Published : 2023-07-19

Tips to help your baby pronounce his first words!

- Categories : Baby Sleep

By 3 months old, your baby is already fascinated by language. They start making sounds, cooing, and doing their best to interact with you.

At this stage, babies are also highly responsive to sounds and their surroundings! It’s not until around 6 months that they begin to form early word-like sounds. This is the beginning of learning consonants: “bababa”, “papapa”.

Between 9 and 15 months, your baby finally says their first word! But it won’t be until around age 3 that they can express themselves more clearly and build a strong foundation for language development.

So how can you encourage your baby to start talking? Are there any simple tips to help them say their first words?

Our Top Tips to Help Your Baby Start Talking:

🗣️ Talk to Your Baby Often It might seem obvious, but for your baby to learn how to speak, you need to engage in conversation with them! Don’t hesitate to whisper sweet words or tell them short little stories. Not only does this spark their interest in language, but it’s also a wonderful way to build a strong emotional bond with your baby!

🥰 Encourage Them When your little one tries to communicate—even if their baby talk is hard to understand—repeat what they say using a correct sentence. This encourages them to speak and helps them link words to needs, people, or objects.

👄 Adapt Your Language Babies are very sensitive to tone and intonation. Try to articulate clearly and speak a little more slowly than usual. In the same way, emphasize the important words!

🐱 Give Them the Right Word When your baby points at something but can’t find the right word, say a sentence that includes the word they’re looking for. “Are you interested in that book?” “Do you want to say hello to the cat?”

🎶 Sing Nursery Rhymes Nursery rhymes are a fantastic way to introduce simple vocabulary. The repetition of sounds and syllables, often combined with gestures, helps your baby absorb new words more easily. Plus, the melody makes it much easier to remember certain terms!

😂 Play with Language Babies are naturally curious! Delight your little one and have fun with language—try making up rhymes or playing with plurals and genders. You’ll see how quickly your child becomes captivated by this playful dance of sounds and sentences.

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