Choose Best Toys to Help Expedite your Baby's Speech

 

Even though your baby cannot speak at the moment, she can remember and recognize your voice and tries to communicate with you in other ways; i.e. crying, smiling, laughing, etc.  Your baby may smile happily while you hold her closely and talk to her with short and soft words.  This will help your baby gradually develop her communication and speech in the future as well.

In the meantime, “toys” is also a great way to help your baby develop her language, practice thinking and imagination as well.  Therefore, choosing best toys that can help expedite this development is a good idea.  Here below is my suggestion.

Unbreakable baby mirror will help your baby discover her image while she tries to have conversation (make some sounds) with herself in the mirror.  (She does not realize it is herself she is seeing in the mirror)

Naturally, most babies love to hear stories, so choose best baby picture books for your baby and read as often as you can to her.  Reading repeatedly will help her learn, respond and interact with you respectively.  This is not just for entertainment but it is very important to help your baby’s brain development.  As you would see, reading books to your baby is a valued time between you and your baby, so please bear in mind to arrange it as a part of your daily routine accordingly.

“Peek-a-boo” toy will be your baby’s favorite toy.  She may make bubble sounds while laughing and playing with this toy.

Musical toy will keep your baby entertained and she can also practice her language as well.  So, playing and singing songs with your baby every day will be helpful for her speech development. Your baby will also learn to appreciate sounds and music.

Rattles will create noises that most babies love.  You may sing songs and let your baby enjoy the rhythm of the rattles.  Your baby may also make her own sounds while playing.

I quite believe that these toys can help encourage your baby to speak earlier or expedite your baby’s speech as well.  Whenever your baby can speak, it will be filled with smiles and happiness indeed.

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The Development of Your Baby’s Language

 

Although your baby can not talk to you at the earlier months of his life, he is developing his language, especially speaking language.  At the first 6 months of his life, your baby will start making sounds in his throat.

Sometimes, your baby makes different sounds or cries due to his need; i.e. hungry, dirty diaper or he just likes you to play with.  This is the first step that you can observe on the way your baby tries to communicate with you so that you can serve exactly what he wants.

Apart from speaking to your baby directly, touching or eyes-contact to your baby will also make better communication between you and your baby as well.

When your baby is nearly 4 months, he would start making more sounds through his lips; but the sound is unclear.  Meanwhile, he will gradually make more sounds.  Some sounds would be pronounced repeatedly; i.e. the sounds may like “papa”, “mama”, up to your imagination.  (you may think that your baby tries to say “papa” or “mama”)  That’s why most parents gradually teach their babies to pronounce the two words “papa” and “mama” prior to other words.

Most babies naturally like to hear high voice, which is similar to woman’s or their moms’ voice, than low voice.  It can be seen that most people talk to babies with high voice and speak in language like babies as to draw the attention of babies.

In addition, the high and low voice as well as different sounds will help your baby learn about the meaning of communication with different emotion.

After the age of 6 months, while talking to your baby, you should reduce your language like babies and speak with adult language instead.  This will much help your baby gradually develop his language in the future as well.

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5 Ways to Practice Your Baby Listening

Listening is the cornerstone of the language.   We can say that speech and language of your baby will be good or not, it will be based on the listening of your baby.  

 

For the first year, your baby will start to learn and remember the different sounds. He can identify the source of sound, especially your sounds, as parents.

Let’s training your baby now!   Here below you will find 5 ways to practice your

baby listening :

1.  Toys :   choose toys that have various sounds for your baby and let him learn by himself  how to play the sound.

LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table 

 

2.  Talk to your baby regularly. The sentences should be short and simple. 

3.  If you see that your baby pays special attention at something, i.e. if he stares at a cat attentively, you may say to your baby “This is a cat”.  By this way, your baby can match the image of the cat with the sound you tell to him.

4.  Use the same word in various sentences; i.e. a baby elephant, a big elephant, where is an elephant, an elephant on the ball, etc.

5.  Singing, reading, listening to your baby frequently, along with the illustrations as well.

Good luck!