Any mother who has received a kick, gentle elbow, or wiggle in her tummy with tell you that babies begin communicating even before they are born. Talking with babies is one of the best ways to bond ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born prematurely may benefit from people talking to them while they are still in the hospital's intensive care unit, suggests a new study. Researchers found that ...
There are some milestones that strike like a lightning bolt in early childhood. As a parent, you remember the first smile, the first step, and the first word. But talking, really talking – it sneaks ...
The science is clear: rich language exposure sets the foundation for success in school and life, including health. Early healthy brain development fuels Talk With Me Baby (TWMB), a groundbreaking ...
October 17, 2011 — Parental talk in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) proved a strong predictor of infant vocalizations at 32 weeks and conversational turns at 32 and 36 weeks in preterm infants ...
You've heard it. You've probably done it. We're talking baby talk. And it turns out, the features of baby talk — softer tone, higher pitch, almost unintelligible vocabulary — are global. Researchers ...
Singing may be better than baby-talk when calming a crying child. According to a study from the journal Infancy, it keeps baby’s calm twice as long. Talking can be good, singing can be good, or just ...