What age do babies usually start saying their first words?
My daughter is 5 months old and has been "baby" talking for a while but not actually saying words.. I was wondering on average when do babies start saying their first words?
2006-06-27 17:44:45 · 19 answers · asked by Kelly 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Yeah babies do start talking in baby language around 4-5 months. Cooing they start even earlier. My girl started around 4 months. She's 10 months now and she talks and talks back in her own language :) Its a joy to see that!
But clear words some babies talk afer 1.
2006-06-27 19:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by pearl 2 · 5⤊ 3⤋
On average, a baby says her first word at 9-15 months old. Once they are saying one word, they will quickly learn more. You will see a lot of parents who claim that their baby said her/his first word at 5 or 6 months...but then didn't say another one for many *more* months (until age 10-15 months). This is an indication that the baby *wasn't* really saying a first word at all. It was just babbling. A child who *did* start talking at 6 months old would have a 250 word vocabulary by 18 months old; how often have you heard of that?!
Some babies will say a first work earlier or later than other babies, but usually all are within the range of *normal*. But it is nearly impossible for a baby to say her first word before about 8 1/2 months old.
2006-06-27 19:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By age 2 1/2, the average child has a vocabulary of about 600 words, by age 5 or 6 that number rises to about 15,000 words, an increase of 10 words a day. By 3 years of age, most children have all the basic tools needed to form sentences and make conversation. Most 18 to 20 month olds will use 1 and 2 word sentences. By 24 months, the longest sentences include 4 and 5 words. By 30 months, sentence length will double again.
Babies can start saying words at one year of age. When my child was 1, she could say ball, mama, dada and baby. I had to video it because It was so cute.
2006-06-27 18:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of babies saying their first words really young, I think I started saying words when I was about 7 or 8 months
2006-06-27 17:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by Chaysee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All babies are different, my daughter started with her first words at a year, some start much sooner, some start l3 months and up....
2006-06-28 01:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Saskia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First words, like “mama”, “dada”, “papa”, “bye-bye”, and the association with the object or action happen around 9-10 months. By 2-1/2 years you’ll wish they never started talking in the first place! :-)
2006-06-27 18:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's first word wasn't until 9 months old. She babbled for a while too. Totally normal.
2006-06-27 17:50:51 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For their first word, maybe 6 or 7 months. For actual speech, a year or so.
2006-06-27 17:48:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby talk is very important even if we don't understand it. Mirror her sounds back and get a "conversation" going. Our first boy was about 15 months when he looked at a street light and said "light". I'll never forget. We were going out to dinner in San Bruno, California. :-) Have fun!!!
2006-06-27 17:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muhc older than 5 months. They start babbling real words such as "mama" or "dada" before a year old, but they don't really know what they mean yet.
2006-06-27 17:47:51 · answer #10 · answered by micropreemiemommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋