4 Tiny Habits With HUGE Developmental Benefits
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- A few simple little changes to your regular daily habits and routines can have a very big impact on all aspects of your baby's development. From cognitive development, to language skills, comprehension, fine and gross motor skills, and more.
In this video you'll learn what these four changes are and why they're an effective way to boost your baby's development.
As always, I hope you find this one helpful!
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Study Referenced:
📖 Logan JAR, Justice LM, Yumuş M, Chaparro-Moreno LJ. When Children Are Not Read to at Home: The Million Word Gap. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2019 Jun; 40(5):383-386.
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Before I had my son I could spend all day quiet and not speaking out loud. But now, I narrate everything for my boy so he can learn. It’s tiring to talk all day but I’m doing it to help him develop language.
I love when I see parents interacting with babies like this in public, I've noticed folks doing the narration thing with their babies a few times, and I've known that's how I want to interact with my babies too, even before this video. Good to know it's actually recommended by doctors!
It's great you were aware of this already!
Dropped the baby off in the grandparents room just so I could watch the video with full attention 😄 Thanks Emma, appreciate the content !
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Just here to say thank you. I love your channel. Second time mom here and still learning or re-learning a lot! Please keep it up 💪
I totally believe in the power of repetition for learning language at any age -- especially through song. As a teenager I was so-so at Spanish, even though I loved the language. When I discovered songs I liked in Spanish, I would translate them and sing along over and over. Eventually I became fluent, and I owe that in part to using the language in the real world, but certainly also to music. Because of this, we sing all the time with our little ones in our home. We have a song for everything, and if we can't think of one, we make it up on the spot! :)
That's so cute! Your little one will grow up loving songs too!
Talking is like the thread that connects the beads (the actions) to a continuous process and clarity the sequence
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I definitely think tip 1 works. I have friends who have used this technique without even trying to like use a technique and their baby is so smart
Very helpful tips, thank you!
No worries!
Excellent ideas. I so appreciate your examples and explanations. 👍🏻👏🏻 Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
thank you, Emma🌹
conversation was especially helpful as i prepared my daughter for naps/bedtime. our routine was feeding, bath, brush teeth, read books, top-off feeding, and lots of cuddles throughout. she knew what to expect next, and this consistent routine helped her settle into a good nite's sleep. i also talked to my daughter ALOT during my pregnancy😄 she was very familiar with my voice by the time she was born. also familiar with the music she heard while still in my womb.
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Dearest Emma! I'm a grandmother raising her granddaughter since birth at 2lbs 10 Ozs!! I have followed you religiously til she was 2 and now I'm desperate for help with her sudden sleep changes from 12 to 13 hours straight to getting up 2 or 3 times a night! Plus she's learned to climb out of her pac n play! Help plz!!!
Fab video Emma, really helpful.😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you EMma for your advice.
You're so welcome!
I was doing this already without even thinking about it. I’m glad it’s actually beneficial
Serve and Return! I had no idea that what I do with my baby daily had a name! I just thought my little one was competitive as this smart baby switches up the sounds to see if I can follow! 😅Great video! I feel good knowing I do 3 out of the 4 daily! Thank you!
I'm definitely going to read for my baby and using baby sign language
❤❤❤❤ great video as always
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Love your Videos and have learnt so much already! Thanks so much!
Our little one is 4 months old now and I wonder if you have any advice on how to raise babies bilingual?!
I am a native German speaker living in the UK. I usually speak English around the house as my partner is British.
I only speak German when I talk to my family in Germany, but I thought it would be a nice skill to have for her to learn both languages early on.
Words structure our life whether we know them or not ❤
Thanks for sharing!
Learnt something new today again.
Hopefully it helps!
Great tips! I did/do all of these things with my babies. So far they've all been early talkers 😊 (one is still a baby so we'll see lol)
That's fantastic! With all the modelling from you and the siblings, I am sure your little one will just want to join in on the chatting. My youngest certainly does😂
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Zambian here as well . only have one beautiful baby girl. she turns two on Monday. Emma has really helped me so much.
@@nataliemukamimbewe6She is so calm and explains things so well, Good luck on being a mommy my baby is 2 months old’n
Hello @EmmaHubbard❣️ I started watching your videos during my pregnancy and now I don't miss an upload! My little boo is 6 months now and thriving! Thank God, I'm grateful to have come across your videos ❤.
Question with the Serve and Return: What if you sometimes take a little long to "Return" but you 100% always return. For example, there's something urgent in the kitchen you have to take care of or something. How detrimental is it? The serve is being returned but there's sometimes a wait time. I'm especially wondering about the period after NB-3months. Specifically 4-6months.
Some studies show infants learn words used within 1 to three seconds of seeing or holding a target toy, but "Serve & Return" is actually a process of serve-return-serve-return-breakdown-repair-serve-return, so break-downs are normal and the repairs are an important part of the learning process. So interruptions in and of themselves shouldn't be detrimental. Whether your infant counts your "return" as a repair of the original pre-kitchen interaction or is just happy to start a new interaction is probably not a big deal for any one interaction.
Hi @lovelyynene33 thanks so much for watching for so long.
This is a great question. It's not expected that you do serve and return all the time. There are going to be moments when they serve and we don't return because we are distracted by something. That is ok! What's important is when you do intentionally play with your little one you minimise the distractions (turn off the background tv and put the mobile phone down) and just play and response to their serves until they indicate they want a change in activity or a break!
But you're right it's not always possible to be 100% responsive straight away. It's not causing any harm to your little one.
Those tips are a really important reminder for all parents to whom talking to an infant doesn't come naturally. What's missing from the list, thought, is singing to your little ones. Melodies are like a magic key to vocabilary memory. Furthermore, performing finger theater (I use that term for lack of a better translation. In German we say Fingerspiele) is always a big hit with my kids. It combines everything that keeps them engaged: eye contact, language, ritualized action, touch. Such a great activity
Thanks for sharing!
Any special advice or videos for the role of grandparents in a baby's life? I watch all your videos as a grandmother to a 12 month old. Been watching since she was 2 months. I only see her about once a week.
Hi! Your grandchild's lucky to have you so close by that she can see you once a week. I don't have specific videos for grandparents, but all the strategies I mention in this video and others will be helpful for your granddaughter. It doesn't matter if you're the parent or the grandparent, they all all about fostering development.
Thank you for your advice now i know independent play it's good for my baby. I would feel guilty not playing with her sometime so I would try to play with her all the time. But now I know she needs time to play on her own.
Independent play is great for development - so no need to feel guilty at all!
This is mostly stuff I learned from my sister kids they became ahead in age since she pretty much does most of this stuff she just chose and do not know if she had this video but my guess she just ended up using it. Not everyone learns the exact same way for example I did not start talking until I was three years but My parents read regularly I can’t tell you if I remember the words and understood but I know they tried other things but I did not start talking until I was enrolled in preschool and said few words the night or 2 before and mom said she was so excited I started talking but she knew I needed help to continue catching up with the lost time of my age .
Hi Emma thank you for your videos .. my baby is 8 months this week and she doesnt babble yet nor add any consonants like da or ba only intonations of ahhh. Physically she is ahead of the curve standing on her own by 7 months but seems behind on speaking .. any videos or advice you can share to help us start her babbling
Bring it up with your pediatrician. My son was like that. He got early intervention and it helped SO much. Best of luck to you
Thank you so much dear,. ❤.. But y do they keep running from toy to toy. How best can I help her focus on one toy at a tym
Because there are too many toys.
@@cathykrueger4899 I try as much possible to put them away but he keeps going in and picking them.
I don’t think it’s really a problem. As long as they’re having fun and enjoying themselves, let kids explore and burn energy
Can you make a video on baby massage?
I have to talk more. I sing all the time but I am not good at talking. Starting today I will work on it.
Thanks Emma for sharing
My pleasure!!
I like all the advice and feel guilty for not fulfilling them all the time.. i dont know how others manage to do so when running on 4-5 hours of sleep for months. With the chores of everyday life added on top it seems difficult to do so
Haha i think maybe ive been too goofy with my little one when he talks to me and hes expecting something silly now 😅 ah well at least he is showing a lot of interest to try lots of different sounds and gets a good laugh out of it.
my girl just turned 2 years old 2 weeks ago BUT...she is still acting like she is 18 months or so, she just doest develop ed at all, I am really tired of this situation and I don't know what to do, she doesn't seem to understand almost anything I talk to her, she is not mentally challenged or autistic or anything like that she is just acting like a baby ...still. I spend all my time with her, I dont work , she has all my attention all day long, she is well taking care of
Any tips PLEASE.... Im loosing ly patience and is very frustrating as she doesn't make my life any easier at all!! I dont need her to talk to me I just need her to undertand me what I am talking to her, thats all.
Love your videos !❤ thanks!!🙏
You might need to take her to a pediatrician or a developmental specialist and have her evaluated first.
Hi @marceldeac1987 unfortunately because I cannot see your little one in person, I can't give you specific strategies. But, if you're concerned that she cannot understand you and isn't using words to communicate then it would be a good idea to get her hearing assessed (to ensure that she can hear you when you talk) and also see a speech and language therapist AKA speech pathologist. They will be able to assess what she understands and can communicate and give you specific strategies. I hope that helps!
My baby is throwing his milestone chart out the window! He was able to start lifting his head at only a week old! By 2 months he was able to control his head when sat up.
Unfortunately this means he skipped the stage when he pushes up on his arms and went straight to the swimming phase and is determined to keep his arms raised by his sides. Now during tummy time we put his body on a pillow so he has to put his arms down (he usually just face plants) or he is laid tummy down on our angled legs to push himself up (again, he just lets his face squish between our knees).
He'll figure it out at some point, he's already rolling from his back to his side (which makes safe sleeping a nightmare 😂)
v nice and informative video. There are lots of immigrants in different countries. so the child learns its mother language at home and then there is a different language for him at school. what is your advice in such cases?
I’d also love to learn more about that! I’m an American in Japan so I often wonder how it’ll impact my child.
I am English. I speak English with my child. My husband is Albanian and only speaks Albanian with her. We live in Turkiye so she goes to school and learns in Turkish. She only watches German TV shows (I made her). She knows and speaks 4 languages at the age of 10. The key is 1) one person (avenue) = one language. That means, don’t speak two different languages with a baby at a younger age so they don’t get confused and they associate the language with that person or environment. 2) First two years of her life she was hearing only English and Albanian. More than that would confuse her and delay her speaking.
At what age should they start independent play?
They will really start to have independent play from birth. It will just be for a very short amount of time. So for example, when you place your newborn underneath the play gym to look at the hanging toys, that is independent play. I hope that helps!
If my 6-months-old baby doesn’t want to play by himself at any time during the day, can I leave him gradually alone, with some protest, obviously, until he reaches that stage?
Mother of three, grandmother to two under two years old. I really liked this video so much! I have a small but meaningful criticism. I think the choice to add a video clip of a mom reading to her child while wearing a mask undermines the importance of how important it is to communicate to babies. Facial communication is integral to that, so showing a masked mother sends a subliminal signal that wearing a facemask is neutral or that the negatives are easily overcome if you are otherwise communicating to your child according to the suggestions. Non-verbal communication is extremely powerful, therefore the appearance of the masked mother *communicating* with her child, though seemingly insignificant, does make an impact on the observer, whether they are aware of it or not, and in this case sends a contradictory message to this otherwise excellent content.
Thanks for sharing! Non-verbal communication is very important.
I would challenge you to watch a baby with a masked person. They smile when the adult smiles! Humans are more observant than you think. Babies development is not negatively effected by a mask, but their health could be very much effected by not wearing one when needed.
To me, it looks more like a classroom setting, or the kid is wearing a hospital gown and being read to by a caregiver. Regardless, one stock clip out of many isn’t going to undermine anything.
@@s.a.w5493 This anecdote is not at all what the evidence shows. Look at how badly COVID impacted children’s development across the board. Wearing a mask around your baby is a huge detriment to their success
Bruh, it was on screen for all of 1.87 seconds…