When
your baby is born the first way that she can communicate with you is through
crying and body language. Pretty soon she will be ready for the next step in her
language development which is cooing and then babbling. At about 5 or 6 months
your baby will start imitating sounds. At about 9 months she will start to try
and imitate words such as baba and dada. She may begin to combine gestures with
sounds such as hand waving when hearing "by, by". After that she will learn to understand
words, you’ll know this is the case by her correct pointing at items. At around
12 months your baby will begin to understand simple commands with
gestures. At 15 months she will
understand simple commands without gestures. At this time her vocabulary should
consist of about 4-6 words with a lot of random sounds and tones for
expression. Finally your baby will begin learning to say words and her
vocabulary will grow with her development. Talking to your baby at every age
and stage is the best way to help develop and increase her word
vocabulary. I mean from the day you meet
your baby you talk to her. Tell her
everything from how much you love her, to how long you waited for her, how much
heartburn she gave you, where she is, what she is doing and on and on. When your baby starts trying to copy you,
answer. She’s trying to have a conversation with you. Whatever language age or
stage your baby is in, engage with her on her level. Babies as young as 2 or 3 weeks old can have
a back and forth cooing conversation while maintaining nice eye gaze with
you. The trick is fostering this kind of
engagement at just the right time for your baby, when she is ready to engage
with you. Sing to your baby. Sing the
same songs over and over again. Your
baby will love to hear your voice and she will learn the words in the song that
you sing over and over again. When your
baby is a little older you can help to foster language development by singing
familiar songs and leaving words out of the sentence that she can proudly fill
in.
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