Related milestones

Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication

Imitates speech sounds

Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech

Meaningfully uses “mama” or “dada”

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

Says one or two words

Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing

Responds to “no”

Begins using hand movements to communicate wants and needs, e.g. reaches to be picked up