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What Babies Say Before They Can Talk is more than a book
about baby body language and expression – it’s a guide to
raising happy, healthy children with positive self-esteem.
Clearly and simply written, it encourages parents to reflect
on their perceptions of what being a parent means. According
to Dr. Holinger, “The first twenty-four months of your
child’s life is a time when your baby’s knowledge base is
increasing by leaps and bounds, and it’s a time when your
should too.”
The first part of the book, entitled “Understanding Your
Infant and Yourself,” focuses on infants’ natural ability to
express themselves, as well as the importance of positive
interactions between parent and child and how to achieve
these interactions. These interactions will develop a
compatible relationship to set the stage “for the child’s
happy evolution into a self-confident individual.”
The second part contains detailed descriptions of the
signals. They are interest, enjoyment, surprise, distress,
anger, fear, shame, disgust and dissmell. Yes, dissmell is a
word and it means just what it sounds like – a reaction to
bad odors. The signals are divided into two categories:
signals of fun and signals for help. These chapters provide
information on how to cultivate the fun signals, and how to
handle the help signals, as well as the benefits of
attending to each.
Full of helpful photographs, anecdotes, and case studies,
What Babies Say Before They Can Talk has a wealth of helpful
information for parents and family alike. We can all benefit
from understanding just what Little Tommy means when he
wrinkles his nose. There is more to a baby than just eating,
sleeping, and pooping, after all.
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What Babies Say Before They Can Talk: The Nine Signals Infants Use to Express Their Feelings