Blowing raspberries

If you're like most parents, you're looking forward to your baby's first words almost as much as you looked forward to their birth. Pay attention: An infant's first communication starts much earlier than you may think—between the age of 2 months and 4 months!

One of the first forms of communication is 'blowing raspberries'. It shows the child is experimenting with their mouth, which goes hand in hand with speech development.

Not all babies will blow raspberries. Yet those who do "blow bubbles" and display other complex mouth movements like licking their lips, tend to pick up language more quickly as toddlers, a recent study found. With that as a backdrop, it's a good idea to promote language development early on—in a fun, appropriate way, of course.

Get close to your baby's face and blow raspberries at them. When you do this, your baby will try to imitate you. Infants as young as 8 weeks old will often stick out their tongue in response when a parent does this.

Get down on the floor with them, play with them, make mouth noises with them - Not only is it incredibly fun for both of you, but you are helping to stimulate your baby's brainpower at a time when it is just exploding!

Make funny photos of your bubbling baby, upload to the App. Write how you stimulate his/her speech development.