Sunday, December 16, 2007

Secret Language of Babies!

Kash's office collegue told us about this lady dunsten who explained abt babies cry...here it is for new moms..
• Neh (La La sound)
"I'm hungry" The "N" sound comes from the suckling reflex. The baby is putting their tongue to the top of their mouth, like they do when they suckle.

• Owh
"I'm sleepy". This reflex sound is tied to the yawn reflex.

• Heh
"I'm uncomfortable". This is the cry a baby makes when they are too warm, too cold, need their diaper changed, or are otherwise "in distress".

• Eair
"I have lower gas." This sound is a deeper cry than others – often sounding like a grunt – and is sometimes accompanied by a drawing up of the legs. This cry means the baby probably needs to have a bowel movement, or has intestinal gas.

• Eh
"I need to burp." This is a reflex sound that a baby makes when it it trying to push air out of its stomach.

As part of the Oprah segment, a tape was shown of Dunstan sitting in a room with eight new mothers and their babies, including one set of twins. She explained her cry theory and, as a baby would start to cry, she worked with the mother to show her what her newborn was telling her. The results were amazing! The mothers and their babies were also in the audience on the day the program was recorded (several weeks after the initial taping had been made) and each one told stories of how much better they were doing with their babies now that they understood what their babies were telling them. One mother even said she had finally been able to take HER FIRST NAP since her baby had been born!!

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