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Early Speech and Communication Development Milestones
2–3 Months
- Cooing and gooing
- Follows objects with eye gaze
4–6 Months
- Squeals, growls, yells, blows raspberries, begins babbling
- Giggles and uses sounds for attention
7–9 Months
- More sounds emerging
- some reduplicated babbling (“baba” or “mamama”)
- Enjoys pat-a-cake or peek-a-boo
- Tries to “talk” to listener
10–12 Months
- Waves bye-bye
- Babbling with more variation
- More adult-like intonation
- Expanded use of consonants
- Uses first words
2–3 Years
- Watches children and briefly joins play
- Participates in parallel play
- Asks for help and makes requests
- Uses language to be silly