4 month old stopped talking??

[ParisJeTadore]

My lo who is over 4 months now use to talk up a storm (around 3 months). He'd have "conversations" with us and babble away. I've noticed that for the last while he has stopped "talking". He use to babble a lot on his change mat and now will remain quiet no matter how much I talk to him. He still smiles tons, giggles and makes the odd noise but not anything close to what he use to do.

Has anyone experienced this? Is it a normal part of development?

 

[Shadowy Lady]

This exactly happened to us at 3.5 months with Sofia and it went on for about 2 weeks. I asked the nurse at the Early Years Centre and she said babies around 3-4 months get very curious and attentive and prefer to look around more than talk

Sofia's back to babbling away, srsly she even does it in the middle of the night :/ enjoy the quiet times hehe

 

[DaisyBee]

My girls are quiet and don't say much when teething or learning more physical things. Then they would start babbling again.

 

[mrsthomas623]

Absolutely normal. Babies are not great multi taskers , they tend to focus on one thing at a time.

 

[ParisJeTadore]

Thanks guys! Glad to hear this is normal. Guess I'll enjoy it while it lasts (Shadow lady...during the night?! Cute but must wake you up )

 

[Boo44]

I've noticed this too! Just to add one thing that at 4 months I noticed he had stopped 'talking' to me, then he went off his milk. The next week we foun he had tonsilitis so must have had a sore throat! Just something to consider However he now often goes quiet for days at a time with no obvious reason lol x

 

[Shadowy Lady]

Thanks guys! Glad to hear this is normal. Guess I'll enjoy it while it lasts (Shadow lady...during the night?! Cute but must wake you up )

It does! it's totally not cute in the middle of the night

 

[Akinesia]

Same thing happened with my son around 4-5 months. It was just a phase, he's 10 months now and babbles non stop to us.

 

[StaceyKor]

My lo definitely goes through quiet spells...as others say it tends to be when she is focussing on something. She has just learned to crawl...was very quiet for a few weeks and now she's back to being chatty xx

 

[ParisJeTadore]

So as babies/kids love to do my lo made a liar out of me yesterday evening by talking up a storm and hasn't stopped since! lol! How typical.

 

[Unbridled]

Maddox is much quieter when he's teething. I think maybe it's because his gums become sore and making his usual sounds is uncomfortable for him.

 

[ParisJeTadore]

Maddox is much quieter when he's teething. I think maybe it's because his gums become sore and making his usual sounds is uncomfortable for him.

Yes, our little boy has been teething quite a bit lately. Never thought of it that way but that is definitely a possibility. Teething has been going on since 3 months...really hope something comes of it soon or we could be in for a long haul!