Month: November 2014
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Language Magic
I have been fascinated by language development since long before I was a mother. It is a window into the extraordinary flexibility and plasticity of the infant brain – you can almost see the neurons firing as they master new words. From birth to three years old, the brain makes 700 new synaptic connections per…
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“Emotional Sponges”: Rupture and Repair
“Babies are emotional sponges.” I can’t remember when I first heard that said, but it rings so true. The words we currently say to Dani are just jumble of sounds and rhythm, yet we are communicating with her constantly. We express our emotional state non-verbally by tone, facial expression, posture, movement, touch and the capacity…