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Have you heard about this terrific tool for new moms and dads? I recently saw this lovely Australian mom, Priscilla Dunstan, describe her technique for communicating with newborns. She appeared on Oprah and shared the results of her research on the language of newborn babies. She listens to the time just before the babies start their full blown cries (what she refers to as the pre-cry) and has come up with a group of "words" or sounds that she says all babies speak.
This is fascinating! What a huge help this could be for parents of newborns!!
You can see her on Oprah's website or you can buy her DVD called Dunstan Baby Language.
This DVD would be a great gift for families expecting a baby. It's important to start listening for the baby language right after a baby's birth. It's best to listen and respond to the baby in those early months (birth to three months).
I know that when we were dealing with our first baby, we would have done anything to have a better understanding of what our baby was trying to tell us. Sure, we learned to distinguish the different cries of hunger and fatigue, but it would have been even better to respond to the baby and deal with the problems before she worked herself into a full blown cry.
Check this out. It could make a significant difference in a new parent's life!
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Image from Google Images and Dunstan Baby Language.
December 17, 2007
Baby Language!
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2 comments:
What a cool tool. I wish something like that had been around when my son was a baby. This post reminded me of an embarrassing incident that happened to me before leaving the hospital when my son was born. At that time, hospital staff transported newborn babies from the hospital nursery to their mothers rooms several times a day. They put the newborns in a huge carriage all at once. (I haven't a clue what those baby carriage things were called) Anyway, one morning while I waited for my son, I heard the huge carriage stopping from room to room on my floor, and one baby was screaming his little head off. I turned to my husband and said, "They really need to bring that baby to its mother first, because it's scaring the others, and any minute now we're going to have a full blown scream along in the hallway."
Well, seconds later, or barely after the words left my mouth, a nurse stepped into the room and said, "You thought the baby screaming was someone else's didn't you? (LOL) "Here take him before he wakes every infant in this carriage!" ( LOL )
Anyway, I remember thinking, how nice it would be if parents had something to help them learn "baby language" because I wanted to know what he was saying.
Wonderful blog~
Ann
LOL! I had the very same experience with my daughter. It's one of those family stories we tell again & again. She was screaming so loudly and I thought, "Woo! I feel sorry for her mom." And seconds later, there she was, being placed in my arms.
We say she knew from the very beginning how to speak her mind, "I'm hungry and I want some milk NOW!"
I'm so glad to hear you experienced it, too!! Too, too funny.
Thanks for your comment and for sharing your story.
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