6-9 Month Milestones | How Baby Communicates with You!

Baby unlocks many new expressive and receptive communication skills as they get older! By 9 months, they’ll use simple gestures, recognize the sound of their name, and participate in two-way communication.

These 6-9 month communication milestones are important signs that Baby is growing typically and gaining the skills they'll need for future development.

Tracking these milestones helps you support healthy communication development and notice if Baby needs a little extra help.

Baby should meet these communication milestones by 9 months:

✅ Recognize the sound of their name

✅ Combines consonants and vowels in different ways, e.g. ahhh-b, mmm-uuuh, eee-p

✅ Uses simple gestures, e.g. raises hands to be picked up

✅ Looks at familiar objects and people when named

✅ Shows recognition of commonly used words

✅ Participates in two-way communication