


As time goes on, there will be more words than gestures. Gestures – Your child may use a lot of gestures with words to try and get the meaning across to you.

More true words will follow the first one. Most children speak their first word between 10 to 14 months of age. The first word – If your child hasn’t already spoken their first word, they will soon.Talking to your child often and reading to them starting no later than 6 months will go a long way towards helping with language development. Children are very proud of what they are learning during this time and enjoy announcing new words. You also will increasingly be able to understand your child, and this makes many things easier they will also understand you better. There are lots of games to be played as your baby learns words. While nothing quite matches the thrill of hearing the first word, or seeing the first step, the language development during this year can be a lot of fun. They should be using gestures, responding to their name, and stopping activity when they hear “no.” They probably enjoy playing peek-a-boo. If they aren’t doing this at 12 months, you should not be worried, as long as they are producing lots of sounds, seem like they are trying to speak, and seem to understand you. They may say “ma-ma,” or “da-da,” or try a name for a sibling, pet, or toy. They will be simple, and not complete words, but you will know what they mean. Most children speak their first word between 10 to 14 months of age.īy the time your baby is a year old, he or she is probably saying between one to three words. This means that in addition to being able to make sounds and words, your baby also needs to be able to hear and understand. They are both receptive (hearing and understanding) and expressive (speech). Language milestones are successes that mark various stages of language development.
