What is Baby Babbling?

     It is safe to assume that almost everybody can tell babies' first words are babbles. Clearly, babbles aren't actual words, but they are baby words. Even if there isn't much to the oohs, ahhs, ma's, and pa's, these sounds/baby words are essential to how babies come to learn and develop their language. As babies continue with the constant makings of the smaller word fragments (ma, ah, la, etc.) and move their mouths to become comfortable with the different patterns, they are one step closer to talking correctly. Some people may think the babbles are useless, but this is not true. Babbles are the starting point for talking. When babies start creating consonant-vowel sounds, it is encouraged to finish the words they've begun to influence the entire word fragment. As a mom, I didn't realize I would do this every day without realizing it. Imagine simply speaking to your baby; happy talk and simple expressions will help them learn as they start to pick up and identify the words you speak to them. Typically, these babbles will become prominent between 4-6 months of age. It is stated in the cited article that it is, in fact, a milestone for babies. In this article, I also believe it to be an essential detail to unknowing persons that crying is not babbling. However, it is still another form of communication babies use to identify if they are hungry, grumpy, and bothered. How cool is it that babies form their own ways of communication while learning their proper language along the way? 

Article Link:

Making Sense of Baby’s Babbles: What They Mean And When It Starts. Pathways.org. (2022). Retrieved 24 July 2022, from https://pathways.org/babbling/.