What The Baby Hears Leaves Marks On The Brain

A baby is the most receptive creature in the world. He needs encouragement, affection, affection and, above all, words.

Every thing a baby hears leaves an unforgettable imprint on its brain. Therefore, we must be the wonderful agents of love, which is absorbed through the tone of voice and which guides through the warmth of a voice that soothes and stimulates.

Anyone who thinks that talking to a newborn is nonsense is wrong. In addition, not talking to the baby contributes to creating needs and difficulties in the child’s communication process .

You need to talk to babies face to face. So, talk a lot, sing, tell stories…

Although babies are not yet able to decipher the mystery of words, they are skilled translators of emotions and little pioneers in language processes.

Day after day and month after month, they learn the meaning of some words, until, almost without knowing how, they understand sentences, and then they themselves begin to communicate in their own language.

This entire fantastic process must take place in a supportive, affectionate and intimate environment.

Because, although we may not believe it, everything the newborn hears will be recorded in a brain that is developing based on this continuous interrelationship.

That way, don’t doubt! You are acting correctly.  If you are a mom or dad who never fails to talk to your baby, your child is very lucky.

Let’s explain to you why.

Routines, ideal moments to stimulate communication

We are aware that a newborn spends a great deal of time sleeping.

However, throughout the first weeks and months of life, we have wonderful moments with which to begin this magical process of stimulating a child’s brain development through language.

• Breastfeeding is, without a doubt, the most propitious, magical and meaningful moment in which you can talk to your baby.
• Make sure your tone of voice is warm, positive and always confident.
• Seek eye contact when changing diapers or changing your baby’s clothes, for example.
• Bathing is a fun time. At these times, babies are quite receptive to both mom and dad’s voices and gestures.
• If we manage to put a smile on the baby’s face, we will leave another imprint of positivity and love on the child’s brain.

Mom’s voice guides the baby

Mom’s voice has power and has always been around, even long before the baby came into the world. A baby spent 9 months in the womb of the mother who now cradles, cares for and feeds this little being.

• At birth, a baby already recognizes the mother’s voice. Let’s not forget that amniotic fluid is a good conductor of sound. Thus, from the moment the fetus develops its sense of hearing, it is this voice that accompanies it day after day.
• A baby doesn’t understand the vocabulary we use, we all know that. But, as we said at the beginning of this article, he manages to understand the intent and meaning contained in each sentence.
• That’s why he pays attention to you, laughs now and then, and gets scared when we sometimes raise our voices too high.

Words must be accompanied by gestures

Communication with a baby should be reinforced with gestures and an appropriate tone of voice.

In this way, we reinforce verbal with non-verbal language and act as favorers of positive emotions.

• Never forget to smile while talking to your baby.
• Always try to meet his gaze.
• When you talk to your baby, remember to set small response times as well.
• Wait a while for him to react, wait until he makes a sound, opens his eyes, makes a little squeal or smile. In this way, we also established the rules regarding the turn of speech.

Another interesting fact that we cannot forget is to understand our children’s communicative processes. A baby also makes gestures, grimaces and makes sounds.

One way to reinforce language is to imitate baby gestures and sounds. In this way, we make the little ones understand that we understand them and that everything they say and do is important and valued.

The keys to “babytalk” : something we all do but don’t realize

The way an adult talks to a baby is called “babytalk” . This English word defines something most fathers and mothers do every day.

• No adult talks to a baby the way they would talk to another adult. Our brain, in fact, knows how to interact with a young child to stimulate the communication process.
• Let’s not forget that language is that genetic mark that distinguishes us from the rest of the primates. Therefore, we are prepared to be able to make our children develop this ability.
• We speak in a high voice to get attention.
• We also make sounds that stimulate new sensations in the little ones: laughter and laughter.
• In turn, no one has taught us to do this, but we instinctively say things like “ea, ea, ea…”. Verbalizations without meaning, but with meaning: providing tranquility to a baby.

In conclusion, you have endless reasons to communicate with your baby right from the start.

From the moment your baby comes into the world and you hold him against your chest, skin on skin, he needs you. And it needs you too to learn to communicate.

So, remember this: all those first words will leave marks on the brain and will open the way to mastering a language and understanding the world through a warm voice that always demonstrates, at every moment, an intimate affection.