2 months to 3 months--How do you spell baby-communication: d-i-f-f-e-r-e-n-t-i-a-t-e-d c-r-y-i-n-g.
When the baby cries, the neurons being exercised and stimulated to grow are the ones in the circuits that generate the feelings of anxiety, anger, frustration, and hopelessness.
These systems will develop more readily and, because they are well developed, are more available to become the child’s reaction of choice to the problems they encounter throughout life. (These are the soggy crumbs that can come back to haunt us.)
Around the second and third months, the parents will have happily noticed that the baby’s crying has taken on some nuances in the form of an increased number of consonant and vowel type sounds, and voice pitch changes and rhythm. This is called, differentiated crying.
The sounds that the baby is making are reflexive and do not represent any particular language—only sounds that a human can make. This variety leads some mothers, however, to feel that they can interpret their baby’s cries.
NOTES: More examples of Differentiated Crying.
NOTES: And yet more examples of Differentiated Crying.
NOTES: Had enought yet? Well here are more examples of Differentiated Crying.
NOTES: You won't believe this, but here is one more example. These should be listened to at 4:00 a.m. to get the full effect.