Talk to Me!
You know you've seen her. That mom . You know, the one who is talking to her baby, having a full-on conversation about what she's buying while grocery shopping and talking about the big white truck while walking through the parking lot. Who does that? I mean, they can't talk back anyway! I'll tell you who does that-a good parent does that. For some parents, talking to their infants is instinctual, while for others it is painful and unnatural. I, for one, felt extremely uncomfortable talking to the belly. It just seemed unusual to me...like I didn't know what to say. But the brilliant thing about talking to an infant is that you don't have to talk about anything in particular, you can talk about anything and everything. I won't get into a full-on research paper here with MLA citations and sources, but I know what I'm talking about. After all, I am an early childhood major. Brain development, learning through play (REAL learn...