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YDS is 6 months old, and I've been watching him like a HAWK. He rolled early both ways at 3 months, smiled/laughed early. At 6 months he's: socially smiling, laughing, cooing, up on hands and knees rocking to try and crawl, great eye contact, trying to hold his bottle, working on sitting up unassisted (can hold the pose about 5 seconds), reaches out for us, plays well with the toys on his exersaucer, sleeps all night. But NO babbling...and of course I'm worried. I hear a 'baaaa' once in awhile, but no 'babababa' or likewise syllable...... your boys are adorable!!! well it sounds like hes right on track with everything, I wouldnt worry too much about the sounds they will come with time. He has another six months of learning to form sounds and words, 6 months in a babies life is like 6 years in adult life. I would give him few months and see how things progress. I watched my second one like a hawk also and nitpicked everything and he really is fine now. I probably stressed alot for nothing, so just take things easy and give him time to grow and learn and give yourself piece of mind in knowing he is progressing as an infant should. Sounds EXACTLY like my 6mo DD Ashley. She is 6 months today and she doesn't babble yet, but she coos all the time. She has also reached other milestones like rolling over, trying to crawl, etc., and she smiles constantly, so I'm not too worried, but it is definitely weird that she is not babbling or imitating my "babababa" and other sounds, since Katelyn, who was a very late talker and still has speech delay, was babbling up a storm at way younger than Ashley. Hopefully it is normal for both of our 6mo babies! (((HUGS))) Neither my challenged or nt children babbled--I used to read the "what to expect the first year" book and get so upset cuz, what was in there wasn't happening to my child. Thing is, language came, like--bing--with 3 of my kids--without the usual babble. The asd issues showed in other ways, like flapping, hand-twirling and loss of eye contact. I always tell everyone to call EI, just for an assessment if anyone has worries or concerns. It doesn't cost anything and sometimes, can take the worry about or, if there is just a language delay, it can be worked on right away. Molly had a language issue (pronunciation issues) and, they worked with her immediately. Ryan as just not a talker and, he was totally NT...just stubborn on speech, so to speak. Since it is free and also, will relieve any worries, you can self refer to EI and have a team out to do an assessment. If you are worried, it might help relieve some of those concerns--if there is a speech delay, it can help to get services started, asap so you have a grip on it early. Keep us updated. Your kids are absolutely GORGEOUS! |
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