http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/952759/cracking-the-code-the-secret-language-of-babies
We've all had experiences with babies. We were even once a baby. If you are a mother you might have a hard time understanding why your baby is crying. According to this article you can identify what your baby is trying to say by one of their 5 sounds based on a study that was conducted on over 1,000 infants. These sounds include Owh, Heh, Eh, Neh, and Eairth which means I'm sleepy, change me, burp me, I'm hungry, and I have gas.
I picked this article because I find it interesting how we all once knew nothing as a baby and couldn't even speak. I sometimes wonder if babies even understand their selves. Babies have a language of their own. Through crying they are expressing a need as they don't know in other way to express that need.
What I find most interesting about this article is the fact that a study on 1,000 infants was able to be conducted. I'm amazed that each sound has a specific meaning. I wonder if that same sound could have another meaning for another baby.
Based on what I said in the last paragraph I would have to both agree and disagree with this article. Babies know what they want and will make a sound. Each baby is different as they are human and will do whatever they can to get what they want. Although If 1,000 of these babies had a sound that meant the same thing I suppose I can believe that as that is a lot. I wonder if a mother's life would be easier if she took this article to heart. Would her baby be like these other babies or would her baby be different?
Obviously I would like to learn more about the language of babies. You can tell I have thoughts of my own. I'd like to know exactly how do they know these sounds mean what they mean. How certain are they about these sounds? I'd also really like to know if babies can somehow connect with other babies.
This topic affects the world because babies are born everyday all over the world and mothers will always continue to struggle understanding their baby. We were all babies and we all had needs that needed to be dealt with.
I sure wish I'd known this when my daughter was born! It took awhile to cue in on what her different cry's meant. I too have often wondered if babies understood each other and I wonder if this study would in any way tie in with the "secret" language of twins. I've read that it develops in infancy, so they must be cueing in to what the babblings of the other means; is it in any way related to the 5 sounds this article mentions? Interesting info; please keep me posted if you learn anything more.
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