No doubt about it, moms and dads can hardly wait to hear their babe's first words. While there are some great things you can do to encourage language development in babies, the main thing most tots need is a little time. Before stressing about your little one's speech (or lack thereof) take this quiz to see how well you know baby talk.
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Star by Julien Macdonald
I hate to brag but....
1my daughter started babbling non-stop when she was 8 weeks old and we've not had a quiet moment since. Her first word (that wasn't mama or da - which is what she calls her dad) was at 11 months and was birds ("buh-duhs"), which she said when we were visiting a duck pond at our park.
Of course, I did only get 3/6 on this!
yeah I think the quiz is off, b/c my baby girl was babbling at about 2 mo. as well and has been "talking" up a storm ever since and now at 5 mo is saying ma ma (no da da yet)
2Aw, I thought I had a baby genius!
3Yeah, babbling at 6 weeks to 2 months is normal, as is the first word before a year. That said, the range of normal is HUGE and has nothing to do with intelligence level.
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