Question & Answer - Development
What signs show mothers whether their babies are developing well with month-to-month milestones from 0 to 12-months?April 2016 |
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Question from Cintia Saporito (CS) Answer from Diane Bahr (DB) CS: What signs show mothers whether their babies are developing well with month-to-month milestones from 0 to 12-months? DB: I am going give you some information from my book Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Chapter 7 - “The Secrets to Good Speech Development”). I think communication milestones are so very important for parents to observe because this is the area where symptoms of problems (e.g., autism and other developmental disorders) often first appear. -1 month: Baby begins to smile socially and makes vowel-like sounds. (p. 235) -2 to 3 months: Baby follows parent’s movements with eyes; vocalizes in response to speech and other sounds; may laugh, chuckle, or coo. (pp. 236-237) -3 to 4 months: Baby takes vocal turns with parents, listens to speech, and begins to babble (p. 238) -4 to 6 months: Baby vocalizes when hearing singing, looking in a mirror, playing with toys, or a person talks to him/her; looks at faces and imitates facial expressions; and looks at objects with another person. (pp. 240-241) -6 to 7 months: Baby begins to imitate babbling and cooing; seems to be naming things with his/her own sounds; vocalizes often when hearing his/her name (p. 244) -7 to 9 months: Baby plays speech and gestures games, begins using standard gestures and body language (e.g., waving bye-bye), sings with parent, imitates parent’s speech sounds and other sounds (e.g., a cough) – (p. 245) -9 to 12 months: Baby says first word(s) such as “dada,” “mama,” “bye -bye,” etc.; participates vocally in songs and rhymes, uses gestures and vocal sounds to get attentions or help; looks at toys and books with others; plays early games like knocking over blocks (pp. 247-248) About the Interviewer Cintia Saporito is a Journalist and Sociologist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has contributed as a writer to different media and editorials in her country, as well as collaborated in the writing process of books specializing in subaltern movements and economic history. Cintia is also a Human Studies and Communications Middle School Teacher and is now in the process of getting her degree in Psychology. Here is the article written by Cintia as a result of her interview with Diane Bahr: -Saporito, C. (2015, August). What signs show mothers whether their baby is developing well (month-to-month) from birth to 12 months? (Text in Spanish). Univision.com. About Diane Bahr Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, CIMI is a certified speech-language pathologist and infant massage instructor. She has practiced speech-language pathology since 1980 and has been a feeding therapist since 1983. Her experiences include teaching graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education courses; working with children and adults who exhibit a variety of speech, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders; and publishing/presenting information on oral sensory-motor function, assessment, and treatment. She is the author of the textbook Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment: Ages and Stages (Allyn & Bacon, 2001). She has also written a book for parents entitled Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Sensory World, 2010). |
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