Julie Jay: We need a Duolingo for baby-babble

Before giving your baby what they want, you must first decipher what they are saying

What are this crowd talking about? Answers on a postcard to the usual address.

At five weeks old, JJ is at the point of adorable baby coos and is getting more communicative, so I can only imagine his frustration as he watches ‘les incompétents’, aka his parents, attempt to work out what he wants.

“Nappy change?” Fred speculates after one particularly animated cry.