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After holding a baby in your arms, the next most awaited moment is to hear your baby speak to you! Imagine, you suddenly hear your baby say “bye” to a stranger baby during park visit! After months of squeals and shrieks, has your wait ended? Finally, your baby has reached this next milestone, Whoopie! Like most parents, you expected your baby to say “ma ma” as the first word. It may also happen that your baby spoke “bye” the other day and didn’t utter another word for a couple of weeks. Was that a squeal misinterpreted? Or did he actually speak his first word?
Mostly the grimaces and hand movements are used by babies to express themselves and we try to encode them. By six months your baby will start babbling. The “ma ma”, “da da” and “na na”s are all babbles.
Around 6-8 months, he will try to imitate sounds of what he hears.
Most babies usually start speaking at 11-14 months, probably around their first birthday. And by the time your baby turns two, he will already be putting words together to form sentences, a bit broken though!
However, this varies from individual to individual. One in every 4 babies can be a late bloomer, and it might just be right to seek professional help once your baby is 2.5 years old. Late bloomers tend to catch up by this age.
A good news for baby girls! They will reward you with more vocabulary than the baby boy and speak earlier too.
Yes, the first time parents even tend to remember the first word spoken by their first child. This excitements tone downs a bit with the second child though. Below is a list of most common first words spoken by babies passed on from parent’s memories:
Your baby will not learn to speak automatically. You need to provide him with the conducive environment so that he can pick up the correct words and start speaking at the appropriate time. Below are a few tips on helping you develop your baby’s vocabulary:
Here the key is to talk more and talk sensible and your baby will follow suit! Make sure that your never shout in front of your baby. Hold him, love him and speak short sentences (usually 2-3 words) to him.
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