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BEYOND GOO-GOO-GA-GA!

CAN you smile for mommy? Yes, you c-a-a-a-n. Yes, you c-a-a-a-n. What a clever girl you are! Such a clever girl! Who’s a clever girl? You are! Yes, you are!”

If that’s the way you speak to your baby, consider yourself fluent in parentese and give yourself a resounding pat on the back.

Parentese is the language of speaking to babies – a method of using exaggeration, repetition and high-pitched delivery to communicate with your little ones.

It involves using real words instead of the coochie-coo, goo-goo-ga-ga version of infant-speak – and according to a new scientific study, it’s the best thing you can do to aid the

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