Babies don't learn how to imitate others until at least two months old

When a proud parent coos, or pokes out their tongue it warms their heart to see their baby following suit and many believe their little darling is copying them as they peer over the cot. But new research has found that babies up to the age of two months are incapable of copying facial expressions, gestures or speech. Instead, any exaggerated movements the newborns make are simply because they are responding to excitement to the interaction. When a proud parent coos, or pokes out their tongue, it warms their heart to see their baby following suit and many believe their little darling is copying them as they peer over the cot. While it may look like they are imitating the example of their elders, they are making gestures they would have made anyway.