How Babies Learn To Talk

A baby learns to talk by listening to voices and sounds. Your baby makes sounds to tell you how he/she feels or what he/she wants. Babies develop at their own rate. Some babies do things at a young age and some take a little longer.

By 12 months, most
children will:

When to call for help:

• understand their own name
• understand words like "bye-bye" or "up"
• say sounds like "ba ba, na na, ga ga"
• laugh and try to make sounds like you do
• say their first word

• Your baby does not wave back at you when you say "bye bye" and wave.
• Your baby does not try to show you things by reaching or looking.