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6-12 months

‘By now, babies have stronger vision, so at this it’s at this age that babies become aware that
age you’ll notice your baby turning to look at sounds attract attention… ‘They want to
someone on the other side of the room and try that out,’ says Annie. ‘So, your baby
tuning in to what that person is saying,’ says might start shouting, rather than just
Annie. ‘Your baby will also be able to maintain crying. Let her – she’s testing her
eye contact and respond to her name.’ voice and interpret her
Your baby’s muscles are developing, shouts as words.’ Here
so it’s in these months that she’ll start are some other ways
testing her ability to use her tongue ‘I started taking to help build her
and lips to make new sounds. Plus, Posy to baby classes when communication
she was three months old. They skills…
included singing and signing.
We did the same songs every week
and the repetition really helped
Posy move forward with
her language skills.’
Kelly Macdonald, 35,
from Cleethorpes, is
um to Posy, 13
months

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