05/27/2020
Day 6 of series: "How does my child understand and talk?"
7 Months–1 Year
-Babbles long strings of sounds, like mimi, upup, babababa.
-Uses sounds and gestures to get and keep attention.
-Points to objects and shows them to others.
-Uses gestures like waving bye, reaching for “up,” and shaking his head no.
-Imitates different speech sounds.
-Says 1 or 2 words, like hi, dog, dada, mama, or uh-oh. This will happen around his first birthday, but sounds may not be clear.
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