At What Age Does a Baby Respond When Called?

By the time a baby reaches four months old, he can recognize his own name. By eight to twelve months, he can understand simple phrases such as "no" or "don't touch." By the age of two, a baby can typically speak short sentences with two or three words. At three years old, a baby can probably master hundreds of words and is quite familiar with some fixed contents in daily life, such as buying groceries, cleaning the house, playing in the community, etc.

Actually, children are born with the desire to communicate with people around them and can "understand" what others say. However, a child's understanding is different from an adult's. We rely heavily on language to understand others, but babies are born as social beings and can distinguish people and even their emotions through the sounds they hear. Even before birth, babies start learning to understand the words and actions of others. Although they cannot accurately understand the meaning of what you say when they are born, they can understand your emotions, such as happiness, sadness, love, care, anxiety, anger, etc.

Newborns already have a sense of light after birth. A moderately bright and soft milky white or colored lamp can be hung in the room. The light should not shine directly on the baby's face. The light can be turned on and off alternately to exercise the function of pupil dilation and contraction. Suspend a colored ball above the newborn's chest, about 20 to 25cm from their eyes, to attract their gaze. After a week, move the colored ball from left to right and then from right to left in front of the newborn's eyes to train their gaze to follow objects. Show a black paper and a white paper to a newborn around 10 days after birth, with a distance of 15 to 20cm between their eyes and the papers. Let them look at the black paper first, then the white paper, for half a minute each. Newborns like their mother's voice the most, so during daily contact and care, talk to the baby, gently call their name, and let them become familiar with their mother's voice and their own name to establish conditioned reflexes. Let the baby listen to different music by playing beautiful and pleasant music on a small recorder. It is recommended to listen to one or two beautiful pieces of music regularly. Play the music when the newborn is awake, and set a regular time, preferably for five minutes. Change the position of the recorder frequently to train the baby's ability to track sound sources and listen attentively. Sing to the baby. This not only trains their hearing but also cultivates their pleasant mood and interest in music.