Related milestones

Moves in and out of various positions to explore environment and get desired toys

Responds to simple directions, e.g. “Come here”

Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing

Uses thumb and pointer finger to pick up tiny objects

Explores toys with fingers and mouth

Crawls to or away from objects baby sees in the distance

Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication

Says one or two words

Imitates speech sounds

Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech