When do boy toddlers start talking

While not every child develops speech and language on the same timetable, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders does provide a list of age-appropriate speech and language milestones for babies and young children.

If you suspect your child is failing behind his peers, consult your child’s doctor or schedule a speech and language evaluation for your child.

Milestones related to speech and language

Birth to 3 months

• Seems to know your voice and quiets down if crying
• ​Reacts to loud sounds with a startle reflex
• Is awakened by loud voices and sounds
• Vocalizes pleasure and displeasure sounds differently (laughs, giggles, coos, cries, or fusses
• Makes noise and smiles when spoken to
• Responds to sound of rattle

4 to 6 months

• Looks or turns toward a new sound
• Responds to “no” and changes in tone of voice
• Enjoys rattles and other toys that make sounds
• Vocalizes back when talked to
• Begins to repeat sounds (such as, “ooh,” “aah,” and “ba-ba”)

7 to 11 months

• Responds to his or her own name,
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