Babbling
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How do you know if your 1 Year Old Needs Speech or Language Therapy?
What should my 1-year-old be doing? Have questions about your child’s speech and language development? I’ve had several parents come in recently and tell me something along the lines of “I just didn’t know my child should be doing X by now until I saw what other kids their age were doing.” I have heard this from both first time parents and parents with multiple kiddos at home. Trust your gut, mama. We can say this about a lot of different areas, but it’s true. Usually if you have questions or an instinct, you have it for a reason! If you have questions about your child’s speech and language abilities…
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How to Promote Babbling with your 6 Month Old
Should my baby be babbling at 6 months? 6 months may sound early, but between 6-7 months is actually when we typically do see babbling begin to emerge. There will still be a lot of silly sounds and vocal play, but don’t be surprised if those vowel sounds your baby is making start to have consonants in front of them! Babies typically produce reduplicated babbling first, which means that they begin to repeat syllables of one vowel + one consonant sound (Lanza & Flahive, 2008). Reduplicated babbling: /ma ma ma/ , /ba ba ba/ This is the type of babbling we would expect to see emerging around 6-7 months. Variegated…
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4 Ways to Encourage Babbling
How exciting is it when your baby transitions from those sweet coos and goos to early babbling? This is where my almost 6-month-old is at, and I’m loving every second of it. Did you know that as a mama, there are several things you are probably already doing without even knowing it to help set those speech and language skills up for success? As an SLP, I’ve started paying attention to all of the things that I’ve been subconsciously using with my little guy at home to encourage his skills, specifically his babbling. Wondering when your child should start babbling or wondering if they’re late? Babies typically begin canonical (reduplicated)…
