Teach baby to wave bye-bye! At 10-12 months, baby will start to use gestures to shake their head for “no” and reach out to show they want “more.” Teach baby a new movement like waving bye-bye when someone leaves. Repetition and praise helps encourages baby to wave. Show them how to wave and say, “Bye-bye!” or help move their hands in a wave. Ask other members of the family to do the same! Helps baby understand that gestures have meaning. Try these other 10-12 month activities: https://pathways.o

👋 How do you teach your child to say bye-bye and wave? 😜By not actually leaving when you first say “bye-bye!” 👋If you’ve met a speech therapist, you know that we like to model gestures and words and then use a powerful pause to give a child time to respond or imitate us. 👋When we do this over and over again, they get lots of chances to try to wave and say “bye-bye!” 🥰It may take time, but with practice they will slowly learn how to say “bye-bye” back! #firstwords #waving #byebye #babytalkin