Milestones differ in different babies so comparisons should be avoided. what I would like to know is that if by any means I can aid in baby's development. I have seen many babies speaking early and even achieving other milestones earlier. I spoke to the parents and they said that they interacted a lot with their baby and thus early development. Is this true?
Baby's tend to reach milestones earlier if they are emotionally secure. Interaction with the baby makes them secure and they are able to learn faster thus develop faster.
Body contact and eye contact makes baby happy and talking to them in a soothing animated manner aids in baby's development. Allow your baby to explore different things by giving him different toys with different sounds. This helps in intellectual development
Showing different coloured pictures to your baby from an early age stimulates the brain as also listening to different sounds. Interactions make your baby smarter that also aids in development.