A nine-month-old baby

• Stops her activity when her name is called
• Looks towards speaker who calls her name
• Stops activity in response to ‘no’
• Makes tuneful babble with a range of consonants
• Gestures (usually points) and vocalises to request things
• Looks at objects pointed at by others
• Gives objects to another person on request
• Performs routine activities on request, for example waves ‘bye-bye’
• Understands names of a few very common objects in her environment