When do babies start babbling...cooing..etc?

yitta25

Mon, Sep 12 2011, 9:03 am

Just curious whats normal for a 4 month old. My daughter is hitting four months now and she seems t be very quiet all the time. She cries normally Smile

. She also giggles. She makes very light cooing sounds....not on her full voice.

fiddle

Mon, Sep 12 2011, 9:09 am

I would assume every single baby is different. I did see a just three month old the other day smiling and cooing

imaima

Mon, Sep 12 2011, 9:19 am

Cooing is making vowel sounds and babbling is producing syllables. The former comes before the latter. I think, at your child's age, she is supposed to coo but not babble yet, but of course, everyone is different.

amother

Mon, Sep 12 2011, 6:08 pm

every child is different but according to the slp books cooing 4-6 months and babbling at around 9 months. if I remember correctly!

chocolate chips

Tue, Sep 13 2011, 9:45 am

My baby is 4months and he makes noises all day. I think it depends on the baby.
I put him in his chair and he babbles/cooes whatever you want to call it (I dunno the difference) either way he makes noises and shouts and giggles.
It could be your baby is on the quiet side.