https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:37:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-1302722 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:00:43 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 1302722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: She is doing pretty well at nearly 17 months. Certainly not ahead of most toddlers in the spoken language department, but she understands a lot. She imitates speech patterns and has a cache of words she will say, but she doesn't use them all the time. She is opting to point and lead to communicate. Our pediatrician is not concerned, as she does understand, shakes her head no, and she'll figure out that the point and lead routine isn't as easy as just saying a word. Plus we obviously repeat/narrate the action and words she should use. And on top of it all, I was apparently a later speaker and opted to do those types of behavior until the "language explosion."</p> <p>I'm looking forward to her using language, because she is a very opinionated child and it will make life easier in our home. </p> <p>Tl;dr She knows some words, and has used correctly. She opts to lead and point, while understanding a lot of what we say to her. It all really seems to be very personality based, and I'm OK with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-1300271 Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:00:13 +0000 mrbee 1300271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Would love to hear how your LO is talking these days!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-629629 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:06:50 +0000 aMohror 629629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 7 months and doesn't babble at all :( She's very vocal but with screeches and yells! She responds to her name but we haven't gotten any vowels at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-629534 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:51:54 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 629534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Giraffe: Oh dear, I really hope her pediatrician doesn't take that route. Early screening is a good thing, but that seems like it could create a lot of erroneous flags! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-629531 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:49:07 +0000 Giraffe 629531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Oh, absolutely. I also haven't spent much time around babies before now, so I don't have a good sense of the range of "normal" and those stupid charts and books just kill me sometimes! The friend I saw yesterday was also telling me about this terrifying questionnaire that our provider apparently mails out before the 9-month appointment, with questions like "does your baby use different words to refer to different objects?" Really?!</p> <p>I bet real crawling is coming very soon for your LO. Mine got very frustrated when he kept going backwards, but fortunately we were able to redirect/distract him most of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-629512 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:32:48 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 629512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Giraffe: It seems to be part of the whole mommy thing. You get something in your head, and you can't quite shake it. She started army crawling today, so I'm hoping she really crawls soon. She can get so crabby because she can't quite put it all together yet. It can make the day very long if she really gets stuck in a bad mood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level/page/2#post-629495 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:23:01 +0000 skibobrown 629495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds pretty normal. I can't remember exactly where DD was at around 7 months, but I do remember that she said dada forever before saying mama. She also went through stages with her consonants. She went through a "da" stage, a "ha" stage, and a "la" stage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629489 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:20:47 +0000 Giraffe 629489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: I need to stop stressing over this too! But I did want to say that my LO has been obsessed with figuring out crawling for the past two months, and has only just now mastered it to the point of reliably going forwards, so I find the "one 'problem' at a time" idea convincing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629441 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:58:01 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 629441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ohapostrophe: It really seems like I just need to chill for now, and just keep talking to her, reading, etc. And I need to not forget that I was on the quiet side as a baby!</p> <p>I bet it will be interesting whenever she reaches that word explosion phase. I've never spent much time around babies/toddlers so it will be pretty new to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629415 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:48:26 +0000 ohapostrophe 629415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: My son said mama for the first time at 9 months, dada shortly after. I've never heard of that as an important milestone though. I think as long as they are making vocalizations of some kind I would really try not to worry. I got all worked up around 14 months when he wasn't adding words (stuck on saying same few words for a few months), then at 15 months he had an explosion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629393 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:41:20 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 629393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ohapostrophe: I wasn't really thinking about it either, until I read a milestone chart that had "mama" and "dada" being used by most babies by 8 months (end or beginning, I'm not sure). And I thought it would be a large jump for her to get that far in a minimum of three weeks. I know they can make jumps, but that just doesn't fit with how she is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629386 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:38:53 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 629386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Giraffe: You know, my LO seemed to be doing a little more babbling around 6 months. She backed off, but as of late, it seems that her main focus has been figuring out the whole moving thing. Maybe some babies tend to choose one "problem" at a time? It is interesting how they all develop so differently! </p> <p>No clear "g" sounds here, but she does this odd sort of growl/raspy kind of "g" like noise. It is pretty funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629367 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:31:12 +0000 ohapostrophe 629367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son never really babbled either. I didn't realize I should be concerned about it (if I should have been?) at the time, and I'm so glad because it wasn't a problem. He started really talking around a year and his speech took off around 15 months. At almost 2 he speaks in full sentences. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-629319 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:16:04 +0000 Giraffe 629319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: nice! My LO used some intonations today that I've never heard from him, much more sentence-like than usual, but still no real consonant sounds except for the "g".</p> <p>We had a play date yesterday with a friend and her 9-month-old. We hadn't seen them in a while and she told me that he started babbling very fluently around 7 months, but stopped again after a month and is now pretty quiet again. I didn't know that was a possibility - somehow I thought it was all very linear once it finally started! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-628827 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:08:31 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 628827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Giraffe: I'm thinking soon with the teeth. Yesterday she started blowing raspberries a lot more, and doing some Bs and an "a-ba" sound. Hopefully the expanded base of sounds continues! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-628580 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:04:35 +0000 Giraffe 628580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: Oh, maybe soon, then? It's totally unscientific and maybe just a coincidence, but I definitely noticed a difference in my LO's vocalizations (not just the gaga stuff) after those teeth showed up.</p> <p>I'd love to hear any updates since our LOs are about the same age and seem pretty similar in this respect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626854 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:49:16 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 626854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crunch: Me too. I have to make a real effort to chat at her, but obviously it is worth it!</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Today she was doing more consonant sounds. She is probably on her own timetable, but making an effort to keep the chat flowing seems very important for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626843 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:45:44 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 626843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Giraffe: no, she doesn't. She seems to be working towards teeth, but not cutting any yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626486 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:09:11 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 626486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M. was late to babble. At 8 months when she was doing vowels, but no consonants. We started being very descriptive in our daily routine and worked hard to elicit sounds. She said her first word by 10.5 months and now has 4-5 words. But at 9 months I was ready to push for a speech eval due to lack of babbling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626474 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:01:32 +0000 crunch 626474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: lol we have the doggies book and my DH is the one who tries to get me to read it all the time! LO seems to prefer moo baa lalala. Haha</p> <p>My LO is 7 months and doesn't babble either. He screeches and that's about it. I think at 4 months he was saying guh guh guh but nothing since! I read to him every night but I'm also a very quiet person and have to make a conscious effort to keep talking to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626237 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:17:19 +0000 banana 626237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is 7 months and she doesn't babble much either. She makes a lot of noises (like 'aaaah "and "gggaahh" and "mmmm) but no "bababa" or "dadada" yet. She's working on crawling right now so I'm crossing my fingers that she'll start officially babbling soon after she starts crawling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-626208 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:26:50 +0000 Giraffe 626208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: My LO (almost 7.5 months) sounds a lot like yours, except that he does do a lot of "ggaa" sounds. I feel like those didn't really start until he got his first two teeth, though. Does your LO have teeth yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621528 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:49:41 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 621528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: She is. She for sure knows her full name and short name, understands "up" and knows who "kitty Lumi" (her BFF cat) is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621510 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:44 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 621510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @Mrs. Jump Rope: I know, I think the same thing too. All sweaty and gross. Doing handstands and crap like that ... ummm no! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621506 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:00 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 621506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Hahaha. I will stick with the ones I have (not Doggies, or whatever it is), at least for now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621504 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:46:33 +0000 mediagirl 621504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: @Mrs. Jump Rope: but WHY do they exercise AFTER they bathe and brush their teeth and put on their jammies? That part really bothers me. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621500 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:45:50 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 621500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: That is what I meant! Sure baby books are kind of silly, but, like you, it is the milestone stuff that I hate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621497 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:45:16 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 621497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: The Moo, Baa, La La La book was our Pavlov's dog, until we bought the Dog book... which we've actually hidden. She totally caught on that we weren't changing the barks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621490 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:44:24 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 621490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Oh yes. </p> <p>The sun has set not long ago now everybody goes below to take a bath in one big tub with soap all over scrub scrub scrub they hang their towels on the wall and find pajamas big and small with some on top and some beneath they brush and brush and brush their teeth and when the moon is on the rise they all go up to exercise and down once more but not so fast they're on their way to be at last the moon is high the sea is deep they rock and rock and rock to sleep</p> <p>every night with this book - it is like Pavlov's dogs, but sleep instead of drooling :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/seven-month-babble-level#post-621473 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:39:37 +0000 mediagirl 621473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cat in the Cradle: oh crud...I thought you meant reading up on what milestones they should be hitting. We read baby books at bedtime and during the day when I'm home. Gah! My previous statement sounds like I gave up on reading baby books to her. Haha.</p> <p>I agree with @mrs. Jump Rope, though. Sandra Boynton is fun. The Going to Bed Book is my fave. </p>