Your baby's range of sounds and facial expressions continues to
grow, with lots of smiling, laughing, razzing, and babbling.
Your baby is also imitating sounds, an important skill for
learning to talk. How Babies Communicate Babies this age begin
to experiment with the sounds they can make with their mouths.
Your baby will spend more time babbling and is learning to
imitate sounds. Make no mistake, these are your baby's early
attempts at speaking and should be encouraged as much as
possible. If you listen closely, you'll hear your baby's voice
raise and drop as if asking a question or making a statement.
Your baby will also use sounds (other than crying) to get your
attention and express feelings. Your baby is just now beginning
to understand the fundamentals of communication through
language. When younger, your baby understood your meaning
through the tone of your voice: soothing tones were comforting,
agitated tones told him or her something was wrong. Now, your
baby is beginning to pick out the components