My son speaks the primitive language, like the caveman used to speak. He talks with grunts and groans, very vocal. He even grunts and groans in his sleep. He has many stories to tell you, if you speak the primitive language
If you pay close attention to his grunts and groans you will notice him stopping and looking at you. That's when he is waiting for a reply. Just grunt and groan back to him. That's how they develop conversation skills. It's the best time. Kathi
Right on Kathi. I always did that with my kids when they were tiny babies just beginning to vocalize. It was so cute, at first they'd get these wide eyes and look at me like "hey! You understand!" and then they'd say something else, watching me in anticipation. *sighs* Memories...
It's a different grunt for the poo. I do talk back to him, I don't really grunt I just talk to him normally. We understand each other, it's like he has so much to say.
My daughters "I'm hungry" grunt sounded so much like she was trying to poop that sometimes we misread the signals and just sat around waiting to change a diaper instead of feeding her immediately, it aggrivated the poor lil thing to no end.
His "I'm hungry" is more of a screaming command than a grunt. there is no mistaking the two for us. The only times he cries is for food, and when he gets the achy gas, and you can usually tell the different cries.
my mother taught me to always make a point of replying to "talking" babies just like you respond to an adult telling a fascinating story. next thing you know, you've got a highly interactive and enthusiastic story teller whose comfortable telling you their feelings. she's raised a lot of kids, her own and other people's, and none of us have a thing about bottling up our thoughts and most of us are pretty good story tellers.
I interact with my son alot i speak to him as if he were a grown adult. he understands what i am saying and vice versa. I beleive that if you speak to your baby like he is grown he will learn to understand everything and how to talk normally.
