Speech & Language Developmental Milestones 0-6 Months Old

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What should my child be doing from birth to 6 months?

As parents or caregivers, we often worry if our child is meeting their milestones. The follow are communication skills we expected to see present and mostly mastered by the end listed age. The skills are presented chronologically. Children should have most of these skills by the time they are 6 months old.

• Responds to sound.
•  Calms or smiles when you talk.
•  Takes part in back and forth making sounds with adult
•  Produces different sounds or noises when happy vs sad
•  Coos, makes sounds like ooooo, aahh, and mmmmm.
•  Recognizes familiar people or objects
•  Turns or looks toward voices or people talking.
• Laughs and Giggles
•  Reacts to facial expressions
•  Looks at items of interest and follows objects with their eyes.
•  Responds to items that make sounds. Ie: ringers, bells
•  Vocalizes during play or with objects in mouth.
•  Produces a variety of vowel sounds—may be combined with a consonant—like uuuuuummm, aaaaaaagoo, or daaaaaaaaaa.
•  Blows “raspberries.

Do you still have concerns about your child meeting milestones?

Speak to Your Pediatrician– Address your concerns with them and get ideas for ways to support your child.

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Reference: https://www.asha.org/public/developmental-milestones/communication-milestones-birth-to-1-year/

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