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…