Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
By 9 months
The skills listed below mark children's progress as they learn to communicate and gain speech and language abilities. If your child is not meeting one or more of these milestones or if you have concerns about your child's communication development, please contact us or come to a drop-in to meet with a Speech-Language Pathologist.
By 9 months of age, most babies will:
- respond to his/her name
- respond to the telephone ringing or a knock at the door
- understand being told "no"
- get what s/he wants through gestures (e.g. reaching to be picked up)
- play social games with you (e.g. "Peek-A-Boo")
- enjoy being around people
- babble and repeat sounds such as "babababa" or "duhduhduh"
