How Babies Build Reality

Warning: babies aren't actually learning to walk for themselves. Every wobbly first

step is their tiny brain calculating risk versus reward, and here's the wild part.

When your baby giggles at peek-a-boo, they're mastering object permanence, the same cognitive

skill that separates humans from most animals. That first word isn't random either.

They've been studying your mouth movements for months, running thousands of silent practice

rounds. Crawling adventures are actually complex problem-solving missions where they're

mapping their entire world in three dimensions. Those birthday cake smashes everyone thinks are messy

chaos are sensory experiments worth more than any toy. Even grabbing at Halloween decorations