| Babies start making babies noises which | | | | child tends to learn expeditiously. |
| transforms to into "mama" and "dada," and then | | | | All kids development at a different pace. Here is a |
| eventually turns into spoken form such as "daddy" | | | | measurement guideline When they are 12-18 |
| and "mommy." How do you know if your toddler | | | | months, they should be calling you Mommy and |
| has a delayed development with their speech? | | | | Daddy. By 24 months they should be able to put |
| Typically, people will first notice if something is | | | | sentences together where the family can |
| wrong by comparing their child with other children | | | | understand what they are saying. Give them a 6 |
| of the same age. All kids develops at their own | | | | month window for this to happen. If they have |
| pace, so don't be alarmed if they are not | | | | done so at 2.5 years of age, you now have a |
| speaking in full sentences yet. | | | | reason to be concerned. At this point, it is up to |
| Most parents do not realize that it is vital to the | | | | you whether or not you need a professional's |
| development of their children's speech to spend | | | | opinion. |
| time talking to them. It will help them to slowly | | | | There are things that you can do to help your |
| interact socially with you. How do they talk to you | | | | child speed up their development process. |
| if you don't talk to them? Additionally, babies are | | | | Researchers found that sign language increases |
| familiar and instinctively know their parent's voices | | | | children's ability to speak and develop at a rapid |
| even when they are in the mother's womb. | | | | pace. One other thing that you should do is read |
| Therefore, voices of parents are especially | | | | to your children. If your child s exposed to books |
| comforting. Kids are like sponges and mimic what | | | | and reading at a young age, they will tend to be |
| others say or do. The more communication a | | | | more articulate as they will also be more of a |
| parent gets their child to engage in, the more the | | | | "bookworm" down the road. |