I think DD#2 is going to turn 1 w/o saying mama...

Re: I think DD#2 is going to turn 1 w/o saying mama...

• paulinaramirez member

  August 2011

  JenChrisBabyH:

  And it's breaking my heart! 

  DD#2 is about 1-2 months behind ALL of the 'milestones'- she was late to crawl, late to sit up/ stand up- and now REALLY late to speak!  She mimics dada sometimes and non- word noises (raspberry noises, ra-ra's, ya-ya's) but she doesn't have the 3 'words' they are supposed to have at 9 mos (let alone 12)- not mama, nana, papa or baba (for bottle)- the ones we work on the most...  She's such a happy baby and jabbers constantly- should I get her evaluated? I don't even know if they do it this young... they probably would just think I'm being overly critical/ concerned...

  I've heard that babies who have older siblings and/or working on walking (which she may be- she's really enjoying walking along furniture, walls, ppl, etc.) can be late to speak-- any truth to that one?    

  I am of no help inthis department but my son is the sane way. Jabbers and babbles all day long but no real words yet. I'd did sound like he said "bow wow" today lol but only once. Very interested in the responses . I figure he ll do it at his own time , but still kinda worried :O

  

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• paulinaramirez member

  August 2011

  * typing on my iPod . Please excuse typos! Damn my stubby fingers.

  

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• sillypit member

  August 2011

  I've never heard that they're supposed to have 3 words by 9 months.  My pedi said mama or dada without meaning by 9 months and with meaning by a year is what they look for.  You've still got a month till a year and that's an eternity in baby time.
  

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• smerka member

  August 2011

  I'm still waiting for my almost two year old to call me mama. I think most peds won't talk about early intervention until at least 18 months.

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• BeckyD80

  August 2011

  sillypit:

  I've never heard that they're supposed to have 3 words by 9 months.  My pedi said mama or dada without meaning by 9 months and with meaning by a year is what they look for.  You've still got a month till a year and that's an eternity in baby time.
  

   

  My pedi said the same and I've read the same. I wouldn't worry. I think people that say their babies are saying mama, dada, and ball by 5 months are kidding themselves. 
  

  
  

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