At our last CHN appointment, the nurse said it was a bit unusual that Izzy isn't chattering yet - doing all the repetitive noises like lalalala, dadadada etc yet. She told me to keep an eye on it for 6-8 weeks and review after that. I'm a bit worried still though even though she wasn't too worried. It definately isn't linked to her hearing, she can have her back to me and I can say her name softly and she will turn around, and we also say things like clap - and she will clap, dance and she will dance, daddy and she looks at him etc....
We talk to her all the time, and say things like mamamam, dadadada etc and she just smiles at us and squeals. She makes sounds throughout the day like grunts, squeals and screams! but just no chatter...
Has anyone else had this with their baby and things have been ok... It is so hard not to worry and wonder if it is something more serious..
TIA
I wouldn't worry about it. Like all their developmental milestones, it can happen at an earlier or later age than the 'average' age. And some babies just don't do a lot of babbling and its not a given that there is a possible problem there. She is receptive of what you say to her and makes noises in response to what you say to her, its just not chatter kwim? My third bub didn't even really start to talk until she was just over 2yo, and she wasn't near the chatter box the older two were as babies either, but now she is talking fine - hard to understand sometimes but she is still 'age appropriate' in her speech.
It really irks me that MCHN's and some Drs etc try to make our babies fit into squares all the time when they might be circles or triangles instead.....
AMM- shes eating ok but still doesnt like lumpy food much! Having said that if we give her anything to self feed she loves it and "chews" quite happily.
Sherie - I know its horrible the way they have time frames for everything, and in hindsight Im sure I will wonder why I was worried - I mean really, what can we do about it anyway? It doesnt help me now while Im worried though and so is DH
She is so active though, so I wonder if that is why she doesn't really talk. She has been crawling since 6 mths and is now almost walking, cruising furniture, and letting go of things and standing. From the minute shes awake she doesn't stop - so its like she doesnt have time to just sit and chat. Ugggghhhhh mother guilt and worry really s*cks.
Your welcome tanstar, I was going to say something about the nurse in my first post, well I was going to ask whether you would have been concerned if she had not of said what she did?
When my DS was 6 weeks old I had a home visit and the nurse was telling me to watch out for his head which was flattish at the back and to give him more tummy time. My son had had major abdominal surgery after his birth, so yes, tummy time would have been helpful but not with a wound such as his that was still healing. Also by that stage he was sleeping though 12 hours on his back so what was I supposed to do, except take what she said with a grain of salt which I did.
Your Izzy sounds like she is growing and socialising just fine!
Sherie ~ I like what you said about the circles and triangles too. It seems that babies cannot just be babies these days, they have to be super babies... which causes us mummas so much stress!!
LOL Tan, it sure doesn't help with the worries we have from time to time. She might just *click* one day and you wont get her to stop - she might not chatter at all and move onto real words instead - there is no way of knowing how they are going to do it. I would be more concerned if she wasn't responsive when she was spoken too and she has no trouble with that at all.
Tanstar I'm sure she'll be fine If I were you, I'd give her another couple of months, and then if she isn't babbling get it checked out. That way, you can see if it is just her (ie she's been putting all her developmental effort into those other things like crawling, cruising etc and speech isn't a priority for her) or if you need to look into it further. So perhaps write down a date on your calendar sometime in the future, and try to forget about it until then and enjoy your little speedy girl
9mths and still not chattering......
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If I were you, I'd give her another couple of months, and then if she isn't babbling get it checked out. That way, you can see if it is just her (ie she's been putting all her developmental effort into those other things like crawling, cruising etc and speech isn't a priority for her) or if you need to look into it further. So perhaps write down a date on your calendar sometime in the future, and try to forget about it until then and enjoy your little speedy girl 
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