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Messy babies make faster learners

Monday, December 16, 2013
The Gazette
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/16/messy-babies-make-faster-learners/

If your baby is being messy it might be a sign of faster learning. Researchers at the University of Iowa released a study showing kids who play with their nonsolid food in a highchair learn words for those foods faster.

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