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Babies Learn Words Before They Can Talk
A recent study has found that children under 1 year old are already learning to match words with common objects.
The study involved 52 9 month old babies who were shown pictures of common objects like apples, fish and chairs during simple games 4 times a week. After 3 months
children were tested: they were shown pairs of pictures and asked to identify one of them based on what
researcher said. The children scored if they looked at
correct picture.
Children who had been through
training sessions looked at
correct pictures, untrained children in a control group did not identify
correct pictures.
So, it appears as though young children may understand more than experts previously thought. Which leads us back to baby signing: if children are able to understand but not yet able communicate through speech, baby signing is surely
answer. How much calmer life with your youngster would be if she is able to tell you what she needs, and you can similarly 'talk' to her.

Tony Luck runs a website offering advice to new moms. Included is the fascinating Chinese Conception Chart which is supposed to tell you whether the child you are expecting will be a girl or boy!