What I didn’t know was how fast babies develop. Klara, for instance, has learned to make sounds, and we have long, interesting conversations. As opposed to noises, sounds will form a basis for her future capacity to talk. She has figured out that when I make sounds at her, she should make sounds in response. We look into each other’s eyes and take turns “speaking.” And what really blows my mind is that she knows that sounds only make sense in the context of an interaction. She’s not even 3 months old yet, but she’s already sociable!
For some reason, I thought that formation of sounds was supposed to happen much later so this is really cool.
My mother talked about discovering this. She said we would chat all day when I was this age.
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When you see babies develop you realize, “Well, yes, we are the most intelligent species.”
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