Not babbling

smcjune21

My twins are 9.5months. DD is babbling away but DS is not even close. I read somewhere that it should happen around 7 months. ?The pedi said he'd give him until 10m but I'm worried. I talk to him constantly. ?My oldest could say 5 words clearly and appropriately at 9months.

mommyof4boys

Are they premature?  My twins were babbeling at that age.  My youngest is 16 months and still not really babbling.  I know that none of my kiddies were saying words at that age. 

smcjune21

No they aren't premies (37.5weeks) 9 months is early to be saying words I know but he's not even doing the la la la, ba ba ba thing. ?What can I do besides talk to him to help him along?

Do you think he needs to be evaluated? ?

amygdala

Sounds about like mine, except my dd was just starting to babble at 9.5m. ?She took off pretty quickly from there though...she had a vocabulary of few words & could follow simple commands ("put your sippy on the table") by around 14m old. ?On the other hand, ds did not babble ANY consonants AT ALL (only vowels sounds like "ee" & "eh") until nearly 16m old! ?He also did not?point, clap, or gesture in ANY way, & did not follow simple commands?until around 16m either. ?I was SO worried about him. ?I had him evaluated by EI at 15m, but we were moving to another state the following month, so I didn't receive any services from them. ?Then he just suddenly "snapped out of it", so I never pursued it after we moved. ?Now, he talks constantly, is adding new words daily, & his vocab has completely caught up to dd's (both are right on-target for their age). ?Their language really, really took off between 18-20m. ?I know how you're feeling, but try not to worry!

mommyof4boys

If you feel like like there's a concern it doesn't help to have him evaluated.  I knew, in my gut, that there was something "off" with Chris and I waited.  He's the youngest and is a premiee.  I thought that he'd catch up and he was just a bit behind but since he has 3 older brothers that do for him that he'd be a bit behind.  Now my baby is 16 months old and we had him evaluated last month.  He is between an 6 month (for language and an 11 month for motor.  I want to cry knowing that he could have had help and everyone shrugged it off.  When I said that I fel tthere was something off my momeven told me it was my fault and that I was being pariniod.

amygdala

mommyof4boys:

If you feel like like there's a concern it doesn't help to have him evaluated.? I knew, in my gut, that there was something "off" with Chris and I waited.? He's the youngest and is a premiee.? I thought that he'd catch up and he was just a bit behind but since he has 3 older brothers that do for him that he'd be a bit behind.? Now my baby is 16 months old and we had him evaluated last month.? He is between an 6 month (for language and an 11 month for motor.? I want to cry knowing that he could have had help and everyone shrugged it off.? When I said that I fel tthere was something off my momeven told me it was my fault and that I was being pariniod.

I'm so very sorry for what you're going through w/your ds, & I hope that he gets all the help he needs. ?I didn't mean to brush off the original poster's concerns or invalidate anyone else's by telling her not to worry. ?However, I will say that I was absolutely CONVINCED at 14-15m old that ds had autism or a learning disorder of some sort. ?I too always felt that there was something just off about him, even as a tiny baby. ?Everyone told me that I was paranoid too. ?In addition to his delays, at 14-15m, ds rocked & did weird repetitive behaviors w/his toys too...everything just screamed autism to me & I was devastated. ?I know that my ds is still young & we're not "out of the woods" yet as far as his development goes, but I can say now with 100% conviction that I don't feel or think that there is ANYthing off about him at all. ?He finally seems perfectly fine to me. ?Obviously, I don't know what's going to happen with anyone else's dc, but I just wanted to offer hope. ?I agree 100% with you that if a parent ever has any concern, it does not hurt at all to have their dc evaluated (ds was also evaluated at 4m & 9m). ?Please don't beat yourself up for waiting to seek help...you could not possibly have known how things would turn out. ?My ds's 4m evaluation came back completely normal, & at his 9m evaluation, we were told that he was delayed but not enough to qualify for EI (he had to be more than 25% delayed in 2 or more developmental areas). ?Then at 15m, I was worried sick, & he really did then qualify for EI. ?Hindsight is always 20/20...the important thing is that you are doing something NOW, & 16m is still REALLY young to start treatment. ?FWIW, you seem like a great mom. ? ??