“Talk to me please”! If your partner constantly uses this phrase, you need to pay attention. You may have gone into “a nil by mouth mode” or simply chosen to speak whenever it is necessary ...

Click the labels for some top tips for turbo-charging your baby talk. Babies find it more difficult to tune in to your voice and learn new words when there is other talking going on in the background.

Usha: I think the evidence is really firmly in favour of the fact that you should talk to your baby as much as you can using Parentese. I know that Elsie responds better to me when I speak to her ...