Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0362 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Crying and Cooing
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The idea
Crying is present from birth, with different cries possibly signalling different needs; cooing, soft vowel sounds, appears by about two months.
In practice
A caregiver and a cooing baby taking turns, an early form of conversation.
Where people slip
Turn-taking in cooing exchanges comes long before words, and it is part of how language develops.
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