A nurse is assessing language development in all the infants presenting at the doctor's office for well-child visits. The child that would be expected to be verbalizing the words "dada"and "mama" is the child between the ages of
1. 3 and 5 months.
2. 6 and 8 months.
3. 9 and 12 months.
4. 13 and 18 months.
Answer:3
Rationale:Children should be able to verbalize "mama"or "dada"to identify their parents by one year of age.
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