Posted @withregram • @healthiest_baby It might feel really goofy to do this at first. But talking to your newborn, and narrating a lot of what you do, helps boost your baby’s language development. You don’t need to talk about politics or climate change, you just need to talk with your baby.
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Notice I said talk ‘with’ your baby, and not ‘to’ your baby. That’s because very soon, your baby will start to respond to you. For instance, she may stop sucking on her pacifier to focus on you. Or around 6 – 8 weeks of age, she’ll smile a delicious big grin when you’re talking with her. This is when your narration will become a conversation.
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Get in the habit of chatting about what you’re doing, thinking, or planning to do right from Day 1. This will expose your baby to loads of words and prepare her for give-and-take conversations.
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If you want to dive deeper into why this is important google Thirty Million Words Initiative. Your words builds your baby’s brain.
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