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Baby Talk Deciphered in Video

by Jessica Samakow, Posted Mar 3rd 2011 3:00PM

Between "goo-goo" and "ga-ga," haven't you always wondered what babies were really trying to say? Well, now you know! Just because they can't form the words yet doesn't mean they're not thinking deep, intellectual thoughts. OK, maybe it does, but ...Baby discusses serious topics, and cracks us up too!
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Baby Nicknames - The Good, The Bad, The Embarrassing

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 19th 2009 9:00AM

When I was in middle school, a new girl named Binky moved into the neighborhood. Of course, Binky was not the name listed on her birth certificate, but an homage to her extreme attachment to her pacifier as a child. And there she was, in seventh ...
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Nicole Richie's daughter a genius (according to Grandma)

by Angie Felton, Posted Apr 12th 2008 3:31PM

Harlow Madden, daughter of Nicole Richie and singer Joel Madden might only be three months old, but her proud grandma is convinced the baby is acquiring skills at a lightening speed. Brenda Richie told US magazine, "The other day I was holding her, ...
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Baby talk not just for (human) babies

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Mar 21st 2008 11:17AM

A new report from Honolulu suggests that baby talk is not just for human babies. In what may be the cutest thing you read all week, it was determined that male humpback whale calves make sounds that are decidedly different from those of their adult ...
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Monkeys talk baby talk, too

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 26th 2007 3:02PM

Baby talk used to bug me. I'm not a particularly touchy-feely-squealy kind of person, in fact I am probably much more crotchety old man than cooing young woman. I used to listen in amazement to Mothers my age whisper to their babies in high pitched, ...
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Dear 'Abby-Wabby' takes on baby talk

by Melissa Summers, Posted Apr 11th 2006 10:33AM

Dear Abby's weekend column shares reader views on baby talk and it appears this is yet another hot button topic for some parents. J.D. Griffioen shared some research in December supporting so called 'baby talk' or "parentese", the slower ...
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