Your baby should be able to:

• Respond to familiar sounds such as the telephone ringing, the vacuum cleaner or the car in the driveway.
• Understand simple commands such as ‘no’.
• Recognise their own name.
• Understand the names of familiar objects or people.
• Say ‘dad’ and ‘mumma’ and a few other words.
• Enjoy songs, music and books.
• Try to make familiar sounds such as car and animal noises.