Baby speech, 2 mo babbles?

[Marumi]

I forgot when my first began to make sounds but I don't think this early...could have been around 4 months.

Basically he has been laughing since one month old and around 1 1/2 months he began saying things like "a-goo", "a-ro", "a-chroo" "umnah" when he wants me and some more mumbly sounds. But overall he is really vocal, when he talks he is loud with lots of eye contact as if he is really trying to be understood. I started playing games with him like baby yoga and sit ups and he gets so exited he is making sounds now when laughing and my first definitely did do quiet laughs for a while...

Also he seems to know one word really well which is "happa happa?" (Nursy nursy or literally foody food food) I ask him to see if he is hungry and he gets madly exited when he is, doing the hungry lips.

Does anyone know a good source regarding speech milestones? The pages I found were very vague but I remember reading about the exact words babys say at X months in the past.
Any experiences are welcome of course too!

 

[DaisyDreamer]

No sources that I know of (will have to research when I'm done on BnB here)

But Z is very vocal. Albeit he is almost 4 months old but even at 2 months he could recognize the little song I made up for him. He now seems to recognize his name and was saying the same babbles in the same situations. I also get the idea he is really trying to communicate and be understood.

We've just now gotten to laughing but those can be hit or miss. But Zodi really wants to be involved in everything and is quite content looking around or being held as we cook or do yoga.

Sounds like a very social baby

 

[minties]

Thomas was very vocal at that age also, especially saying a-goo (that is such a cute one hehe). He was saying mamama and dadadada at about 4 months I think. He also was laughing properly by 6 weeks.

Funnily enough he didn't say his first word till 23 months old though.

 

[hellojello25]

Alex is pretty vocal as well and has been smiling since 5 weeks. He also laughs sometimes, especially in the morning when he first wakes up. Alex maintains eye contact really well too. It's all so exciting, isn't it!

 

[CRWx]

My little girl has always also been very vocal! Girl knows what she wants

 

[MindUtopia]

I would say the best thing you can do right now is doing lots of talking yourself and reading. Basically, I used to talk through a running narrative of things I was doing around the house at that age. I'd put her in her wrap and I'd do housework or prepare dinner and I'd talk about what I was doing as I did it. Same thing if we went out to the store to do the food shopping (I'm sure I sounded crazy talking to myself!). I also used to sit and read for a bit each day, like I read an actual book (a fiction book I'd wanted to read myself, not a children's book) and I'd sit with her in my arms or on my chest or in the wrap and read aloud. It's just lots of exposure to language and speaking that's important really. I don't think they have any milestones at this age other than just making sure they are making some sounds and responding to you in some way vocally. I think the first big one is babbling (like making mamamamama or bababababa sounds) which they usually want to see around 8-9 months. My daughter used to say all sorts of things when she was about 3-4 months old, like actual words, that were hilarious. She used to say "algae" and "earwig" a lot, which was really random. But it wasn't in context and didn't really mean anything. It's just them forming sounds and us attributing some sort of meaning to them. But really, just lots of vocal interaction throughout the day is the best thing, whatever that means, reading, singing, talking about objects, etc.

Here's a good resource though: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-inf...eech-and-language-development-birth-12-months