You haven’t reached the stoplight yet on Late Talker Lane. Your baby is between 6-9 months old and still has time to acquire first words. However, you answered that your baby does not appear to recognize familiar words when you name them and that your baby is not yet babbling.

Typically babies will look in the direction of familiar named objects or people by 9 months old. Additionally, most babies start cooing between 2-4 months and babbling begins between 4-9 months old. If your baby is not yet meeting these communication milestones we may be able to help, but we also urge you to bring this up with your child’s pediatrician (if these aren’t being met by 9 months old).

In the meantime, you can start to implement our evidence-based “I TALK” technique into your everyday routines to help your baby meet communication milestones and start understanding more words. If you want to be proactive and learn these techniques in depth you can take our course called Talk On Track! 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!

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.