Baby Talk Crosses Cultural Line

In today's New York Times, there was an article - about baby talk crossing cultural lines,and I was reassured that although I am learning my Russian it will be minimal at best - my baby just needs to hear baby talk voice and will be responsive and understand.
Research from this study showed that baby talk in any language can be universally understood. "This is the first empirical demonstration that in a nonliterate, nonindustrialized indigenous culture, people are able to recognize meaning in a language they do not speak...There is variability across cultures in how much people talk to babies, but when they do, they tend to sound very much alike".

Perfect timing for us - we've heard how quickly children pick up a new language and this helps confirm that - maybe we'll lay off the Russian lessons a little.