Speech & Language Developmental Milestones 7-12 Months Old
What should my child be doing from 7 to 12 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 by the end listed age. The skills are presented generally chronologically. Children should have most of these skills by the time they are 12 months old.
- Looks at communication partner when name is called
- Stops or pauses momentarily when told “No.”
- Babbles using long and short groups of consonants and vowels, like mamamama, or bobobo.
- Looks for loved ones when upset.
- Raises arms to be picked up.
- Understands the names of some people and objects such as “ball” and “cup.”
- Pushes away unwanted objects.6
- Enjoys playing peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake
- Responds to requests (“Come here”)
- Uses gestures such as waving or holding up arms to communicate needs
- Imitates different speech sounds
- Has one or two words (“bye,” “Dada,” or “Mama”) by first birthday
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References:
https://www.asha.org/public/developmental-milestones/communication-milestones-birth-to-1-year/
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/speech-and-language