Babies Milestones: Start Talking And Saying Their First Words

Babies grow and develop their speech and language skills. You will hear them vocalizing and having verbal experimentation from "coos" to growls and uttering words with the combination of vowels and consonants. And by eight months, you will probably hear your baby's first words calling you such as "ma-ma" and "da-da."

Parenting states that parents must encourage their babies to talk. You can build his vocabulary while attending to him. For instance, you are in the garden, when you see a bird you may say, "That is a bird." And you may utter the sound of the bird too. You may also read together even though he can't understand you, this can stimulate his senses and would be familiar with books. This would enhance his love for books as he grows up. Play games such as "so big," imitation, turn-taking or peek-a-boo. These are fundamentals for conversation.

Another way of introducing a range of sounds is through singing. Sing with your baby. Most babies love music. And if your babies uttered babble word like "goo goo," you may babble back, like "Hey, boo boo, how are you?" Have him feel you have the real conversation with him.

Afterwards, "What is the next achievement for baby?" What To Expect states that once your baby uttered his first words, he will then learn to comprehend words. Before he will have his first birthday, he can follow a simple command. And his vocabulary will widen around his 18 months. He may also put together a sentence by the time he reaches two.

You will hear him say "More juice" or "Play ball." To encourage him more to talk in the sentence, you may read a book with him. For example, a book about animals, as you see a picture of animals such as fish, you may say "Fish swims" or "Frog hops." These can build his sentence structure and vocabulary.

Hearing the first words and sentence of your baby is an exciting milestone. The key to developing more his speech and language skills are to communicate with him. Talk, read, sing, play and pray with your baby always.