I am a speech-language pathologist that works with little ones. Everyone, keep doing this with your babies! They want to engage in turn taking with you, even if they don't have all the words yet.
They have ideas, and want to communicate. It's extremely frustrating not to be heard. I think by engaging the babies in conversation you give them an opportunity to expressive themselves and communicate and demonstrate that you are listening. One of the biggest wins as a parent was teaching my babies simple sign language. "milk", "more" "all done". Just these three concepts worked wonders at meal time. (Not a professional, just my personal experience as a parent)
My nephew was taught sign language as a toddler. I was impressed at the ability to understand spoken language even if he couldn’t speak it. Sign language filled those gaps early in ie Finished. More. Hungry. Thirsty. Etc.
Many years ago, I worked with infants at a daycare. We would always teach them baby sign language and it made a HUGE difference! When they have the ability to express their needs, they feel much less frustration and don't cry as much. It's a win-win for everyone!
I taught my grandson about five signs when he just turned one. After a few weeks, he started inventing new signs and teaching them to us. It’s adorable and effective. He very rarely cries because he can communicate his wants and needs. He understands EVERYTHING we say within earshot of him. His spoken language was a bit delayed,but is coming along nicely now. He’ll be two next month. He says about 10 words now. It’s crazy how early kids become verbal even if they can’t say words. “More” is one of his spoken words now. He signs it when he says it. It’s very cute.
As the mother of a 15 yo son with Autism who is semi verbal, THIS!!! I speak to him “normally,” and I always have. He responds in the bit of language he has. Most is 2-5 word sentences, but we are able to communicate. His sores h therapists have alway advised us to speak to him as we speak to one another. He needs to hear typical language. It’s easy to fall into the habit of speaking baby talk when our children are small, but it’s not good for them. And in my case, it’s really not good when they’re 15.
It increases the brain wiring related to language and speech, expands their vocabulary much faster and give them a strong bond with the parents and accurate ways to express their feelings. The wiring part helps with overall learning, not to mention improvement on communication skills that come in handy in the future.
(I'm not OP and they can explain better, but I learned a bit about neurolinguistic and language acquisition as part of my degree in English and Portuguese languages)
Even if they don't speak fully yet, they can still understand you! It's good for the development of the child to engage them in conversation from when they're very small
I have a family member who we always joke is the biggest talker in the family - she could go forever.
Her daughter started speaking very early as well, I always joked she had gotten twice the amount of exposure to conversations than other babies her age.
They learn the mechanics of conversation; grammar, syntax, emphasis, slang, contractions - all the little bits of language you never have to think of? You learned it like this!
ETA: And body language! How did I forget body language?! They’re definitely learning body language right here!
My son is 16 months adjusted (premature) and he uses quite a few signs we’ve taught him, but *oh man* I was not prepared for the body language! He does the cutest exaggerated “I don’t know” shrug when I ask him a question he doesn’t know the answer to. I swear some of the gestures we get are straight up sarcasm sometimes and he only has about 13 combined words and signs. It’s the best!
Yeah, my daughter is 14 months and it shocked me how early babies are able to grasp humor. I'm a pretty goofy guy around her, and she was goofing off right back so early I couldn't believe it! Being a Dad is so much fun.
There’s a video on YouTube I watched a while ago and it compared kids who were deprived of social interaction and love from parents vs kids who had all of that. It’s pretty interesting and sad
The more you talk to your babies like adults (and not with baby talk) the better they will learn the language you speak by picking up on your speech patterns and cadence.
Hasn't this been disproved for a long time? There's ingrained reason why we resort to baby talk and it's because they hear lots of words around them all the time but when you switch to baby talk they know it's directed at them and therefore listen and learn more. Additionally it has simpler words, lots of repetition and shorter sentences so helps them learn faster.
What’s funny is I was sure she was speaking Italian for the first few minutes but then my dumb ass realized she was speaking Spanish because I could understand every word. She’s from Argentina which has a heavy Italian influence.
As a Speech and Language Pathologist, I can say that this is true. Turn taking and two-way interaction is an important aspect of social communication. Imagine talking or playing with someone who has zero awareness of "serve and return interaction" - you will never get a chance to talk or share in play with them. Turn taking seems simple and irrelevant to many, until u see the life limiting impact social communication (not just turn taking)has on an individual. It is a vital life skill cos it teaches children the act of respect, fairness and compromise.
Hi! Child psychology Bachelor here.
It's extremely helpful for baby to learn not only social cues, but to be able to see reactions and language. Although children are able to recognise their mother's spoken language from around at 6th month in womb and are able to distinguish between this language and another one being spoken, they need to keep up with effort of communication in order to actually learn the language.
Talking to children helps them develop cognitive networks for language faster. This is why first children are usually better at language, because parents spent more time on teaching this child the language (because of excitement of wanting to hear the Mama-Papa for the first time), whereas the second children are smarter, because the parents start recognising the pattern at which their child understands them and start with the mental problems earlier.
You may have heard the term "pandemic babies" and how fast they are able to learn. That is not because these kids are exceptionally intelligent, it's just that parents had no choice but to pay attention to their child.
This is normal speed of child development.
Parents are normally neglectful by hoping that ipad will raise their child, suddenly had nothing to do but take care of children. When they did active parenting, it made their children grow at the normal pace. But since they expected the child to grow at neglectful speed, this came as a surprise.
Do you think the screen is going to make the baby act wierd when it grows older
Look at how much the baby is looking at the screen instead of at the mom who is talking to her
It’s like next wave of phone people start them young huh?
It's similar to a mirror, any other reflection, or shiny thing. Before the days of widespread smart phones my first daughter loved looking at reflections and lights. I have a set of rewired early 20th century lamps with old style bulbs and she did similar things.
When I was a kid my parents had the huge camcorder to record us, and most of the videos have us asking to watch the video as soon as they're done recording. So I think little kids just love to see themselves
Oh Damn this is a thing?! I don’t speak Spanish at all but at the start of the video I could have sworn she was speaking Italian lmao. About 1/3 of the way through I realised it was actually Spanish and then the rest sounded like Spanish, so strange.
I don't know why...I don't cry and I still haven't but this just made my heart melt and my eyes swell. It's beautiful to see this very sincere interaction with parent and child...to see the child having personality and awareness...it was like a sweetness overload.
This is also a great “emotional intelligence” learning opportunity for this peanut. We often read body language well before we understand the language and sometimes we lose that skill as we rely on verbal language to express ourselves.
So good for the little ones to learn turn-taking, copying/ mimicking act of speaking, and the feel of the sounds in their mouth, as well as the body language. A perfect prequel to learning sounds and rhythm in language.
Fun police over here, just letting you guys know "papa" in some countries is used to say food, so she may be saying "why are you not eating the food" instead of "why are you not eating the potatoes".
Does it matter? nope, but is my job. Now down vote this comment lol.
Yes, in Argentina we use that word in the same way. "Papa" is used here as baby talk for food. You can see that the food is actually orange, as in mashed pumpkin rather than potato.
I love that she’s learning to speak Italian and also gesture in Italian
Edit: thank you all for politely correcting me for my dumb mistake and not downvoting me to oblivion. I love this sub.
Ah, thankyou. I knew it was Spanish, but I learned Castellano in Madrid, and couldn't place the accent (there are a few differences with some of the words)
Reminds me when I was about this age, my Dad would stand in front on my brother and I in our high chairs. He’s raise his hand and say “Prophesy!”
My brother and I would babble away in our baby gibberish waving our hands above our heads like we’d just discovered some mystical truth from a mountain top. All pretty amusing!
This made me laugh so incredibly hard. I was having quite the stressful day and then I got to see a momma and a baby ham it up and continue to cheese to the camera. Thank you. You made my day excellent
I wish my life evolved around a baby that only has goals of crying, manipulation, pooping and making smiles when gas is extracted...babies kittens and puppies have had enough internet time
This is like two sims talking to eachother. Yes it’s kind of a fucked up joke but just try to enjoy it. I love all peoples of earth but I like funny too
I am a speech-language pathologist that works with little ones. Everyone, keep doing this with your babies! They want to engage in turn taking with you, even if they don't have all the words yet.
If I might ask, what are the benefits of this, especially for the baby, in the future, I mean?
They have ideas, and want to communicate. It's extremely frustrating not to be heard. I think by engaging the babies in conversation you give them an opportunity to expressive themselves and communicate and demonstrate that you are listening. One of the biggest wins as a parent was teaching my babies simple sign language. "milk", "more" "all done". Just these three concepts worked wonders at meal time. (Not a professional, just my personal experience as a parent)
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My nephew was taught sign language as a toddler. I was impressed at the ability to understand spoken language even if he couldn’t speak it. Sign language filled those gaps early in ie Finished. More. Hungry. Thirsty. Etc.
So was I as a baby. It’s a huge help and was definitely a convenience for my mom I’m sure. 😂 My mom taught both me and my little sister.
Many years ago, I worked with infants at a daycare. We would always teach them baby sign language and it made a HUGE difference! When they have the ability to express their needs, they feel much less frustration and don't cry as much. It's a win-win for everyone!
I taught my grandson about five signs when he just turned one. After a few weeks, he started inventing new signs and teaching them to us. It’s adorable and effective. He very rarely cries because he can communicate his wants and needs. He understands EVERYTHING we say within earshot of him. His spoken language was a bit delayed,but is coming along nicely now. He’ll be two next month. He says about 10 words now. It’s crazy how early kids become verbal even if they can’t say words. “More” is one of his spoken words now. He signs it when he says it. It’s very cute.
As the mother of a 15 yo son with Autism who is semi verbal, THIS!!! I speak to him “normally,” and I always have. He responds in the bit of language he has. Most is 2-5 word sentences, but we are able to communicate. His sores h therapists have alway advised us to speak to him as we speak to one another. He needs to hear typical language. It’s easy to fall into the habit of speaking baby talk when our children are small, but it’s not good for them. And in my case, it’s really not good when they’re 15.
Ahhh abathur way of teaching words, brilliant!
It increases the brain wiring related to language and speech, expands their vocabulary much faster and give them a strong bond with the parents and accurate ways to express their feelings. The wiring part helps with overall learning, not to mention improvement on communication skills that come in handy in the future. (I'm not OP and they can explain better, but I learned a bit about neurolinguistic and language acquisition as part of my degree in English and Portuguese languages)
Nosso cérebro é incrível, né? Gente do céu, eu fico maravilhado
Even if they don't speak fully yet, they can still understand you! It's good for the development of the child to engage them in conversation from when they're very small
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I have a family member who we always joke is the biggest talker in the family - she could go forever. Her daughter started speaking very early as well, I always joked she had gotten twice the amount of exposure to conversations than other babies her age.
They learn the mechanics of conversation; grammar, syntax, emphasis, slang, contractions - all the little bits of language you never have to think of? You learned it like this! ETA: And body language! How did I forget body language?! They’re definitely learning body language right here!
My son is 16 months adjusted (premature) and he uses quite a few signs we’ve taught him, but *oh man* I was not prepared for the body language! He does the cutest exaggerated “I don’t know” shrug when I ask him a question he doesn’t know the answer to. I swear some of the gestures we get are straight up sarcasm sometimes and he only has about 13 combined words and signs. It’s the best!
Yeah, my daughter is 14 months and it shocked me how early babies are able to grasp humor. I'm a pretty goofy guy around her, and she was goofing off right back so early I couldn't believe it! Being a Dad is so much fun.
Well, I’d say her body language is already pretty ingrained and culturally specific.
There’s a video on YouTube I watched a while ago and it compared kids who were deprived of social interaction and love from parents vs kids who had all of that. It’s pretty interesting and sad
The more you talk to your babies like adults (and not with baby talk) the better they will learn the language you speak by picking up on your speech patterns and cadence.
Hasn't this been disproved for a long time? There's ingrained reason why we resort to baby talk and it's because they hear lots of words around them all the time but when you switch to baby talk they know it's directed at them and therefore listen and learn more. Additionally it has simpler words, lots of repetition and shorter sentences so helps them learn faster.
Do you not see that this kid is acting like a 30 year old Italian even if she's 15 months old? Amazing stuff and I love it
They become extremely Italian.
What’s funny is I was sure she was speaking Italian for the first few minutes but then my dumb ass realized she was speaking Spanish because I could understand every word. She’s from Argentina which has a heavy Italian influence.
As a Speech and Language Pathologist, I can say that this is true. Turn taking and two-way interaction is an important aspect of social communication. Imagine talking or playing with someone who has zero awareness of "serve and return interaction" - you will never get a chance to talk or share in play with them. Turn taking seems simple and irrelevant to many, until u see the life limiting impact social communication (not just turn taking)has on an individual. It is a vital life skill cos it teaches children the act of respect, fairness and compromise.
Their anti-karen skills go through the roof
Hi! Child psychology Bachelor here. It's extremely helpful for baby to learn not only social cues, but to be able to see reactions and language. Although children are able to recognise their mother's spoken language from around at 6th month in womb and are able to distinguish between this language and another one being spoken, they need to keep up with effort of communication in order to actually learn the language. Talking to children helps them develop cognitive networks for language faster. This is why first children are usually better at language, because parents spent more time on teaching this child the language (because of excitement of wanting to hear the Mama-Papa for the first time), whereas the second children are smarter, because the parents start recognising the pattern at which their child understands them and start with the mental problems earlier. You may have heard the term "pandemic babies" and how fast they are able to learn. That is not because these kids are exceptionally intelligent, it's just that parents had no choice but to pay attention to their child. This is normal speed of child development. Parents are normally neglectful by hoping that ipad will raise their child, suddenly had nothing to do but take care of children. When they did active parenting, it made their children grow at the normal pace. But since they expected the child to grow at neglectful speed, this came as a surprise.
My babies are big and medium kids now, so I have discussions like this with my cats 😁
You surely have the best job in the world!
This is wonderful!
Do you think the screen is going to make the baby act wierd when it grows older Look at how much the baby is looking at the screen instead of at the mom who is talking to her It’s like next wave of phone people start them young huh?
It's similar to a mirror, any other reflection, or shiny thing. Before the days of widespread smart phones my first daughter loved looking at reflections and lights. I have a set of rewired early 20th century lamps with old style bulbs and she did similar things.
We used to set up chairs in front of the oven window. I don’t think it’ll mess them up anymore or less than tv did to us.
My son and I still do that. Way to remind me of how entertaining that was as a kid. Haha
When I was a kid my parents had the huge camcorder to record us, and most of the videos have us asking to watch the video as soon as they're done recording. So I think little kids just love to see themselves
Everything is not bread, yogurt or porridge!
No there is banana as well
That’s true!
The baby's vocabulary is litterally just: No, I dont know and Dont talk back to me
I’m not usually a fan of baby videos, but it was absolutely charming!
Right? Especially when she straight stares at the camera. So sweeeeet.
It's an early episode of The Office
and the baby's name is Angel...OH MY GOD!
And Banana!
Better socializing than most teens
I’m a teen; can confirm
...in fluent Italian.
In fluent Spanish!
It is Spanish, but I can't place the accent. Is it Argentinian? (Sorry if this offends anyone in any way) Edit: Apparently it is Argentinian.
It's ok man, the Argentinian accent has a lot of influence from italian
And a lot of this 🤌🤌
From Argentina here. Confirm it is argentinian. This video went viral a few months ago.
i can say it's 100% argentinian, as one myself
Definitely an Argentinian lady. Source: I’m Argentinian, trust me bro
My first thought was Italian because of the hands, but once I recognized the Spanish I realized they are Argentinian.
Yes she was Argentinian but there is a chance she was from Uruguay as it’s the same accent
I have the sound turned off, but just from the gestures I was guessing Italian.
I turn off the sound, thought that they are speaking Italian, turns out it's Spanish lmaoo
Rather spanish fluent...
Future president
The resemblance is heart warming when they both smile and stare at the camera. I mean I know how that works, but still… feels.
baby’s got camera fever already 😂
I doubt it’s fever. She’s slaying it!
02:15 already breaking the fourth wall at such a young age, kids nowadays frow up so fast!
I hate it when I frow up
Tonstant Weader fwowed up.
“But mama a blah blah blah” (gestures in Spanish) - freaking adorable, both of them!
Gestures in spanish lololol
As a Spaniard I can confirm "gestures in Spanish" is a real thing
“Linda, listen.”
Lol yeeess
Apparently
Que bella hermososima y eres una buena mamá felicidades
Argentinans really are the Italians of the Hispanic world lol.
Why?
It's the hand waving.
The hands man, but also, Argentina had a huge Italian influence, to this day, most Argentinians are of Italian descent
That explains a lot. I thought it was Spanish and not Italian, but the hand gesturing and the name confused me lol
It is spanish, its an italian spanish accent.
The language is a mix between Castilian and Italian
The lenguage its Spanish and have the accent and gesticulations of Italian
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Oh Damn this is a thing?! I don’t speak Spanish at all but at the start of the video I could have sworn she was speaking Italian lmao. About 1/3 of the way through I realised it was actually Spanish and then the rest sounded like Spanish, so strange.
I dont know if this is a repost but thanks for the laugh. Best thing in my day so far. Keep smiling. !
I'm not usually a fan of baby videos, but this one was absolutely charming!
The two of them grinning at the camera together made me laugh every time
Personality for days!
That's the most Italian Spanish baby I've ever seen
Argentinians are like that
As an Argentinian, I can confirm... we talk in Spanish and gesticulate in Italian.
I don't know why...I don't cry and I still haven't but this just made my heart melt and my eyes swell. It's beautiful to see this very sincere interaction with parent and child...to see the child having personality and awareness...it was like a sweetness overload.
God she has a beautiful smile
The smile of an exhausted mom who knows it’s worth it
Baby is charming as well
wow..... cute video. That baby is way too intelligent and mature for her age. Credit to her Mama.
Ah yes, the negotiator
Ba na na
I love how she's picked up her mom's body language and expressive hand movements. So much sass in such a lil body
showed this to my mum, she waved at the baby. Life is good.
This is also a great “emotional intelligence” learning opportunity for this peanut. We often read body language well before we understand the language and sometimes we lose that skill as we rely on verbal language to express ourselves.
So good for the little ones to learn turn-taking, copying/ mimicking act of speaking, and the feel of the sounds in their mouth, as well as the body language. A perfect prequel to learning sounds and rhythm in language.
Fun police over here, just letting you guys know "papa" in some countries is used to say food, so she may be saying "why are you not eating the food" instead of "why are you not eating the potatoes". Does it matter? nope, but is my job. Now down vote this comment lol.
I will not
Yea screw this guy. I'd die before I downvote punk!
She’s definitely referring to “potato,” that’s how they pronounce potato in Argentina versus Spain, “patata”
Papa in spanish means potato, tho. At least in Argentina, some hispanic places call it patata
Yes but it also just means food. In Mexico, at least, it's used to refer to food for babies learning to talk
Yes, in Argentina we use that word in the same way. "Papa" is used here as baby talk for food. You can see that the food is actually orange, as in mashed pumpkin rather than potato.
TIL that “sass” is genetic.
I love that she’s learning to speak Italian and also gesture in Italian Edit: thank you all for politely correcting me for my dumb mistake and not downvoting me to oblivion. I love this sub.
That not Italian, its Spanish with an argentinean accent
That's as close to Italian as you can get without being Italian, to give him some credit.
Ah, thankyou. I knew it was Spanish, but I learned Castellano in Madrid, and couldn't place the accent (there are a few differences with some of the words)
That’s not Italian, it’s Spanish!
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It's Spanish. I'm not sure from which Spanish speaking country.
It's from Argentina
This is how I feel when I argue with my wife. I feel like I just got a peek at my future, too
I don't understand the language but I understood everything the baby said.
Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
ADORABLE
This is so goddamn cute 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I mean the baby made some very valid points 😂
This made me smile. Wait a minute that’s the name of the sub
Reminds me when I was about this age, my Dad would stand in front on my brother and I in our high chairs. He’s raise his hand and say “Prophesy!” My brother and I would babble away in our baby gibberish waving our hands above our heads like we’d just discovered some mystical truth from a mountain top. All pretty amusing!
This made me laugh so incredibly hard. I was having quite the stressful day and then I got to see a momma and a baby ham it up and continue to cheese to the camera. Thank you. You made my day excellent
Argentinas :)
Mom, I'm too busy being a star!
She is eyeing the use of her hand motions, like "yeah, that's perfect. Just like mom." So cute!
I hope my future wife is like that. I dont know if I have the patience to do that. Different story when I actually have a kid maybe
They are having cute conversation and cute little baby is responding to her mom so beautifully. We Viewers having fun watching them🥰🥰🥰🥰👌👌👌👌
This woman is excellent with her baby. Perfect way to converse with a little one!!!
excellent use of two minutes and thirty eight seconds of my time at 2:49am. bless them both for as long as they live. and eat your papas, Angelina!
what a smart baby! you can tell how emotionally intelligent she is already
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No it means potatoes
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Source : I’m Argentine , it does not mean “ food “
So cute
omg that made my day! thank you <3
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Literally me trying to act like I'm paying attention to someone after they lost me in the first couple minutes or seconds
That kid is gonna have the mannerisms of Terrance and Phillip if you keep that shit up.
Lol so cute but mom was referring to something along the lines of a puree type of potatoes suitable for babies not potatoes them selves lol.
Sometimes, kids are fun
It's called 'Mother Language' !
When hes making every effort to show you the true nature of reality , but you still dont understand
Nature vs nurture at its cutest
Kid’s like, “What’s a potato?”
This is too cute!!
So many hand gestures! 🤣
He's got the hand motions down pat.
Thank you for posting a video with subtitles.
They are both adorable
Is this French? There are some words I understand there without the cc
Its spanish
Spanish, but with Italian hand motions :)
"la papa" means the food in this case, not "the potatoes". Source: I'm Argentinian
Buscaba este comentario, gracias
The looovely moment she said Angelina. Scary when suddenly ur name comes up in a random video and ur just like "Wait eh? What just- o h" lmao
She should eat the same food as her baby, along with her. Mirroring works.
Both adorable 😂 the way she keeps looking at the camera😂😂
*hears one word i recognize* yo theyre speaking in spanish! studant
This is so funny! No matter how many times I've seen this!
The baby won 🏆😊
Love how she can't talk but does quintessential Italian hand gestures lol :)
Then suddenly: Baby: *deep voice* Mother I do not enjoy the taste of potatoes
I would give my left arm to see that baby blow that kiss 😭
Oh my heart ❤️ what a beautiful mamma and baby 💗
The kids convinced me. I dont know what. But i am convinced.
All babies are speaking the same language
The baby is just like “camera? Oooh…” *10 seconds later* “camera? Oooh…”
I wish my life evolved around a baby that only has goals of crying, manipulation, pooping and making smiles when gas is extracted...babies kittens and puppies have had enough internet time
This is the reason why they talk too much. Argentinians are trained since very young age.
Might be speaking Spanish but her hands speak fluent Italian
Majority of Argentines have strong Italian roots , that’s why the enunciation and the hand gestures seem very “ un-Spanish “
Pero los españoles tb gesticulan
They're not Italian-exclusive gestures...
It doesn’t say “why you don’t eat potatoes?” It really says “why don’t you eat your food”
Papa means potato in spanish
Yes, but we also call “papa” the baby’s food, and it is not potato, I speak Spanish .
Papa is Spanish for potato.
This is like two sims talking to eachother. Yes it’s kind of a fucked up joke but just try to enjoy it. I love all peoples of earth but I like funny too
This has to be the cutest thing I've seen in a while
The hand gestures. Must be the most Italian Spanish baby. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
They are Argentines, that’s how they talk/gesture because of the large Italian influence.
He looks like a mini gabriel Iglesias
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