at what age does a baby usually start talking
1 Baby talk at 18 months. 2  Babies at this age say up to 10 simple words and can point to people, objects, and body parts you name for them. 3  They repeat words or sounds they hear you say, like the last word in a sentence. Some eager parents interpret a string of da-da babbles as their baby's first words -- daddy!. 2  But babbling at this age is usually still made up of random syllables without real meaning or comprehension. 3  Baby talk at 9 months. 4  After 9 months, babies can understand a few basic words like no and bye-bye..