'Talking to Baby'
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Hiya Girls and Beautiful baba's!
Right.. I'm having trouble 'Talking' to my baby.. I'm with him all day mostly on my own & I love him lots I do talk to him a bit but I just run out of things to say.. I do talk in a gentle intresting voice for him but never bother with any of that 'goo goo ga ga' stuff... I give him plenty of kisses and cuddles and sing twinkle twinkle, 5 little ducks and hush little baby.. ect.. I always say key phases like 'hiya honey' & 'Oh that's a big story' when he is making babbling noises..
I am starting to buy some books to read to him.. I know it's important they hear speach..
I just wondered what people actually spoke to there little ones about? and what you say?
My baby Charlie is 6 weeks nearly 7 on sunday (where is the time going to?)
It's just he is becoming more alert and I don't really want to sit in silence with him! xxxx
Right.. I'm having trouble 'Talking' to my baby.. I'm with him all day mostly on my own & I love him lots I do talk to him a bit but I just run out of things to say.. I do talk in a gentle intresting voice for him but never bother with any of that 'goo goo ga ga' stuff... I give him plenty of kisses and cuddles and sing twinkle twinkle, 5 little ducks and hush little baby.. ect.. I always say key phases like 'hiya honey' & 'Oh that's a big story' when he is making babbling noises..
I am starting to buy some books to read to him.. I know it's important they hear speach..
I just wondered what people actually spoke to there little ones about? and what you say?
My baby Charlie is 6 weeks nearly 7 on sunday (where is the time going to?)
It's just he is becoming more alert and I don't really want to sit in silence with him! xxxx
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i just tell Grace what im doing such as "daddys coming home shall we tidy up" "r you watchin mummy ironing" i know its daft but its just somethin to say and she dosent understand anyway, she is 13 weeks.
keep doing what you are doin,
xx
ive heard your meant to say something and wait for them to "say" something back so they learn the art of conversation, and im sure he knows that when i stop thats when hes meant to speak!.
hes full of smiles and so much fun just now, i never get anything done cause im so mesmerised (sp?)with him x
I have a real "baby" voice, I screech away at Gabe and he loves it! I call him all sorts of names and its so funny.
I wouldn't worry about talking to him all the time - they do need to hear speech but they also need "quiet time", my grandma said she used to leave my mum in the pram in the garden just so she could have a look at the sky and get some fresh air. This is what everyone did with their lo's. Not recommended these days but i think its important babies have some time to lie down flat and just take everything in.
[Modified by: **Tiger Lily** on August 30, 2008 06:17 PM]
Has you hv given you any group info yet by the way?
when Joshua was little I would just give him a running comentary of everything I was doing and if he babbled at me I would pretend I knew what he was saying and say 'oh really and what did she say' stuff like that! I also included him when I was getting dressed by asking if he liked what mummy was wearing and would play peek-a-boo through the neck of my top. I always sang nursery rhymes, he's 15 months now and still loves it when I sing to him.
reading books is good but i would read my fashion mags to him cos he didnt know, even now he knows whats going to be in fashion for autumn winter 08 lol! xxx
Just read him his bedtime story and he was smiling and doing that not quite laughing but trying to thing that babies do all the way through it bless him. He's 7 weeks today.
xxx
there is no harm in leaving them outside just make sure they are warm enough etc.. but i really reccomend it and it helps build there immune system up
xxx
no She is Pants! But bumped in to a friend with 3 kids and she said when they start (after school hols) i'll be going with her! lol - Ooo excited now! good to meet other mummy's!
Oh and which torey hayden book are you reading??? I LOVE her stuff I work with SEN kids so it all rings so true with me and I just love it - I JUST finished The Tiger's child!