What Are Babies Saying, Anyway?!

Turns out, babies can ‘talk’ long before they say their first word. Come learn alongside Angel Laketa Moore (@thatchickangel) the key speech development milestones every parent should know. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Seeker Baby! https://bit.ly/SeekerBabyPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com It’s no secret that babies make A LOT of noise. But what they’re trying to say...that’s not always so clear. From crying and babbling to baby’s first word, there are so many speech milestones during that first year of life. And plenty we can do as caregivers to make sure that the development process goes as smoothly as possible! But I can’t promise no crying. Crying will happen. When a baby is born, their vocal chords measure around 2.5 mm, which is tiny compared to us adults. When my oldest would sneeze, it sounded like a cartoon, it was NOT real sounding! But those cries, the cries were a LOT louder. But babies are also making a lot of noises we hardly notice. Sometimes they sound like transformers, sometimes they’re just bubbling, I love ALL of it, I could listen to them all day, especially since I learned those little noises have a name known as protophones. But then after the protophones and the crying— something magical happens; you hear a laugh! #babies #infants #babytalk #seeker #science Read More: Baby Talk: Decoding The Secret Language Of Babies https://www.wbur.org/npr/610796636/baby-talk-decoding-the-secret-language-of-babies "Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us have no clue what they're saying. To us non-babies, it all sounds like charming, mysterious, gobbleydegook. To researchers, though, babbling is knowable, predictable, and best of all, teachable." Age-Appropriate Speech and Language Milestones https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=age-appropriate-speech-and-language-milestones-90-P02170 "The ability to hear is ess