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Why do babies not talk?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Babies aren't born able to talk, but should be talking by 12 - 18 months. Think about it, what language would a baby talk if it could speak at birth? Babies are born with the ability to learn any language on the planet. So all over the world babies are being born just waiting to be taught how to talk their local language.

Also, babies don't talk because the brain has yet to learn how to direct the muscles in the throat, mouth and face to make the right movements and the muscles need time and practice to become strong enough to make the right movements. This is why activities like chewing, blowing and trying to talk are so important.

It is also the reason why pacifiers, soothers (or in the UK - dummies) need to be got rid of by the time a baby is 12 months old. They get in the way of baby practicing making sounds and they slow down the learning of talking.

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13y ago

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