Patrice is 6 months old and is quite talkative. She is now using repetitive consonant-vowel combinations, and her favorite appears to be ba-ba-ba-ba. Patrice has reached the ______________ milestone in language development

a. cooing
b. babbling
c. gurgling
d. infant-directed speech


Answer: B

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