Thursday, December 15, 2011

Dunstan Infant/ Baby Language

Just learned about Dunstan -- supposedly across all languages, all infants make these sounds to mean these things -- then they start to cry.  This is their "pre-cry" language. What a great tool to help us understand what our babies are saying!


Neh=hungry
Owh=tired
Eh=burp 
Eairh=gas
Heh=physical discomfort

This is the 1st word (the video says it is the 1st 3, but it is cut off. I need help finding a link for the other 2!):


Here are the last two words and some examples:


Here is the Oprah piece on Dunstan.



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