Encourage Baby's Language Development: 9-12 Months

Jamie Loehr and Jen Meyers, authors of "Raising Your Child" suggest these activities to help enhance your baby's language development.

By Jamie Loehr, M.D. and Jen Meyers

Kathryn Gamble

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Encourage Her to Babble

Respond to your baby's nonsense syllables. Participate in conversations with her, allowing her time to talk before you respond to what she said. Talk to her just like you would talk to a dear friend. Tell her about your day, show her photographs in a magazine, and ask her questions.

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sarahannjohnso1 wrote:

Visit your local library and find out about baby and toddler storytimes. This is a great way to expose your kids to language and early literacy. Ask your local librarian about early literacy programming at your library and great book recommendations for reading with your baby.

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