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What does it mean?
The speaker treats a baby like a puzzle to be solved logically.
In plain terms
I recorded a baby to ask what it means.
What can you take from it?
Children are unpredictable and hard to interpret logically.

Where it applies

  • parenting
  • caregiving
  • communication

Putting it to work

  • listening carefully
  • being patient
  • observing needs

Questions to consider

  • How do you understand others?
  • What does silence mean?

Another view

Communication with infants is not purely linguistic.

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