3-They Don’t Babble (Before kids learn to speak they babble)
Before kids start to talk, they begin to babble, trying with vowel-like sounds around the age of 6 months. However, babies who may have autism won’t show signs of babbling around the 5 to 6-month marker.
Speech helps to learn, so avoiding early verbal milestones can knock a child’s cognitive improvement off-kilter.
If your child has reached the six-month mark, and you have never heard them babble, coo, or even whine, then this needs to be brought up at their next check-up because it is a definite sign that something is wrong.
A baby who makes no sounds at all could be mute, and this would more than likely be caught well before the six-month mark, but a baby who occasionally cries for food, but does nothing else could very well have other problems going on that should be figured out as soon possible so that they do not fall behind when it comes time for them to start talking and going to school.
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