at hmc’s ob office today, another mom told us about some miracle lady who was on oprah because she had figured out the secrets of baby talk! no, not the ways of seducing 30’s era bombshells, but the universal ways that all babies try and express what they are thinking.
looking it up on oprah, i come up with this quick summary of priscilla dunstan’s miracle method:
* Neh=”I’m hungry”
* Owh=”I’m sleepy”
* Heh=”I’m experiencing discomfort”
* Eair=”I have lower gas”
* Eh=”I need to burp”
Those “words” are actually sound reflexes, Priscilla says. “Babies all around the world have the same reflexes, and they therefore make the same sounds,” she says. If parents don’t respond to those reflexes, Priscilla says the baby will eventually stop using them.
Priscilla recommends that parents listen for those words in a baby’s pre-cry before they start crying hysterically. She says there is no one sound that’s harder to hear than others because it varies by individual. She also says some babies use some words more than others.
and from dunstan’s website where you can conveniently buy her dvd:
Every newborn communicates from birth to 3 months using 5 distinct sounds, or “words” to express their physical needs. This is regardless of the language their parents speak and is part of nature’s plan - that your baby can tell you what they need from the very beginning.
For example, every baby will say the word “neh” when hungry. The sooner ‘hunger’ is identified the sooner a parent can respond by feeding.
The system will teach you that your baby’s first communications occur before crying develops. The sooner you recognise the sounds and their meaning the quicker needs will be met. Your baby will become more relaxed, confident and happy - and so will you.
These sounds or “words” form the basis of the Dunstan Baby Language. To see it in practice, take a look at this video extract and hear for yourself examples of babies saying the word “neh”. In addition to teaching you how to tune your ear to the 5 words, the DVD program also takes you through settling solutions, as well as helpful tips and advice. You will also view Priscilla in a ‘live lesson’, teaching new mothers the system with immediate results.
It was eight years of research that revealed this system of sounds - a language that is shared by all babies. We trust you will enjoy the Dunstan Baby Language as your baby benefits from being listened to - and truly heard.
does this work? who knows. today i heard some eh’s, some neh’s, but then also something that sounded like weyyhhrbrbrbrb. maybe that’s in the video. naturally, i keep thinking of that simpsons episode where homer’s brother invents the baby translator and regains his fortune.
as it turns out, someone’s claimed to have invented this already: the whycry, which claims to analyze babies cries themselves. between dunstan and the whycry, it seems you would have everything covered. how this differs from the recent stanford baby translation program, who knows.
all i know is that snapper seems to say “heh” alot, which i’m guessing roughly translates to: “get me out of this damn swaddle straightjacket, you bastard!”
Posted at September 17, 2007 11:18 PMI’d like to add two more.
mmmmerp - I’m going to spit up the entire contents of my stomach on you.
ahhha - sorry I know you just changed me but I’ve got another poop coming.
i am getting more and more familiar with mmmmerp as the days go on…
Posted by: Ed Spunky at October 1, 2007 3:41 PMComments are now closed for this entry. Thank you for playing.