Best Ways To Teach Your Baby to Talk (Simple, stress-free strategies!)

In this video I show you how to encourage your baby to talk. I also cover what you should avoid if you want to get your baby to talk. These strategies are also great to help your toddler say their first words.
When our baby's say their first words it is super exciting! But as parents we are often unsure of what we can do to teach our baby to talk. Did you know that there are some really simple things you can do during your day to teach your baby to talk? The good news is baby's are very good communicators but there are small tweaks we can do throughout our day to help our baby start talking. Some of these tips we automatically do but some tips we definitely need to be taught.
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00:00 - 00:45 - Introduction
00:46 - 02:23 - Tip #1
02:24 - 03:04 - Tip #2
03:05 - 03:48 - Tip #3
03:49 - 04:41 - Tip #4
04:42 - 05:10 - Tip #5
05:11 - 05:27 - Tip #6
05:28 - 06:35 - Tip #7
06:36 - 08:18 - Tip #8 (******Must Know Tip******)
08:19 - 09:09 - Tip #9
09:10 - 09:45 - Tip #10 (Baby Sign Language)
09:46 - 10:09 - Summary
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[@yanabanana5086]

Hi Emma! Can you please make a video on how to teach by- and multilingual babies to talk? There is no clear information about that :(

[@EmmaHubbard]

Great suggestion!

[@davide8831]

Hey Yana, a few books out there that can get you started. The most difficult part I found is overcoming our own biases and limiting beliefs and those books help you expanding your horizons. (Btw we are raising trilingual baby and I am not English native speaker )

[@barbra1942streisand]

Definitely would need this info myself, thank u forcur channel

[@johannabahamonde6014]

@@EmmaHubbard yes please!. What do I teach him?. For the short words?. For milk?or "Leche"?(spanish). I am giving this example as we are in the UK, I don't want people to later not understand him in the nursery if he is asking for milk in Spanish. Also English has less syllabus than Spanish (so easy words for my baby to learn) but I want him to learn my language as well.

[@cynthiadelcarmen3138]

@@davide8831 hi can you suggest a couple of books ? I speak Spanish , my husband Dutch , we live in Germany and at home we speak English and Dutch. How to raise my baby?

[@juliadietze4759]

Hi :) I m a speech therapist and can confirm that this is totally accurate. Good job Emma you explained very well and clear. It is simple to understand. I love your videos and could take a lot from them.

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thank you so much!

[@maramimendoza205]

I'm establishing playtime with my 7months old baby. I went through your playlist (from appropriate toys for his age, do's and don'ts, etc). I observed yesterday that he's able to communicate more during our playtime. Like, yesterday we were playing his rainbow tower toy, and I purposedly hide the toy, he made a sound like he's protesting 😅 and so we continued playing. Your videos greatly help me as a FTM. Thank you! 😊🤗

[@nazifanafisa9318]

I dunno how y'all will feel hearing this but as 12 year older sister, I'm watching this and researching about it for my 3 year old brother. 😂

[@shawniverson8143]

Means something is wrong with ya little brother

[@StrawbryzArt]

​@@shawniverson8143no it means her lil brother is just a slow talker

[@kamiko.]

you definitely need to check with a doctor cause it's definitely not normal for a child to not be able to talk

[@nazifanafisa9318]

@@kamiko. Well he does talk a lot. But it's just not quite clear yet.

[@ChrisPn2CheekyPistachios88]

I just want to encourage you. As a Mom, I’ve got to say you are a loving, kindhearted sister. No matter what, your brother is lucky to have you there for him ❤

[@michelleblackwell5122]

I just want to say thank you for your videos. My children are grown and I have a granddaughter and now an infant grandson, and I have been watching your videos to try and help me understand and learn. My kids were early talkers and maintained a high vocabulary, but my granddaughter was a late talker. She is 4 years old and really only started really talking about a year or year and a half ago. Now with my grandson, and him living with me, I want to make sure that I am giving him the best I can. Thank you.

[@karolina2406]

Excellent tips! Thank you 💜 I'm here for a refresher with baby #2. Baby #1 was an early and very advanced talker. Biggest thing was me and my husband talking to him nonstop all day long since he was a baby 👍

[@MyRamblingRose86]

My 9 month old daughter says 8 words, 5 multiple times a day. The cutest thing is how she calls the dog "good" and chants "boobies" when she wants to nurse.

[@addyjacks]

So glad I found your channel 😊 I am a brand new mom and enjoy learning about her next/new stages and milestones. We talk each other’s ears off and I love the advice to pause to let her gesture to me when the time for that comes 😀

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

I have been a trained ESL educator for 15 years. I work to teach English to adults who speak other languages. Many of these techniques are used in my field of work. We always start with nouns and verbs. It is also more effective to start with speech as opposed to writing.

[@XxDanielaxX]

I've started to use baby signing with my daughter since she's going to be bilingual (German / Japanese) to help her connect the words in different languages with their meaning. (I believe that it's gonna help.) Definitely I'll further shorten my sentences as advised. Thank you! 🤗

[@EmmaHubbard]

I love that!

[@shoqatakombetareediabetite8448]

Lwpwzma

[@jodimacdonald6096]

I just found your channel the other day. You’re awesome! Thank you so much for the work you do and the info you provide! It’s invaluable 🤗

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks Jodi! I’m so glad you’re finding it helpful 😀

[@deborahmontgomery7881]

The Naming technique is a great way to foster language acquisition. It really helps with association. Also great if wanting to teach a second language. Our family is bilingual English/German so we use the naming technique in both languages.

[@EmmaHubbard]

Great suggestion!

[@calmsongs2745]

Happy to find this channel, even though I commented rarely I watched everything algorithm suggest❤ love each one more than the other

[@mahalakshmiramalingam]

U dono how u are healing my pain... Thanks to u.. Thanks to God.. Thanks so kuch from me

[@falgunichaitanyapimprikar5769]

Thank you again for right guidance 😊

[@thesmiths9444]

Hi Emma! I just want to thank you so much for your videos. I’m a first time mom/ stay at home mom and I’ve been stressing so much about things I need to be doing with my baby girl as she’s growing. I don’t really have anyone to help me or guide me in what to do as everyone I know who has had a baby is 20-30 years older than me. I just want to say that your videos are wonderful and so helpful!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment! It made my day!❤️

[@jubby89]

This is so great! Especially with the TV! I live in a large family and the TV is always on and I'm always advocating for it to be off when my son is in the room.

[@EmmaHubbard]

So glad it was helpful

[@anonymousgamer5445]

I am smiling watching this... I am so excited about my baby's milestones ❤

[@EmmaHubbard]

Sounds like you are really enjoying this stage with your baby. It is so nice to hear!

[@meiyinwu8138]

What's your tips on teaching baby multiple languages?

[@deliabartoli3656]

I’m a grandma to my first grandchild, and I’m learning so much from you ! You are so professional and most importantly is that you have children of your own ! Hence the best! Thank you so much ! I’m grateful 😊

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks so much💕 So glad you are finding this channel helpful. Also congratulations on becoming a grandma!

[@nikitadessai7516]

I wish all grandparents were like u - enthusiastic 🔥

[@rcece569]

This advice is so helpful & makes sense- THANK YOU!

[@EmmaHubbard]

You're so welcome!

[@nuruabdillahi9293]

Hi Emma, thank you so much for this informative video. Watching from Kenya in Africa

[@kindatabbara8164]

Just found your channel and I’ve been binge-watching your videos. Love the way you explain things!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad you like them!

[@trisanhylton8945]

Thank you so much

[@joanwalford1959]

I totally agree with you about using as few words as possible. It works.

[@EmmaHubbard]

It definitely does!

[@lariegonzalez3631]

Thank you so much for educating us. I have a question, what about music in the background??? Is that the same as the TV????

[@tabithaalethea1401]

Such great tips!

[@illuminati_yang2324]

Highly appreciate these videos!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad they’re helpful :)

[@lovebocol2758]

Thank you so much for this guidance. 😊

[@EmmaHubbard]

Your welcome!

[@redcancerian]

Loving your informative videos

[@niamhfitzgerald508]

Thats great info! Love Ur videos, so helpful x

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad you like them!

[@nahshondavenport2726]

Sweet! Thank you

[@EmmaHubbard]

No problem!

[@renatapuchbauer1682]

I love your channel! Thanks for this great and helpful content!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thank you so much Renata! I’m glad you’re finding it helpful 😊

[@matlidaribi9105]

This video is very helpful. Thank you and God bless you.

[@EmmaHubbard]

❤️

[@awakstein]

we've got a baby girl coming in a few months, I'll speak English and Spanish to her and my wife French while we live in China so the child will learn Chinese outside. Children are like sponges and get everything n super clever.

[@meghancooley9306]

What simple tips Emma. Thanks again for another great video. My 11month uses lots of pointing at the moment to communicate and grunting.

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@almardi5657]

Many thanks from Morocco, I'm a single dad and your videos are helpful. Merci

[@EmmaHubbard]

Happy to hear that!

[@keerthanaseshadri4445]

Hi Emma. Thank you for this informative video. My 8 month old says a lot of aahs and sshh . Blows a lot of raspberries. And imitates the kissing sound and cough. Understands things like ball and books and loves reading books. Goldilocks is his favorite. However I am waiting for the consonants. I hear an occasional GA ma and kha. He is also teething now. Should I be worried.

[@myrielka118]

Thank you so much, your videos are really helpful.

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad you like them!

[@vetookauejao3744]

This was extremely helpful . Thank you

[@EmmaHubbard]

My pleasure!

[@joslindacruz89]

Awesome, thank you

[@EmmaHubbard]

You're welcome!

[@raby1103]

That was very informative. Thanks!

[@EmmaHubbard]

It's my pleasure!

[@kindatabbara8164]

Would love to see more videos of toddlers from 2 to 3 years of age. I’ve had a hard time weaning my 2 year old off the bottle and he refuses to eat or even try food.

[@blushmemaj8889]

Same here my 2year old she loves her bottle and only says 7words 🥺 I've been doing everything to help her

[@tryphenarose384]

Just curious, when did you start introducing solids?

[@EmmaHubbard]

Great idea!

[@Dominikas48]

Love your short and well explained videos. However can you maybe make one about the protruding out of the lower rib in infants? Not much info about it

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@markj.3637]

Thanks!

[@EmmaHubbard]

It’s my pleasure!

[@a-m-a9067]

Love this! Would love it if you have a list of favourite books for 9+ months

[@EmmaHubbard]

That's a great idea! Will try and do this soon. The touch and feel books are great at this age (the board books with different types of material on each page) and board books with animals.

[@maheen8990]

Thank you for everything! I’m a first time mom and turn to your channel for so many matters and milestones. You’re wonderful and your hard work is so greatly appreciated!!!!!!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thank you so much!!

[@donnagracesalmo495]

I love your channel. I wish u can upload more each week. I have a 4 month old baby and everything u said was helpful, and i tried to follow, even the trip trapp recommendation. Thank uuuu

[@EmmaHubbard]

💕

[@poojarangan9306]

Really wonderful ideas and the best channel I've come across so far

[@EmmaHubbard]

🙏

[@kyriakigratsia69]

Dry useful video!!!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sarahhedrick9277]

This was a great video, thank you!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks 😊

[@queenehunter881]

Hello Emma. Do you have any advice on how to get a breastfed baby transitioned to a bottle? Thank you

[@nenam1422]

Love your tips.... a vieuwer from Holland

[@EmmaHubbard]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@revathiramachandran9663]

Hi can you please do a video on how to teach language skills for babies in bilingual or multilingual families?

[@nissreenaskar3415]

Hi Emma, I have a 6 month old baby boy & so worried that he will be delayed to talk because there are three languages spoken at home!. Can you please do a video on bilingual & multilingual babies & what are the best strategies for talking to them? Do they get to be fluent in the three ?

[@vixenday]

Having the same issue. Hopefully she'll make a video regarding multilingual households.

[@pennywiseredloons3103]

My concern too... 😂

[@zgaddang]

Mine too😁

[@malutka112]

Same situation here. Original poster, how is your little one doing?

[@CarolineCarnivorous]

I started life as trilingual, I spoke my first words at 10 months, and I definitely understood all of them by age two, but I would mix up the languages a lot, something I still struggle with as an adult, but now I speak 9 languages. I'm autistic though (which I wasn't diagnosed with until 25), so I'm thinking that could have helped with this, but I do know that the earlier you start, the easier it is for children to learn multiple languages.

[@mommyideasph2381]

Thank you maam emma for making always vedio..

[@EmmaHubbard]

My pleasure

[@mommyideasph2381]

Hope more subscriber to come maam..good job

[@mariagodfrey4049]

I've unknowingly been doing this during diaper changes. I tell her "put your leggies down" or "leggies up" and tap her legs. She's been doing it on command now without the tapping. Sometimes before I even say anything, she just knows the routine now, lol!

[@EmmaHubbard]

That’s fantastic!

[@debaterforhim]

My son does this too. I always go the same way when I put on his clothes and when I take them off and ask him to lift his arms/legs, so he automatically adjusts himself to help me out. I always tell him thank you or good job and give him a big smile. 😊 His dad gets upset because my son helps me with the dressing/undressing and will also hold his bottle with me (since he was 8 weeks), but he won't do it for anyone else.

[@xbriannaxbananax]

I call them leggies too 😅

[@curtrisecooper8967]

I just found your channel I am a single mom I have 2 year old son he does the sign language and say certains words but even tho he is interested in potty training im strugglin

[@yudhishthira3946]

Madam just you are superb. I always follow your videos. I did exactly what you told in your videos. I follow you from 6 months means my son day 1. Thank you madam for your suggestions.

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@EmmaHubbard]

Let me know the cute way your little one tries to talk to you! Get your free 0 - 12 months old developmental milestone chart here: get.emmahubbard.com/12monthmilestones/

[@priusa8113]

Right now she screams and grunts a lot… frustrated I guess?! She is teething! Please do a video on that since all possible teethers and soothers she hates:( Also, she says dada but not mama… why is that?! Would love to hear mama:) Emma, do u have experience and knowledge/tips you could share with kids being raised trilingual? Our daughter Sarah is 11 months old , I speak Brazilian Portuguese to her, her dad Egyptian Arabic and English from both of us since it’s our common language and we live in the USA. Last but not Least, any videos on early potty training tips ( starting at 12 months old?). Love your channel and accent!! Thanks

[@saschamayer4050]

@@priusa8113 Yeah, a video on potty training would help a lot! 😎👍 Especially when and how to start...

[@ladygmaleka7810]

My baby is 4 months now when can i start to communicate with her?

[@tylerredenbach3797]

I’ll love your videos you are so amazing you make this really easier especially if you’re a clueless parent like I am. I’m wondering if you can make a video on how to make your baby laugh we have done every single tip there is on the Internet my baby is seven months old and still has not laughed and we have brought this up to our paediatrician and they just say keep trying but I don’t know if you have other tips than what’s on the Internet that would be so helpful

[@tylerredenbach3797]

Lady G Maleka you can start communicating your baby now or even when they were a newborn just talk to them when my little guy started to actually make sounds back to me I was so overjoyed but mama you got this

[@reshmakambli9722]

Ur awesome ❤️

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks so much!

[@ashleyji5480]

❤

[@kellypapoulia]

Would you do a video about bilingualism maybe ?

[@stelastoycheva8913]

Hi Emma, your videos are very valuable and useful for me :) Thank you! I have questions my baby is 7 and half months, we are not from England... How is better to communicate with him of our natural language or of English? At home we talking of Bulgarian language, TV is On sometimes of English rhymes and songs? When is good to send my baby in nursery after 1 year or before that? Thank you

[@valeriaswanne]

7 weeks and he's already mimicking sounds and gestures freakishly well. We are doomed 😂 after sleeping his 6hrs at night, he quietly babbles endlessly to himself until breakfast comes. Same with his random 3am awakening, it's like he's telling himself a bedtime story to go back to sleep. I let him be at night unless he calls for me.

[@irinap8929]

Thank you so much for your informative and well-organized videos.. I'm not sure if anyone else is bothered by this but I find music accompanying the video is very distracting

[@EmmaHubbard]

Glad you’re finding them helpful! Thank you for the feedback. We’ve reduced the music in new videos, so hopefully they’re better :)

[@laurabiancadragomir7354]

❤️❤️❤️

[@EmmaHubbard]

Hoping it helps!

[@kamaladeepthi]

Thank you for all the useful info! Can you please share some tips on how to put baby to sleep without having to feed every time? My baby is 6 months old and she goes to sleep only if I feed her. I’ve tried several other ways but nothing works. Thank you!

[@EmmaHubbard]

Great suggestion! I will try and do a video on this soon. It really depends on what sleep training method you're comfortable with (which you can start at 6 months). They will still wake in the night for a feed which is totally normal but you can move to getting them to learn to fall asleep without a feed during the day and when they first go down at night. I do have a video on catnapping which covers some sleep tips which might be helpful. This is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGbUgomhhNmjjpY

[@kamaladeepthi]

Thank you so much!

[@luoxi1072]

Great video! My little one goes to day care from 9 to 5 since he was 3 month old. He just turned 7 month old. I only have time to talk to him for half an hour every day, is it going to slow his language development?

[@zzkittykat]

He should be okay since i assume the daycare people talk to him :)

[@EmmaHubbard]

Hi @luo Xi, The exposure to words and gestures he is getting from you and daycare are all great for his language development!

[@RaquelLeao]

Hei Emma. You are great. Do you have any tips for helping with bilingual kids. I'm brazilian and my husband is Norwegian. Thank you very much

[@harvitha]

Can you please do a video on this - my baby is 8 months and wants to stand, she obviously doesn't have strength but wants to stand and walk with my support. Is it ok to let her or will that hamper natural development? And where to hold her - under armpits or waist? My family holds the hands and I feel thats not safe

[@sarasharif2965]

Yes i also want a video on how to help baby stand up... That will be very helpful

[@EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try and make a video on this soon. In the meantime if you are holding her in standing then you would initially provide support underneath the arm pits (going across her chest with one arm) and then with your other arm I would either place it on her hips or knees depending on where she needs support (again the arm would wrap around the front of her hip or knees). When you just provide support under the arm pits or hips (one hand on either side of her hips or arm pits) you encourage your baby to bounce on her toes - we want the feet to be flat on the ground when standing. Holding her under the arm pits when she wants to walk is also better than holding her hands. By holding her underneath the arm pit you are giving her more support. Floor time continues to be important at this age.

[@harvitha]

Thank you very much for the reply

[@beautifulsmurf92]

Any advise for a 15m old? He's never been very vocal, kid barely laughs its only recently he has been. He learned how to say no and dada and trying to teach him Cat but doesn't help I'm not super vocal either, think he is taking after me

[@TheKaniamania]

I don't know why my baby didn't sounds like other newborn and using newborn language. Instead he called me, "mbu" everytime he want me near him. Mbu is how I want to be called, it means mother in my language. He started babbling at 4 months and started pointing at 7 months. I'm so obsessed to teach him speaking rather than walking.

[@lajaguar2014]

What exercises can I do with my 6 months baby to stimulate him to sit.

[@EmmaHubbard]

This video should help give you ideas kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5yxaJ1pidRgq7M

[@normancuthbertson8908]

Ok

[@HappyLittleNinja]

My baby is 5 months old. Should I be simplifying my phrases already?

[@sthorpe2979]

Hi Emma, my 5 month old can roll over, sit up without support. She even reaches to her sides to grab toys with pre crawling movements. But she moves in circles during tummy time but only to the left. Is this normal I’ve tried to entice her with toys on the right but she just gets frustrated and turns to the left. Should I be concerned?

[@littleredlab49]

My baby preferred her right and it ended up being hip dysplasia. Most of the time asymmetrical movement is normal but sometimes it can indicate that something is not quite right.

[@alineamorim5212]

Hi Emma! At what age we expect the baby to talk? My daughter is 1 year and 3 months old and a professional said that she should be speaking 50 words…

[@juliadietze4759]

Give her time. I m a speech therapist and kids are expected to speak around 50 words when they are two. With two should be coming a word explosion. So don’t worry, she is still pretty young.

[@anonymouse755]

I do all of this and have been through speech therapy with my last child, so I am confident that my I will be able to manage well with my new baby, but my husbands family has actively shown with my 16month old niece that they would rather laugh and post videos of the limited speaking ability or grunts and silly noises over encouraging speech development. Both my eldest children started speaking around 9 months with about 10 simple words, like mum dad dog bird up food wet, before they each turned 1. So it is mu plan to keep my daughter away from my husbands family as much as I need to so she can learn speech correctly. Personally I don't know why they are not more concerned that my niece only says hey, mum, dad and up

[@patole1648]

Can you suggest what to do if the baby has footrest in the chair but doesn’t put feet on it to get support?

[@MsFerity]

When I read or show a book/pictures to my little one, he starts to scream or something similar to that. I do not understand what I am doing wrong. My other baby- girl is not doing that. Tell me some advice

[@linjia8934]

How should multi language family teach baby to speak? Speak every words in two languages? Should I read the book in two languages ? Thanks

[@fishyprice29]

Each person speaks to the child only in their language...at least that's what I saw in a documentary on language development in babies lol. So what one family did was the dad always only spoke French while the mom only spoke English. They baby learns just fine, it doesn't confuse them.

[@crystalgale15]

I second that statement. I have seen that suggestion as well. One parent is responsible for each language so the child will not get confused.

[@evelinboerner2160]

I am German and my husband is American. We both speak our mother tongue to our 5 months old daughter only. I'm also very particular about not reading English books to her (which sometimes poses the logistic issue: How do I get German children's books living here in the USA?) and I translate everything daddy says to her in German as well. Since I am the primary caregiver and communicate a lot more with my baby, I'm certain, she's going to be speaking German first.

[@Abc94486]

I have the same question ☝️

[@EmmaHubbard]

Working with speech pathologists, they recommend each person speaks to the child in their native language. So if dad speaks English then he would speak to the baby in English and if mum speaks Japanese then she would speak to the baby in Japanese. Hope that makes sense!

[@chrirosc]

Hi, I’ve noticed that your daughter is yelling while playing with the ball. Do you know why she’s doing that? My little one (7 months) is yelling like that, and sometimes more :) First I thought she was in pain but now I think she just want attention or she’s over-excited about something….but I do not know for sure…can you comment on that? Thank you!

[@sreelaxmi4683]

Useful info. My baby is 5.5 months. He is making lots of sounds like cooing, squealing, blowing raspberries but no da, ba.. Is this is a cause for concern

[@Bbb-qt8th]

Mine did that at 7 m. I dont think you should worry.

[@sreelaxmi4683]

@@Bbb-qt8th thank you

[@EmmaHubbard]

No need to be concerned at all. Sounds like he is doing exactly what is expected at his age.

[@mikkibihon9816]

Hi Emma, I am starting to worry as I am browsing through my baby's videos for the past 6 months, she seems more talkative at around 2-3 months compared to present (6 months). She can, however, express varying emotions (happy, discontent, etc)

[@juliadietze4759]

Did they check the ears? Kids stop bubbeling around half a year when they don t hear well. Can’t say anything from distant and also I m not a doctor but I m a speech therapist and that could be a reason. If you re worried, talk to your doc about it :)!

[@shikhazaveri3354]

My baby is 17 month old. She is not pointing or using gestures instead of multiple repetitions. She is Papa or Dada but rarely Mama. She is unable to do simple gestures like come, go, give me ball..

[@christinam6154]

most of this I already do but still my 12m old only says : "that"( in my language it's two words instead of one) which I know that is great that he can say these words, but I'm kind of worried that he skipped the basics like mama, dada and other words 😕

[@swarnalatha6737]

I am unable to view a pdf

[@Sandy-ed3km]

Pls my two and half years old is not talking, can this help her too?

[@EmmaHubbard]

These tips are generally strategies and won’t hurt but it would be best to take your baby to a paediatric speech pathologist to get individualised strategies and get an assessment done to identify why your little one is not yet talking.

[@Sandy-ed3km]

Ok thanks.

[@mariaxipolitas7003]

I been so that since my baby was born and she only 6 months

[@christinaclump491]

Please make a vdo how to teach then talk and from which age do they start. This vdo isn't so clear I do all this with my baby she understands everything but hasn't started talking she is 19 months

[@EmmaHubbard]

Hi Christina the strategies in this video will help your little one learn the words so that when she is ready to talk she will be able to. In regards to your question about when do we expect kids to start talking. The general recommendation is that at 12 months of age they will generally say their first word and according to the CDC by 18 months of age they will be able to say three or more words besides “mama” or “dada”. If you are concerned about your child's language development the first thing I would recommend is getting a hearing assessment completed and arranging an appointment with a speech pathologist (AKA speech and language therapist) to see if there is a reason your little one is not yet using her words to communicate and get individualised tips.

[@maryayeyi1261]

Emma please is good for a 10 month baby to watch cartoons because my baby love to watch it

[@PrincesaDeDios74713]

She recommends not letting your child watch TV or cartoons until 2 years old

[@Laure__Line]

Our family's (meaning my mom's, and what I tend to do naturally with babies) approach is slightly different. We speak to babies like we would with an adult, but slowlier, and we describe everything to them. For example, when changing a nappy : "Oh, your nappy is wet, let's take it off. I undo the Velcro and take the nappy off. Now, I am cleaning you with a wipe. Does it feel good ? See, I am putting a dry one under your bum. Now I am closing the nappy using the Velcro. Let us put our pajamas on. We put the left arm in the left sleeve, and the right arm in the right sleeve. Etc." The interaction feels very intimate for babies, as we look them in the eyes and smile while talking. Mundane tasks become a bonding moment and they learn our language in the process.

[@irisbarca123]

1. Year how many words do they speak?

[@imoleayotestimony9757]

I think am last 😢😢in teaching my baby how to communicate she's 15months without a single words When calling her she won't respond 😔😔😔

[@MissG-yl6xj]

Do we do the same if teaching them 2 languages

[@mussante]

Yes. Studies show babies do not confuse languages

[@Nicole545_]

The training I've done in literacy and language acquisition doesn't align with what you're saying here. I'm just wondering which studies indicate that you should reduce the words you use when speaking to a baby?

[@margingains2937]

I just watched and wonder the same and my assumption would be that you keep it simple for the baby to learn first basic vocabulary and then build language from there. It makes sense for me since that is the approach I took when learning English, first I learned simple words before I leaned full phrases or sentence structure. What is your input?

[@AidiaP]

My 2 year old has spoken many words, but he refuses to repeat them 😭

[@juliataylor7061]

Doing every single one of these things already… not working whatsoever