Before your baby starts pointing, they’ll do what experts call following a point. This means that when you point to something and call attention to it, your baby’s eyes will follow.

The research study, “12-Month-Olds Point to Share Attention and Interest,” published in the journal Developmental Science, sheds light on some of the fascinating reasons behind infant pointing.

In fact, by pointing, that baby is, in a very real way, acting out what makes us uniquely human. Over the last decade, ... He holds fabric vegetables up for shared approval.

You may feel like you have a bossy baby, but pointing is great for their language development as they start to firm up connections between the things they can see and the words they hear.

To introduce your baby to new words, try pointing out different things that interest them and naming the objects. A fun activity for babies aged 9-12 months to help with their development and ...

When babies point, they communicate and learn from others.