‘Baby Talk’ Is Really Helping Baby Learn

You may feel silly doing it, but baby talk helps your infant learn the basics of human language, a new study suggests. By mimicking the…
Read onYou may feel silly doing it, but baby talk helps your infant learn the basics of human language, a new study suggests. By mimicking the…
Read onThe sound of mom’s voice can soothe a fussy baby like nothing else, but now new research suggests that an infant is also calmed by…
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