Babies begin to hear sounds in the last few months of pregnancy. They are well equipped for hearing when they are born.
1-3 Months - Studies have shown that a newborn will choose to listen to their parents voice by turning their head to that sound rather then the voice of a stranger. Your baby will love to listen to your voice. Your voice is associated with comfort and food. At this age your baby will enjoy music and listening to familiar sound in her world. Infants will respond well to high pitched, rhythmic, and singsong, vocalizations. You will notice that your baby can often be consoled by your voice. This response is setting the stage for future communication.
4-7 Months- Your baby will begin to understand the different parts of speech. Your baby will begin to differentiate various sounds and is beginning to learn that words make sentences. By seven months she will respond to her name. There will be more babbling at this age as your baby experiments with speech and sounds.
8-12 Months- Your baby's first sounds should be GA, BA, and DA. Now you know your baby has been listening to you. Around this age your baby will begin to respond to simple verbal requests such as " Wave by, by". Your baby should begin trying to use the sounds she can make to communicate with you and play. Keep talking and encouraging your baby!
1-2 Years- Your baby will begin using words at this stage. A lot of progress is being made with building word vocabulary in this year. Your baby is sure to understand even more then she can say. Your baby should begin to follow simple commands and instructions. Your baby will begin to learn to identify and label items in her environment. Your baby will begin to love to listen and participate in baby songs such as " Open Shut Them" and " Eensy Beensy Spider". Your baby will begin to enjoy really listening to stories and talking about the story book's pictures. Your baby will begin to point to pictures that you name for her. Speaking, singing, and laughing are now a part of your baby's routine.
How amazing is your baby's development in just 2 short years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am absolutely loving this stage of language development! My 20-month old is finding and using new words every day. It is so much fun to see her expression when she babbles and stumbles onto a new word and recognizes the association.
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