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From Bonding to Baby Talk
10 Baby Myths Revealed
By Lisa A. Goldstein
"In most babies, this reflex is stimulated by accident whenever the baby is taken from darkness to light," Doman says. "But mother can arrange for that 'accident' to happen with greater frequency and intensity so that the visual pathway grows more quickly in response to the enhanced stimulation. This is very easy to do and requires very little time, but it means that the baby gains the ability to see detail weeks or months earlier than he would have done if we had relied upon 'accidental stimulation.'"
6. It is good stimulation for the baby to have a playpen, jumper, walker, etc.
These devices actually prevent the baby from learning how to move and explore the world, Doman says. When the baby is given the opportunity to be on his belly on the floor, he will move. But too often the baby is placed in a high chair, backpack, playpen, baby seat or walker. "The baby should be free to move on his belly as much as possible, and confined, bundled up or restricted as little as possible," Doman says. 7. It is good to talk "baby talk" to the baby.
Adults should always use the very best language and vocabulary when talking to the baby, Doman says. Each day the baby's understanding grows in leaps and bounds. "Baby talk is essentially disrespectful of the intellectual ability of the tiny baby," she says. "The baby has the right to hear his native tongue spoken properly, not in a degraded fashion that the baby will have to unlearn later." 8. Babies have ashort attention span.
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