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By age 3 children should be able to carry on a conversation and understand most of what is being said. You should be able to give your child multiple requests at once (i.e. pick up your toys and put them in the basket) without them being confused.
You can encourage this first 'baby talk' by talking back to your baby a lot. Experts believe this helps set babies up for success by effectively immersing them in language. By 6 or 7 months old your baby can probably recognise her own name and babble random syllables like 'da-da-da'.