When you're aware of your baby's attempts to communicate and try to interpret his needs, you are building pre-reading skills, especially when it comes to orallanguage.
Children who are late to talk or who show delays in orallanguage development (especially accompanied by a family history of dyslexia or SLI) are at heightened risk for reading disabilities (Lyytinen, Eklund, & Lyytinen, 2005).