MILESTONE–

SPEECH AND
LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT 0–
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24 MONTHS
 1 Month
• Crying may not sound
conversational, but it's
your newborn's primary
way to communicate.
 2-5 Months
• Those super cute coos are airy
sounds making them easy to say for
tiny babies still figuring out how to
use their lips and tongues
 5-7 Months
• When your baby begins to add in consonants,
it means she's now able to produce a full
repertoire of sounds--a major linguistic
milestone. "It's harder to produce
consonants because they require interaction
between the tongue and the lips.
 7-9 Months
• your baby is probably still simply parroting
sounds, once she starts babbling in distinct
syllables, her "conversation" can sound so
much like language that it's hard to tell.
 9-12 Months
• Getting out just the right sounds takes
practice, so for now, your baby's making up
combos that indicate real objects--a halfway
point between babbling and true speech.
 12-15 Months
• Whatever recognizable word your child
produces first, it's bound to be something
she's fascinated by and something she can
easily say.
 15-18 Months
• After your toddler has spit out that first
word, she'll learn what she needs to do to
make others including different parts of
speech, like verbs and adjectives.
 18-22 Months
• You know your toddler is saying something
amazing--if only you could understand it. In
their second year, kids become masters of
nonsensical speech.
 22-24 Months
• By the time she/he turns 2, your toddler will
likely be able to string two or three words
together to make mini-sentences.
THANK
YOU!