At an astonishing rate, new learning skills are being developed in children in their first years of life. A clear example of them is language, learning a language code that helps them communicate with adults. But, how the evolution of a baby's babbling occurs.
Stages of development of a baby's babbling
Babbling Babies It is the most common way they have to communicate with their environment.. As we already know, but we emphasize again, each child is different, that is, each one has their own learning pace.
Bearing in mind what we have just said, normal language development focuses on these phases.
crying and sighing
This first phase occurs between 0 and 2 months of life. The baby will use his crying or small cries to communicate with his surroundings, claiming food, sleep or simply discomfort.
long babble
The next phase occurs between 3 and 4 months of the baby. Communicate through longer babble, as he learns to move his lips and tongue. The most common sounds are the ones we hear as, ga or gu.
It is a very positive reinforcement, that the people around him respond to these babble to stimulate him both visually and sonically.
first babble
Begins to appear around 5 months. These babble will sound the same way, that is, it will always use of the same syllable, ga, ba, ma, etc. He will begin to scream, growl, and make other sounds.
Reduplicative Babbling
Are produced more real babble around month six. A reduplicative baby babble refers to the fact that this repeats a sound twice, for example, ba-ba. At this stage, their coordination and voice are developing.
Non-reduplicative babble
This phase appears from the 8th or 9th month of life, even when the baby begins to pronounce his first words. The little one will start produce different sounds, mixing syllables, trying to imitate sounds that he remembers or hears.
understands words
The baby experience this phase between 10 and 11 months. At this stage a conversational babble is used, that is, begins to blend syllables and form longer sentences.
the first words
From the last phase we have seen, speech begins to form. Simple words, they are the ones that the little one will repeat progressively and they will form their language. In principle, it is not more than three or four words that you will use to communicate.
Over time, the little one will add words to his language, to the point of being able to build sentences.
For stimulate the development of babbling, we advise you that from the first sound you hear that it reproduces, you answer, so you will help him create connections in his brain and in the development of his language.