sure if its related but i’m starting to worry a bit

Give your HV a call and ask for advice. Maybe ask for a hearing test (my 2 year old didn’t babble and he had glue ear)

@Summertime62 Are there any symptoms of glue ear? She can hear me perfectly well (in my opinion) and can hear her favourite songs etc from another room

It can happen that major developmental leaps (like learning to walk) can eclipse other achievements. It’s like their brains put down the things they’ve mastered while they pick up the new and very hard skill. That previous skills aren’t forgotten or unlearned in those circumstances, just benched for a bit! I wouldn’t be too worried that it represents a significant regression, but it’s always worth checking in with your HV for peace of mind.

My DS stopped babbling all but 'Dada' when he was learning to crawl. Once he became more confident with crawling, all the babbling started up again, plus more. I put it down to his little mind being busy with a new skill. Sounds similar to your DD putting her energy into cruising.

Neither of mine babbled, the elder is autistic but the younger didn’t either and was 2.5 before any speech, consequently she was under specialist BUT she’s a grown adult now with no nd, got a masters and doing high profile job.

@Rach7291 did the babbling pick up again when your baby mastered their physical skills? My LO is 13 months and is a bit behind generally but was babbling plenty. Now only really saying dadada and tatata but we are working with her a lot to get her motor skills improving so I’m hoping it’s just because she’s concentrating on this 🤞🏼

Yes it did although she was referred to speech and language when she was 20 months old because she was still only babbling. She never needed speech and language because one day she just started talking and now says over 200 words at 26 months.

Has your HV done the referral for a hearing test @ThatHappyEagle?

@Rach7291 that is great! I’m sure it was so lovely to hear those words start coming out!

@ExplodingSmittens she has been referred but no appt yet. I have been meaning to ask how long the waiting list is because she was referred a couple of months ago. I’m very conflicted about whether it could be her hearing though. She doesn’t really respond to loud noises. We were at an event recently where a canon went off and she barely even reacted to it. But then other times she definitely hears noises that aren’t even that loud.

I would chase up the appointment, it could be that there’s just a long wait but it won’t hurt to check with them whether they’ve received the referral and how long roughly the waiting list is.

If she has a condition like Glue Ear, it’s not unusual for them to react to some sounds and not pick up on others