Therefore, each time when Caleb puts his thumb in his mouth, I will raise my voice-telling him not to do that and show my stern face. He knows and will remove it and then start crying. Sometimes, I get the thrill of doing that just to make him scared.
Today, he had his first real scratch. I termed it "Real" because it has a little bit of blood. His hands keep moving that his fingers scratched his face. Sometimes during the day, I remove his mittens so that he can learn to open up his fingers. And so, he accidentally scratched himself on the nose bridge area.
Well, it doesnt bother me since afterall, he is a boy- should be tougher and probably more macho with scratches.
After my shower this afternoon, Caleb was placed on Vicky's bed as he just woke up and his eyes were wide open. He was in a talking mood again. So, I spent my time talking with him and giving him the chance to respond back. After that, I thought of taking a picture with him. So, I drew out my camera phone and snapped my own picture with my dear son.
I really love seeing him when he is all talkative and happy mood. There are times when we communicate with each other and when I talk to him, he would respond by cooing, blabbering and sometimes, smiling and laughing. So, it's really nice and enjoyable to be able to spend that time with my son. Its priceless.
Remember that your baby might be listening and learning to whatever you are saying. So, do not blabber or coo to him..talk normally in a commentary kind of way. That is what I do. For e.g. I would say, " Mummy is changing your diapers now..or Come, let mummy carry Caleb etc etc. I read somewhere that babies are not good in understanding pronouns yet. So, its best to say Mummy instead of I. So, try to avoid I, you etc..
4 comments:
hi
i'm not good at english,but i really like your articles especially about your son Caleb,i am also planning to have a baby this year.
Hi
I'm a student speech pathologist, so I might be wrong since I'm a student, but we learn that you should use cooing and babbling (called motherese) since this provides baby with a model that they can imitate. Providing stimuli at a level too high for them to understand/imitate discourages them from trying to imitate what you say, and leads to their spoken language being behind their understanding.
Just thought I'd share my point of view =)
Sondha
thanks for sharing Sondha
When I saw coos and babbling, I meant you do not speak to the baby saying, "goo goo gagas.." The baby language I speak can be "poo poo or shh shh (for pee) or mum mum (for eating).." For that, I think its fine. What u think?
nnHi Dawn
I've been doing abit of reading, and I'm still not very sure about babbling from parents per se.
I did read that reduplicated babbling "gagagaga" or any sounds that repeat a consonant and a vowel in a string are very important, because it can be used to indicate normal speech and language development. At the same time, some tests of language development use babbling imitation.
i guess parent babbling is not essential, but just be careful not to only speak in full complete sentances because it might be too complex for him to break down once he starts to analyse your language around 10 months of age. a mix of simple one word comments might allow him to start trying to talk earlier than if he is only exposed to "long talking" (sentences).
i'll get back to you if i find out any more =)
Sondha
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