Infants use hand gestures and facial expressions to communicate with others by the average age of

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Infants typically start using hand gestures and facial expressions for communication with others around nine months of age. By this time, they have developed the ability to intentionally coordinate their gestures and expressions, and can use them to convey intentions and needs to caregivers and others around them. At two weeks or two months of age, infants are still in the earliest stages of development and are not yet able to use intentional communication methods. While five months may be a time when infants are starting to babble and vocalize more, they are not yet typically using hand gestures and facial expressions in the same intentional way they do later on.

Infants Use Hand Gestures and Facial Expressions to Communicate with Others