Da! Da! Why does all that baby babbling matter? When baby learns to babble at 4-6 months of age, they're learning to manipulate sounds and play with their voice but there's also a lot more going on! #WatchThisWednesday ➡️ Learn more about baby's babbles: https://pathways.org/babbling/ | Pathways.org

💕 Babbling is more than just adorable! 🐣 Around 6 months, your baby’s expressive language is transitioning from those sweet early coos and delighted squeals to more experimental babbling. 🗣Expressive language is the collection of sounds or gestures your baby makes in their early attempts to communicate. 👏 You can encourage this by playfully smiling and responding with similar babbling sounds. This tells your baby that their attempts at communication are important and effective, and introduce

✨ Babbling is one of the most exciting early milestones - those little sounds show your baby is practicing the foundations of speech. 🫶 Babbling doesn’t automatically turn into first words - but it is the foundation. Your simple, repeated words and predictable routines are what help those early sounds gain meaning and grow into early words. Here are the pieces that make the biggest impact: ✨ simple words in the same moments ✨ predictable routines your baby can count on ✨ repetition in context (

💡 There are so many playful ways to encourage babbling! Comment “BABBLE” and we’ll send you 8 easy tips to try today. 👋 Hi! 👩‍⚕️ We’re Ilana and Kellie—a speech-language pathologist and a CDA (and moms!) We’re here to help you connect, play, and nurture your little one’s communication skills from the very beginning. Curious what babbling really sounds like? Here are a few real-life examples 👶✨ Babbling isn’t just noise! It’s one of the biggest milestones in early speech and language developm