When Do Babies Start to Talk

My 4 month old has been saying "Mama" for about a month. I thought she was just babbling until she said it plainly when she was frustrated. If my husband has her and she wants me, she definitely says Mama. Other than that, she says things like Agoo...

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My three month old twins are starting to babble too, I could have sworn I heard one of them say "daddy" the other night, lol. And they always say something that sounds like, "I'm good". I say just enjoy it, and get out the recorder as often as possible!

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My nine month old loves to babble at us! We babble right back at him to encourage his verbal skills. He started saying mama and dada and nana(grammy) when he was about 7 1/2 months old. They are all on their own time table...just enjoy and document every moment!

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My husband was changing my 8 month old son while I tried to entertain/distract him. I was waving a diaper with an animal on it in front of his face and asking, "Do you see what I see? Do you know what this animal is?" and my son replied plain as day, "Koala!"

My husband gave me a funny look and said, "he just said koala" and I showed him the diaper... which had a big koala on it. We both stared at my son and he just giggled. My husband was SO disappointed that his first word wasn't "Daddy" but after saying "koala" he just starting saying new words daily. And he hasn't stopped talking since!

My 7 year old spoke his first word at 4 months old. His first word was Foot and his second was shoe. I think he picked these words up real fast cause he would always kick his shoes off and I would tell him with a smile "get that shoe back on that foot" and grab his foot and start tickling it. LOL.

My 2nd son is 5 months old and he babbles all the time, if he doesn't have that huge grin on his face. Doesn't take much to make him happy. If he is screaming all you have to do is look at him and smile and he smiles back. He has been talking non stop since he was 3 months old. I tell my husband he should listen and take notes cause he is telling us the mysteries of the universe. About 3 weeks ago I was listening and mimmicking the sounds and I decided to point at him and say his name and then point at myself and say "mama". He looked at me and said "mama" and smiled real big. Of course I started crying and hugging him which only made him laugh.

Each of our four children said their first words right around 7 months. From that point each of them developed their speech at their own individual pace. Our oldest was actually speaking in complete sentences at the age of 10 months, which is not very common. The other three took a little longer. It really does vary with each child, but what an exciting time! It's so fun and amazing to watch (and listen) to them develop...have fun with that little angel, and enjoy every second with her. It really does go by so fast!

Hi,A.! :)

When my oldest (who is 16) started talking, he was using single words like "mama" or "gammie" (which became Grammy, my grandmother), "cup" and "milk", etc. sometime around 13 or 14 months or so (maybe earlier? I can't remember exactly when, now). But when he was 15 months old, over the 4th of July that year, I asked him if he wanted out of his high chair because he was acting like it. He just looked at me and said..."not really" and continued to play! I thought I was hearing things, but thankfully, both my mom and my best friend were in the room and they heard it, too! He was talking in full sentences by the time he turned 2 the following April. His brother, on the other hand, is 2 1/2 now, and has a limited vocabulary (caused by a developmental disorder).

Initially, your daughter's language will be made up of what we call "babbling", (and that will begin to occur around 9-10 months, maybe a little earlier or later). You can do things like point to something and say what that thing is...light, puppy, kitty, bug, mommy, daddy,grandma, grandpa, bottle, etc. and encourage her to repeat what you say.

The best thing you can do for your daughter's speech development is to use "real" words instead of "baby talk" ~ ie, say "blanket" instead of "bankie", or "bottle" instead of "baba". This is because if your daughter continually hears the "baby talk", she will think that is Language, and that is what she will be using as her words. That is not to say that you can't "make up" words as you play. Both my boys LOVE Dr Seuss books, and they are full of "made up" words!

Congratulations on your baby girl! It sounds like you're doing a fantastic job with her! :)

Warm fuzzies!
~J.~

My little one said momma when he was 6 months old. He is now almost a year and only uses words like, momma, dada and baba (for bottle) and bye bye. I think all childern will be on their own time, my friends 7 month old still hasn't said a word. It will all come in due time.

My daughter and I were looking at some finches at the store and I asked her, "can you say 'bird?' She looked me square in the eye and said BIRD! She was 13 months old. It's so fun when they start talking!

I remember my daughter started babbling a lot around 3-4 months, especially after she ate. She would stare at me and just babble on and on like she was really telling me something very important--and I guess she was! Probably around 6 months, she would wake up (early....) and I would hear her in her crib making all kinds of babblings and noises, like she was practicing. I learned to not go in her room, by the way, because she would usually babble herself back to sleep. (word to the wise--if it ain't crying, stay out of it LOL)When she really starting saying purposeful words, probably around 9-10 months--she started saying mama and dada, but I noticed one day when I buckled her into her car seat, she said "Go go!" She repeated that a lot, until I realized she was saying "Good girl!" Seems like after she turned 1 year, there was a huge change--she was saying new things daily until by 2 she probably had a vocabulary of at least 200+ words. Now she's 9 years old and has a vocabulary of a million words, and uses them all, everyday LOL. Have fun, and make sure you turn everyday things into learning opportunities. Our best learning time was the grocery store--so many things to see and learn there, from the fresh produce to the live lobsters (and the free cookies, of course.)

I would imagine a 3 month old isn't at the age to talk and understand what she is saying, especially considering that they don't even have full vision until they are around 4 months old. She may be mimiking sounds that you make.

Babies learn to talk on different levels. SOme master verbal skills first and are later at physical skills like crawling, walking... and vice versa.

I would refer to the milestones and developmental charts on here as they are pretty correct and offer great advice.

http://www.babycenter.com/baby;jsessionid=2B50A75E5F1F819...