A 10-month-old will be very active. As a parent, you’ll probably be chasing them around as they crawl, and be learning more about their developing personality.

Your 9-month-old will, by now, really be developing their personality. They will form stronger attachments with a few people, preferring some over others.

At 12 months, your baby is now a toddler. If they haven’t already, it won’t be long now before they take their first steps, develop a sense of humour, and tell you they love you.

Reading to your child is a great way to help them do well at school and develop cognitive, reading and language skills. Find out more about the benefits here.

At 8 months old, your baby will start to explore their little world. It might mean more running around for you, but it's a great time to watch them learn.

At 11 months old, your baby is almost a toddler – you’ll probably be surprised at how quickly they can move around your home and how independent they are becoming.

Language development underpins cognitive, social and literacy development. A lot of talking responding and reading with you helps your child learn language.

At 3-12 months, there’s a lot happening with baby language development. Expect your baby to coo, laugh, play with sounds, babble and gesture. Read more.

At 1-2 years, children learn many new words and start combining them into short sentences. By two years, you can partly understand what children are saying.

Autistic children can find it hard to learn and use language. You can help by creating reasons to use language, playing, modelling and rewarding language.