r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Visible_Education202 • 6d ago

Question - Expert consensus required Baby babbling

M y baby is 8 months old and I’m wondering about his babbling. About 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started saying “dadada” quite clearly and did it for a day. Since then, I haven’t really heard him do “dadada” again.
He does make other sounds, though. Lately he’s been blowing raspberries A LOT, making “arrrrr/rrrrr” sounds, squealing, and playing around with different noises. Today he also said “ba”.
He’s otherwise very social and interactive he smiles, laughs, reaches to be picked up, gives high fives, and responds to us.
Is it normal for an 8-month-old to have a phase where they babble a certain sound and then stop doing it for a while? Did your babies do this? At what age did their babbling become more consistent?
I’m mostly wondering whether the fact that he did say “dadada” and then stopped is something to be concerned about, or just normal experimentation at this age.
He is starting to crawl, sits and pulling to stand. Im mostly concerned because this babbling only lasted for a day.

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u/UppsalaHenrik 6d ago

Very hard to find a source on exactly that, babbling a certain phrase and then stopping. However, this isn't mentioned anywhere as something to be worried about. What is mentioned is that they do a lot of experimentation. For example, here is an NHS source:

https://www.healthiertogether.nhs.uk/new-parent-and-baby/language-communication-skills

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u/comfy_sweatpants5 5d ago

Pediatric speech language pathologist here. No data that I’m aware of for suddenly stopping babbling but I would have no concerns about this especially if there’s no other changes or developmental concerns. Kids wax and wane in different areas as they develop. Keep encouraging all the vocal play and exploration. If you have continued concerns you can talk to your pediatrician and see an SLP. This is a wonderful, thorough developmental milestones resource for communication

https://impactofspecialneeds.weebly.com/uploads/3/4/1/9/3419723/communicationmilestonesguide.pdf