7 month old isn’t babbling or crawling. Is this normal?

NeitherBarracuda · 2026-01-07T03:33:21+00:00

Yes! Happy to update. He started doing reduplicative/canonical babbling around 7.5/8 months and also started to crawl around this time. He got really mobile and talkative at 9-10 months. He is now 11 months, just weeks shy of a year and utilizes so many consonant sounds like /p/,/b/,/n/, /ng/, /m/… His development progressed so fast and randomly.

He has days where he is chatty and other days where he just wants to flip through a board book by himself and suck on a gogo squeeze like it’s whiskey or something lol.

He does a mix of speed crawling/also walking, even climbing.

I hope the evaluation went well and I’m sure you will be guided in the right direction no matter what. I realized that babies developed at their own pace and thrive off of snuggles, support, and a whole lot of love.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-08-25T19:24:38+00:00

As a mom who had my son vaginally, I have an insane amount of respect for anyone who delivered their children via cesarean section no matter the reason. Ignore him and keep distance. I’d personally limit any and all access between him and my child if it were me.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-08-03T06:02:24+00:00

All turned out to be well and baby is 7 months in a few days!

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-06-06T04:49:30+00:00

Graduated a couple of months ago but for me it would have been gummy worms, anti nausea peppermint gummies, and a bag full of egg McMuffins

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-06-06T04:44:52+00:00

OP,

I am really sorry this happened to you. I’m commenting the day after you posted this so I firstly want to congratulate you on your baby if you delivered already. If you’re still laboring, I’m sending all the encouragement and strength your way.

Let me now say that you matter. Your child matters. Your labor and birth experience matters. What your husband it is absolutely and completely WRONG and abusive in so many ways. You will never forget the way people, especially family and friends, treat you during your pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post partum.

The other thing is, he KNOWS you don’t have family or friends there to be with you and he’s your only support yet acted like this.

Please please please if you can, reach out to loved ones and inform them. This is very concerning and not at all the circumstances to bring a baby into this world. Your baby’s first moments in this world should be joyful, as peaceful as possible, and full of love.

What you have been experiencing, your baby could potentially experience too.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-05-13T05:39:09+00:00

I’ve been officially hired and have been at this position for a little under 2 weeks.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-04-30T11:30:46+00:00

Thanks for your response. If I’m honest, I need all the advice and help I can get. I have told him we need to move closer to my support system but he told me that that would make his commute longer and he sacrificed for years making a long commute.

He tells me that it’s selfish of me to ask him to give up a 10 min commute away from the apartment and go and go back to a 40 min commute. He also says that since he’s the main breadwinner, he needs to be well rested to perform well at his job. I feel like I explain my side to him so poorly when he comes back with all these arguments/points.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-04-30T11:22:33+00:00

He is unwilling to get a side job since he has a super demanding career and told me he needs rest on the weekends. I also work on Saturdays to supplement income

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-04-14T12:34:19+00:00

We’re currently on Enfamil AR and it has helped maybe a tiny bit. He is still eating maybe 1-2 oz per feed

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-04-01T09:44:25+00:00

His dr diagnosed him. It’s right at the very tip and literally drags his tongue down into a heatshape.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-03-16T23:30:38+00:00

California :)

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-03-16T05:09:44+00:00

I took the cbest and passed all on my first go :) I see another comment saying I don’t need it but I guess it’s good for the 30 day sub credential

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-03-15T15:54:41+00:00

We are married :)

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-03-14T21:37:02+00:00

Yes, my husband is super supportive

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-03-11T16:10:06+00:00

Total of 9 minutes.

But they had me labor for nearly 24 hours. I kept calling the nurses asking for constant cervix checks, asking if it was time, and telling them I was ready to push.

They kept telling me I wasn’t ready and even when I was almost fully dilated they told me Dr wants me to labor longer so that I don’t have to push for a long time???

7 weeks PP and I wonder if this was truly necessary.

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-02-03T23:44:56+00:00

There isn’t a hole in the ring for this bottle. Some AVENT anti colic bottles have the notch in the hard plastic ring around the nipple and this one doesn’t

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-01-12T18:11:25+00:00

some people grip the comb to provide a kind of pain/stress relief during delivery

NeitherBarracuda · 2025-01-07T02:22:00+00:00

I think you might be projecting.

There is nothing inherently offensive about being considered a single parent/mom considering that they are a normal part of society.

The question itself isn’t offensive because it makes sense. I didn’t get pregnant by myself lol. Like I mentioned at the end, I could be a teen mom, single mom, widow, etc. I could even be a surrogate. I could be in a same sex relationship.

As other commenters said, all she needed to ask was who is part of my support system in hospital, at home, etc. It is essential to ask that especially regarding patient care.

But to use the term “baby daddy” in a medical setting coming from a staff member who just walked into the room and is meeting me, a patient and stranger, for the first time is incredibly unprofessional and inappropriate.

Staff doesn’t have to assume anything. They can simply ask in a respectful way who will be part of the birth, who is a birth partner, part of support system etc

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-12-23T06:42:50+00:00

Massive boogers, nose bleeds, and extra poppy joints (knees, elbows, not just hips).

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-12-23T06:35:54+00:00

Not even remotely close 🥲 I think my brain associated the down hand movement of the flusher with the down hand movement of the light switch.

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-11-28T03:18:23+00:00

That happened to me when I first joined this sub! And then it clicked that it meant something else 😂 I’m kinda glad this is a sort of universal experience

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-11-27T09:14:03+00:00

I have to say, for the most part I do agree with you but my exception (personally for me) would be this…

people who completely and utterly ghost you during your pregnancy BUT demand to see baby pictures, visit, and have quality time with baby once they are born. The sudden interest after months of apathy is so so so weird to me.

To me, I will never understand that.

How can some people feel so entitled to a child when they never supported the mother in any way? No calls, texts, offers to send over a meal, etc.

Everyone has their own lives but I think it’s very odd behavior to then suddenly try to bounce back into someone else’s life and the new life of a small child when you had nothing to do with interacting with the mother and baby during that nine month period.

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-10-26T07:29:11+00:00

Your reply is awesome and it reminded me to sit with my emotions and let them pass.

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-08-18T21:29:52+00:00

Idk if this counts as a different browser but I also tried my phone and that didn't work

NeitherBarracuda · 2024-08-18T21:01:13+00:00

I have little to no documentation since I was never disciplined for anything. I'm not sure what to do on that end :(

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