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This is a huge year for development and your baby will be growing and changing in so many ways. Here are some of the communication skills you can expect to see over the first year.
Throughout their first year of life babies become more interested in others and recognise people they know. They start to turn to look when people speak, show more interest in looking at faces and they begin smiling and laughing.
They might use gestures such as waving bye-bye, pointing for things they want or clapping their hands. Babies at this age start to learn ‘anticipation’, showing they know what might happen next in games like peek-a-boo.
Babies in their first year begin to recognise the names of familiar people and objects (such as car, book, teddy) as well as routines and common phrases such “bath time” and “all gone”
They might look for objects when you ask for example, “where’s teddy?” and recognise familiar songs and games, like peek-a-boo.
At this age children express themselves mainly through sounds such as crying, happy sounds, babbling and squealing.
As they approach their first birthday they might begin making representational sounds such as “brum brum” or “woof woof”. Some first words should start emerging, these are likely to be family names for example “mummum”, or things they experience lots and they like, for example, a bottle or a favourite toy.
Babies at this age will be playing with different speech sounds and you can expect to hear lots of vowels as well as sounds, b, m and w. They will often use repeated sound patterns such as “bababa”, “mamama”, “dadada”. Any words they are using might only be recognisable to people who know the child the best.
Make distraction-free time to sing songs and play games with actions. There are lots of nursery rhymes available online but accessing them this way does not give children all the extra input they get when singing with a person.
For more information please contact the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Flockton House on 0114 226 2333.
Please note: this is a generic information sheet relating to care at Sheffield Children’s NHS FT. These details may not reflect treatment at other hospitals. This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical care. Always follow your healthcare professionals’ instructions. If this resource relates to medicines, please read it alongside the medicine manufacturer’s patient information leaflet. If this information has been translated into another language from English, efforts have been made to maintain accuracy, but there may still be some translation errors. If you are unsure about any of the guidance in this resource or have specific questions about how it relates to your child, always ask your healthcare professional for further advice.
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