What Your Baby Should Be Saying
Babies can start babbling as early as 6 months of age, and soon after, they might start recognizing their own name. This, like other milestones, is a big part of your newborn’s development. We at 5-Minute Crafts will guide you through what they may or may not say throughout the years that follow.
- Watches your face as you talk
- Starts cooing
- Babbles (ba-ba, da-da)
- Able to recognize their own name
- Changes their tone of voice to show if they’re happy or upset
- Uses a wider range of sounds and tones of voice
- Begins to understand gestures (pointing and grunting)
- Might say their first word (mama, dada, doggy)
- Starts to answer simple questions (without words)
- Might have a vocabulary of up to 6 words
- Tries to imitate simpler words
- Says several simple words
- Can point to people, objects, and even body parts
- Repeats words but can miss either the ending or beginning
- Might understand several words
- Starts referring to themselves by name
- Puts 2 words together (for example: mama car)
- Able to use consonants
- Describes uses of objects
- Uses verbs that end in “ing” (talking, swimming)
- Can repeat sentences
- May answer simple questions
- Knows how to speak with a rhythm
- Can use 8 words or more in a sentence
- May describe objects
- Might use their imagination to come up with stories
- Engages in conversation with others
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