I duno why but the tongue Is one of the 1st things babies recognize and mimic is the tongue.

It's a great way to stimulate and teach baby.

So mommy and daddy start sticking those tongues out! Make faces, makes sounds. Say the word Love or any fun L word. They will focus and mimic and before you know it start to make cooing noises.

My baby is 7 weeks old fyi.

We have done this with all our babies. We notices the pattern bc my mother would start from day one saying I love, love, love, Kk and we noticed our babies reacting to the love love love (this was 16 years ago with our oldest) and so we jumped on with Ls and tongue movement and noise!

So be silly and get those smiles!