Whereas a new-born can perceive all the speech sounds of the entire world’s languages (about 600 consonants and 200 vowels), at around 6 months of age, infants start to lose the ability to tell apart many sounds that are not used contrastively in their native language (that is, sounds where a change from one to the …

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Infants now can no longer discriminate most nonnative sound contrasts that fall within the same sound category in their native language. Their perceptual system has been tuned to the contrasts relevant in their native language. As for word comprehension, Fenson et al.

Babies communicate using sounds and gestures. In the first year of life, babies go from babbling to playing with sounds, copying sounds and putting sounds together. First words might start at around 12 months. Babies start understanding and responding to words in the first year of life.

According to Dunstan, there are five basic sounds your baby makes just before crying: Neh – hunger. Eh – upper wind (burp) Eairh – lower wind (gas) Heh – discomfort (hot, cold, wet)

High-pitched, squeaky sound: Called stridor or laryngomalacia, this is a sound very young babies make when breathing in. It is worse when a child is lying on their back. It is caused by excess tissue around the larynx and is typically harmless. It typically passes by the time a child reaches age 2.

What to do about it:

1. Control the general volume in your house.
2. Turn on the tunes.
3. Lower your voice.
4. Teach the concept of an “inside voice” and an “outside voice.” Give a demonstration and examples of where and when they can be used (“You use your inside voice in the house and your outside voice in the backyard”).

What you can do about it

1. Run errands on her schedule. It’s not always possible to work around your toddler, but whenever you can, make sure she’s well-rested and fed before you leave the house.
2. Stick to noisy restaurants.
3. Ask her to use an indoor voice.
4. Make a game out of it.
5. Acknowledge her feelings.
6. Keep him occupied.

Believe it or not, your toddler’s volume isn’t turned up high to annoy you, but because they’re full of energy. Some toddlers scream whenever they want their parents’ attention. It’s their way of saying, “Hey, look at me!” Others scream when they want something they can’t have, such as a biscuit or a friend’s toy.

Many a time it could be a health-related issue like a stomach infection or an injury that might have occurred in your absence. When your child screams or cries continuously, try to find the cause, console her and give her some time to calm down.

When your child shouts, “No, that’s mine, you can’t have it.” Intervene; say to her,

1. “I will help you.”
2. “I think you have something important to tell your sister.”
3. “Say it in a way that makes her want to listen.”
4. Then teach her to say,
5. “I’m not finished yet.”
6. Or, “I do not want to share this.”