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Do babies understand words?

Do babies understand words?

Update: 2025-02-11
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Babies. They’re cute little peanuts, huh? Babbling and drooling while their parents talk to them in widdle baby voices. But do babies understand what people say to them? When do they start learning how to communicate with language? We asked child psychologist Dr. Beverly Goldfield to help us find the right words to explain the answer. 


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Do babies understand words?

Do babies understand words?

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