When did your baby start talking?

[ClareSleepy]

At what age did your baby say their first word, and what age before they could communicate with you? I find the guesswork involved with a newborn quite hard work and I'm looking forward to when we can have a conversation!

@toottootchuggachugga my 9 month old is on the verge of walking and has been crawling since 7 months - she has only just starting saying things like 'dada' 'rara' etc.

It's general consensus that babies 'choose' something to work on, gross motor skills or speech, a lot of DD's friends don't crawl yet (and are older than her) but have been saying their first words for a long time.

16 months and no words yet except dada and (we think) hello....