Starting at what age babies are communicating

Babies communicate from birth, before they can say their first word and start asking for help by crying. When there is already an emotional bond a new way of communicating comes into play, the cry attracts the attention of the parents but now the baby wants to go further and wants to maintain his at

Babies communicate from birth, before they can say their first word and start asking for help by crying.

When there is already an emotional bond a new way of communicating comes into play, the cry attracts the attention of the parents but now the baby wants to go further and wants to maintain his attention, in this way the baby uses the smile as a reward.

The communication of babies in their first months

The first two years all babies develop a vocal capacity. During the first six months, they begin to babble in the same way, so you can not know if they are European, African, Asian, American ... Babies make the same sounds and it is impossible to distinguish between the babbling of a Nigerian, Japanese baby or French

After six months, a new stage begins in which babies acquire sensitivity about the phonetic characteristics of each language. The baby has the necessary anatomy to create different sounds but to mature and can form words consistently must spend at least a year. The first months are only capable of producing grunts, babbling and crying.

Baby's first words

The first meaningful word a baby utters is 'dad' or 'mom'.

The baby is only able to pronounce certain words, but gradually begins to relate specific sounds with specific individuals. The baby crosses an important threshold at this stage

- Pre-verbal phase:before pronouncing words with specific meaning, there is a final phase at 7 months. The baby explores and repeats syllables, 'mama', 'papa', 'bubu'. When the baby leaves behind the stage of babbling, it replaces it by learning a functional vocabulary.

-Voice tone:Oral communication goes beyond verbal exchange, it implies tonality. A baby distinguishes two shades of voice, mellow and rough, and certain volumes. He dislikes the harsh and very loud voices.

-First vocabulary:the baby already pronounces words with specific meanings, in general they are monosyllabic or bisyllabic words. Start to say 'mom' dad 'tete' nicknames of siblings or family members.