What Are Babies Saying, Anyway?!

Turns out, babies can ‘talk’ long before they say their first word. Come learn alongside Angel Laketa Moore (@thatchickangel) the key speech development milestones every parent should know.

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It’s no secret that babies make A LOT of noise. But what they’re trying to say...that’s not always so clear. From crying and babbling to baby’s first word, there are so many speech milestones during that first year of life.

And plenty we can do as caregivers to make sure that the development process goes as smoothly as possible! But I can’t promise no crying. Crying will happen.

When a baby is born, their vocal chords measure around 2.5 mm, which is tiny compared to us adults. When my oldest would sneeze, it sounded like a cartoon, it was NOT real sounding! But those cries, the cries were a LOT louder.

But babies are also making a lot of noises we hardly notice. Sometimes they sound like transformers, sometimes they’re just bubbling, I love ALL of it, I could listen to them all day, especially since I learned those little noises have a name known as protophones. But then after the protophones and the crying— something magical happens; you hear a laugh!

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Read More:
Baby Talk: Decoding The Secret Language Of Babies
https://www.wbur.org/npr/610796636/baby-talk-decoding-the-secret-language-of-babies
"Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us have no clue what they're saying. To us non-babies, it all sounds like charming, mysterious, gobbleydegook. To researchers, though, babbling is knowable, predictable, and best of all, teachable."

Age-Appropriate Speech and Language Milestones
https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=age-appropriate-speech-and-language-milestones-90-P02170
"The ability to hear is essential for proper speech and language development. Hearing problems may be suspected in children who are not responding to sounds or who are not developing their language skills appropriately."

A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/when-did-ancient-humans-start-speak/603484/
"Linguists now think our ancestors might have been chattering away for ages longer than they previously believed."

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