Related milestones

Says one or two words

Imitates speech sounds

Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing

Meaningfully uses “mama” or “dada”

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

Responds to “no”

Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication

Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech

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