Does your kid know their name?

zazu13 · November 2014

i just noticed my girls respond to their names now. I know they like my voice and have responded when I talk for a while now, but just recently they have started looking up when they hear their individual names. It's amazing how fast their little minds form synapses! I wonder how much of what else I say they are understanding?

AmberLiz99 · November 2014

That's so fun. Use responds to her name, unless she is looking at something too interesting to bother

Liane28 · November 2014

Laurence thinks her name is Peanut...

Jessimax · November 2014

One of the early tests they do for Autism is around this age to see if babies respond to their name being called, so it's a good sign. (Would like to add if your kid is not doing this yet, it does not mean he or she is autistic)

chirico3 · November 2014

Funny thing is we call her with so many different nicknames, but she turns only when we say her name, Isabella.

misskristina21 · November 2014

Oh yes. She especially knows when I say Aubree Annamarie!! She always looks back at me with a dirty look.

ambarnett1 · November 2014

I know he knows his name, but he's so interested in everything else he rarely responds.

Kyllarae · November 2014

Yes! I just noticed her starting to look at me when I say her name a week or so ago. She almost always responds with a smile

jgallegos · November 2014

Ya he has for a few weeks now. It's so cute.

katy4128 · November 2014

We also call LO all sorts of nicknames but when we say his name he turns and responds!

ksulli · November 2014

I'm not sure if it's her name or our happy/excited voice that she reacts to. DD1 is always in her face going, "Kelsey, Kelsey, Kelsey!!" So maybe it is sinking in.

kmos816 · November 2014

I think so- when I pick her up at daycare I say her name and she will turn her head; not sure if it's the name or my voice!
I'm trying to use her name more instead of all the nicknames

spano41 · November 2014

Sometimes i think so but not all the time. I think she is probably just responds to the tone of voice. She will also stare at me if i say "eat" or "all done" which are the two signs I've been trying to teach her the most. I think she recognizes them as being important but doesn't quite get what they mean yet.

UnofficiallyLO · November 2014

Yes, making me wonder if I should stop calling him Gabba all the time now

BuggasMom · November 2014

Yes he loves his name! No matter what he is doing He he will flip his head around and reply with a big old grin! it's my favorite.. I find my self calling his name often it's just too cute not to.

Merlyna04 · November 2014

Yes she knows her name and her nickname I try to make different voices and she turn her head 360• .

myla14 · November 2014

Uh oh, I don't think my guy knows his name or any words, really. Someone tell me that's completely normal and your first child didn't know his name til he was 10 and now he's the president of the United States.

ksulli · November 2014

^^^ well she's not the president yet, and does know her name at age 3... But she didn't know it at 6 mos.

SoulTermination · November 2014

Yup, she knows her name, though if she's absorbed in playing she may not always look up.

LaNorte · November 2014

I honestly don't think he does

. That plus the lack of babbling is getting me all sorts of worried.

Talltrees82 · November 2014

We've noticed LO responding to his name too! Although I just called his name now and he didn't respond. I'm blaming the dog for being distracting.

cjpell0 · November 2014

I don't think DS knows his name (7.5 months). He'll look if we talk to him, but not specifically to his name yet.

chichi589 · November 2014

Yeah he looks when I call him he always looks over with a grin unless he's busy playing.

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