Related milestones

Says one or two words

Imitates speech sounds

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

Meaningfully uses “mama” or “dada”

Responds to “no”

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

Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication

Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech

Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing