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Ravenseye

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Mon Jan-24-05 03:21 PM
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Question about Infant 'Talking'

Edited on Mon Jan-24-05 03:23 PM by Ravenseye

Our daughter is now 3 months and a bit old. The past few days she's started 'talking'. What I mean is she just lays there on the ground making sounds that sort of sound like crying mixed with the martians from 'Mars Attacks' and a cat coughing up a hairball. She's got wide eyes and does it in response to when we talk to her. Then she'll start 'talking' and just go for minutes at a time.

I keep getting concerend when she does it till I notice that her eyes are wide and bright, and she does it smiling.

Is this a normal developmental thing? Does it mean she's going to be a talker? What's up with this?

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mopinko

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Mon Jan-24-05 10:30 PM
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1. my daughter was born on shakespeare's birthday

so we were not surprised when she was a loudmouth.
seriously, i had one like that. she is now 17. you should see the cell phone bills!

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Ravenseye

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Tue Jan-25-05 10:26 AM
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3. Thanks

I guess I should start saving for her phone bills as well as her college then.

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phylny

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Tue Jan-25-05 07:47 AM
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2. I'm a speech-language pathologist

As long as she's not having trouble breathing, she's doing what she's supposed to be doing :) If she's truly coughing, give the doctor's office a call to make sure she's not aspirating. If she's really just making sounds, that's great.

Babies are born with the ability to make the sounds that occur in every language. The ones that "stick" are the ones that we use in our language.

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Ravenseye

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Tue Jan-25-05 10:28 AM
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4. Ok

Yeah she's not coughing or anything. Just making noises. This morning she woke us up. She wasn't crying. She was laying in her crib talking to her mobile. It's not 100% distinct from the sounds she makes crying, but you can tell the difference very easily either by looking at her or just listening for a bit.

When do babies first start turning those sounds into words generally?

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phylny

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Wed Jan-26-05 04:22 AM
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9. While it can vary greatly,

most babies produce a "real" word between 10-12 months.

I have a nice development chart that I created for my practice. If you'd like a copy (it's a Microsoft Word document) PM me and I'll e-mail it.

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Zing Zing Zingbah

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Tue Jan-25-05 11:08 AM
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5. Cute baby. n/t

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Ravenseye

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Tue Jan-25-05 04:43 PM
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7. Thanks

It took awhile for us to actually say thank you when people told us she was cute. We'd just respond 'We know.' heh.

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amandae

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Tue Jan-25-05 01:41 PM
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6. Your baby is so adorable!

I love the little sounds that they make when they're small! I remember telling my godmother that I couldn't wait for my first one to talk and she told me to bite my tongue; that once she'd start talking she wouldn't stop so to enjoy the noises while I could :P.

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Ravenseye

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Tue Jan-25-05 04:44 PM
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8. Thanks

She's all about the little sounds right now. I'm now nervous about her talking. She's probably going to be a little motor mouth.

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