Dad sings Rascal Flatts to baby daughter then she steals the show with her sweet voice
A lot of people like to converse with babies with what’s called “baby talk.”
Most adults and non-babies automatically talk differently when in the presence of babies. The pitches of their voices increase and, for some, their tough exterior melts when talking to babies.
A lot of naysayers though discourage baby talk because they said it slows the language development of a child. But research now shows that’s not the case.
They said it’s not really the words that were said during baby talk that’s more important.
“Much more important, especially in the first 18 months or so, are the sounds of baby talk. Baby talk has a characteristic structure, rhythm and use of emotion,” Denis Burnham reported on his study published on The Conversation.
And this is what helps the language development of babies.
“Compared with adult-directed speech, infant-directed speech has more emotion, irrespective of the actual words used. It has a higher pitch and more up-and-down patterns, which attract infants’ attention. It also has more hyper articulated vowels and consonants, which exaggerate the differences between sounds,” Denis Burnham further emphasized.
In fact, a baby’s language development starts when they are still inside the mother’s womb.
When mothers and fathers talk to their babies before they’re born, they also use “baby talk.”
“In the third trimester of pregnancy, when the infant’s ears are sufficiently developed, the intonation patterns of the mother’s speech are transmitted through the fluids in the womb… It’s difficult to make out the individual sounds, but the rhythm and intonation are clear. This has an important effect on language learning,” Catherine Laing wrote on her study published on CNN.
And that’s also the reason why babies already know their mother’s voice once they’re born.
More than talking to babies, singing also helps with a baby’s language development.
It’s a great way for the baby and the parent singing to them to bond and a great way for your baby to know that you love them. Singing helps your baby to learn new words, how to communicate, and how to listen.
It’s a great way to “play” with your baby. If you’ve got older kids, singing to the baby is also a great family bonding activity.
In the video below, Daddy sings to his baby girl. And before he knew it, his baby was singing along with him!
And as you can see, there’s just so much love between daddy and baby.
Daddy starts out by singing a song by Rascal Flatts to his baby daughter. He’s only sung for a few seconds before the baby starts to smile and jump at his voice.
Then she began to make her own sounds. Was she trying to sing? Daddy wanted to give her her moment and let her do the singing by herself.
“Sing it, girl, sing it,” Daddy encouraged his baby.
Eventually, he couldn’t resist it and sang with his baby, which excited her even more. But her Daddy sang so well that she actually just stopped to listen and let herself be serenaded by her father.
His wife caught the father-daughter serenade and posted it on Facebook for her family and friends to see.
“Daddy and baby girl love to sing together!! He’s going to kill me for posting this!,” his wife wrote on Facebook.
Little did they know that this 90-second video would go viral, having been watched more than 13 million times since it was posted in October 2018.
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