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In Superman: The Animated Series, we see baby Kal-El standing and waking fairly well and babbling. Milestones that are typically associated with a one-year old (human at least).

By this time, babies can also recognize their parents and feel sad when separated. Babies can recognize their own name. They have started developing personality and recognizing their surroundings.

So, baby Kal-El missed his parents. He didn't know where he was. He was confused when he didn't hear his name again. I just wanted to be sad for a bit.

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Superman's father, Jor-el, first learned of Krypton's imminent demise from ancient Kryptonian texts that predicted its core's explosion. After years of study, Jor-el proved scientifically that the core was unstable, but the rest of the scientific community was not convinced, and even if he could have convinced the entire world there was not enough time to build enough space craft to save everyone.

In the end Jor-el was only able to send his son, Kal-el to the nearest world in his galaxy that supported humanoid life similar to Krypton's. But Jor-el could not have predicted the effect it's smaller size and brighter star would have on Kryptonian physiology.