Feel self-conscious about talking to baby? It's only natural when they are very young, but there are all sorts of ways you can help your baby to hear lots of talking and language from birth.

What is it that babies love about parentese? And can it actually help them to learn language? To find out, let's investigate baby talk. Babies do seem to love it when you speak to them in this ...

Many of the traits of baby talk, such as differences in speed and pitch, are thought to help infants develop language skills, but this is the first time a shift in timbre has been discovered.