14 week old not babbling anymore

[Abombflower]

I know I’m probably worrying about nothing but just looking for some similar experiences or advice!

My 14 week old started cooing around 12 weeks and it was absolutely adorable and I did absolutely everything to encourage it - repeating her noises, having ‘conversations’ with her etc

The last week or so though this has abruptly stopped and she hasn’t really made any cooing noises at all! (She will do the odd ‘ooooh’ ‘ahhheeeee’) She has however been very focused on grabbing toys and bringing them to her mouth and is trying sooooo hard to roll so I’m wondering if the babbling skill has taken a back seat?

Google tells me this is normal but I would love to know if anyone else has experienced the same.

My older child was speech delayed so I’m very conscious about this area of development and trying hard to do everything I can! I talk and sing silly songs to her ALL day, I basically narrate everything I’m doing but via song🥴😅 I read books to her as much as possible and she is very responsive and smiley and absolutely loves being spoken/sang too.

Is it normal for her to start babbling and then stop to focus on learning another skill?

I can’t remember with babbling, but I remeber my baby learned to roll, did it for a while, then seemed to get bored with it and stopped for a bit, then it came back. I think if they’ve mastered something then don’t need to keep practicing. My baby has been through several incessant raspberry blowing phases but then stops because he gets bored. I’m currently waiting for his current throwing fixation to end though

This happened with all of mine (5). I think they are concentrating on something else. Maybe it comes before a leap (growth, developmental) but it’s definitely noticeable so don’t be embarrassed about worrying. It’s like their brains are enveloped in learning something new and they forget to make sounds or they are literally learning new sounds but not yet making them. I think of it as like when we are really engrossed in a book or something and we forget what’s going on around us.

Very reassuring replies! Thank you :)

Hello, just jumping is as my boy is 18 weeks (4 months) and has started doing the same. He had been cooing and having ‘conversations’ with us. I have loads of videos. I have noticed this last few days (Sunday was the first, could have been the case before Sunday but I hadn’t realised) that he’s very quiet and not making much noise or sounds. He will make the odd sound but for the most part when we interact with him he smiles and waves his arms and legs. I have no concerns otherwise - he makes eye contact, smiles a lot!, tracks us, tracks our voices, tracks noises, he rolled first at 15 weeks and now can’t be stopped, he grabs toys and now is made lookin to grab things to bring to his mouth. My biggest concern and I am fixated on it is the lack of cooing. He did laugh at me yesterday and Sunday night when playing peekaboo. Just looking some mummy reassurance ❤️