Based on your answers, it appears your child might be approaching a red light in their speech development. So let’s stop and understand what that means. Your baby is between 9-12 months old and still has time to acquire first words.

However, you answered that your baby is not yet babbling. Typically babies start cooing between 2-4 months and babbling begins between 4-9 months. Additionally, you answered that your baby is not following simple commands when asked. Typically babies will look in the direction of familiar named objects or people by 9 months old and will begin to follow simple commands between 9-12 months old (“Can you wave bye-bye?” OR “Can you clap?”). If your baby is not yet babbling and following simple commands we may be able to help, but we also urge you to bring this up with your child’s pediatrician.

In the meantime, you can start helping your little one by implementing our evidence-based “I TALK” technique into your everyday routines. In Talk On Track we teach you the “I TALK” technique and how to help your child progress up “The Noisy Steps”, from cooing to babbling and straight into those first words! This course is also great in helping our little ones begin to understand language.

Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram @speechsisters for daily tips and tools to help enrich your child’s language development. We recommend that you take this quiz again when your child is between 13-15 months old. If you have ANY concerns at all regarding your child’s speech and language development, it is important to reach out to your pediatrician and/or an certified speech-language pathologist* to make a plan of action.