Speech Development 0-18 Months
What To Expect
Speech Development 0-18 Months: In the beginning of your child's life their speech development should reach certain milestones.
Each day is different, but it is fun to watch them grow.
A baby goes from not even making eye contact and only crying...
...to looking
at you for the first time and surpising you with "Go?"
During the first 18 months, speech milestones are divided
into two stages:
CHILD IS
PRE-INTENTIONAL: 0-8 Months
Children
at this age do not do anything because they planned it!
They don't have
the cognitive skills yet to create ideas in their minds and then act on
them through planned actions.
CHILD IS
INTENTIONAL BUT NOT CONVENTIONAL: 9-18 MONTHS
(below)
Childrenat this age now do things intentionally. They will pick up objects and
use them the right way. They begin to say sounds and words on purpose because they now have meaning.
Speech
- Develops different cries to mean different
things
- Vowel like sounds
Feeding
- Suckling
on nipple for liquid
Speech
- Decrease in crying after 3 months
- Say a few back sounds/consonants like (k, g)
- Cooing and Gooing begin
- Pleasure sounds like "mmmm"
Feeding
- Suckling
on nipple for liquid
Speech
- Laughter begins
- Begin to copy other's sounds in back-and-forth
babbling games
- More vowel sounds and some more consonsants
like (t, d, m, n)
- Lip smacks and blowing raspberries begins
- Playing with their voice and pitch
begins usually during alone play
- Extreme pitch changes like yells, squeals, and
low growls
Feeding
- True "sucking" develops
- Eats purees while sitting
- Brings hands to center of body
Speech
- Repetitive babbling begins (mama, dada, nunu)
- Consistent pitch changes to mean certain things
Feeding
- Verticle "munching" develops
- Eats soft chewables
- "Sippy" cup drinking
- Side tongue movement is limited
- Eats with fingers (reach, grasp, and hands to
mouth developed)
- Needs help with spoon
CHILD IS INTENTIONAL BUT NOT CONVENTIONAL(9-18 MONTHS)
Speech
- Exclamations appear such as "ooh!"
- Early single consonant + vowel sounds appear (ba, bee, da, ma,
go)
Feeding (9-12 MONTHS)
- Eats lumpy textures
- Independent "sippy" cup drinking
- Spoon and pincer grasp
Speech
- First word as early as 10-15 months
- Non-repetitive babbling begins (ba-dee-ga-da,
ba-di-do-go-bee-ba)
- Sentence-like pitch changes while babbling
- Uses Protowords: Consistent sound patterns to
mean certain things
Example: Child says "ba-wa" every time they want their
blanket, not a real
word but the child uses it consistently
Feeding
(9-12 MONTHS)
- Eats lumpy textures
- Independent "sippy" cup drinking
- Spoon and pincer grasp
Speech
- First word as early as 10 - 15 months
- Pat phrases begin such as "uh-oh", "ta-da",
"all gone", "no no"
- Jargon begins at 12-15 months and peaks at 18
months (when
child
tries to talk as fast as parents and it comes
out as jibber-jabber, very expressive but not understandable)
Feeding
(12-18 MONTHS)
- Eats all textures
- Side tongue action increased
- Straw drinking
- Scoops food to mouth
- Becomes more independent feeder
Speech
- First word as early as 10 - 15 months
- Jargon begins at 12 -15 months and peaks at 18
months (when child
tries to talk as fast as parents and it comes out as jibber-jabber, very expressive but not understandable)
(Feeding 12-18)
- Eats all textures
- Side tongue action increased
- Straw drinking
- Scoops food to mouth
- Becomes more independent feeder
Speech
- Jargon begins at 12-15 months and peaks at 18
months (when child tries to talk as fast as parents and it comes
out as jibber-jabber, very expressive but not understandable)
Feeding (12-18 MONTHS)
- Eats all textures
- Side tongue action increased
- Straw drinking
- Scoops food to mouth
- Becomes more independent feeder
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