| Out of the mouth of (your) babe | |
| BIRTH TO 2 MONTHS Crying, burping 3 TO 5 MONTHS Cooing, gurgling 6 TO 8 MONTHS Babbling vowel sounds (oooo, ahhh) 9 TO 11 MONTHS Babbling consonant sounds (bbbb, mmmmm), then syllables (bababa, cacaca) 12 TO 15 MONTHS First recognizable word, typically a noun; the second word follows about a month after the first 16 TO 26 MONTHS A vocabulary of about 50 words, often expressed in one-word sentences (Go! Up! Mine!) 24 TO 27 MONTHS Two-word combinations (''Daddy come," ''baby up") |
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