Twin babies conversation

[Sunniva]

Most of you have probably already seen this, but it only made it to the news here in Denmark yesterday.

I find this video of the babies in what seems to be deep conversation so fascinating (and cute!!). Obviously I can't help, but think that it has something to do with reincarnation. It's really amazing to see how these little guys act, their gestures seem so mature.

Twin baby boys having a conversation - the official video

 

[Nightrain]

:laugh:


The translation seems very clear:


"Baby,


You just CAN'T go through another lifetime with one sock off and the other one on!"

 

[Mr. Mike]

So cute. I have noticed that 1-2 year olds seem to have their own language and seem to be in deep conversations quite frequently even though it sounds like gibberish to me. I can tell by the facial expressions that they clearly understand each other.


Of course, even though they can't talk babies still understand my (clean) jokes and laugh at them too! I know this because a three year old referenced a joke I told them when they were one. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Children are smarter than Adults!

 

[hydrolad]

I have always thought this (since as a teenager) and even now, that babies and small children are really only souls just like me, however limited and restricted by their physical bodies at the moment.


So within reason, I treated them just like I would an Adult, talking to them without resort to "Baby Talk" and realizing that sometimes they could be so frustrated when they couldn't do something, with their temporary small and undeveloped bodies.


I can imagine that a person going through Rehab from say, a Stroke, could feel much as a baby feels, helpless, un-coordinated, clumsy, weak, and so forth.


So I have tried to put myself in their shoes (however small they are) and try to imagine what a newborn baby feels like in a frightening place like here!

 

[Mr. Mike]

So within reason, I treated them just like I would an Adult, talking to them without resort to "Baby Talk" and realizing that sometimes they could be so frustrated when they couldn't do something, with their temporary small and undeveloped bodies.

It really is that simple. I treat babies and toddlers just like I would a senior (that is, adult talk with the really adult talk:laugh. I know when I was 3-4 I hated when grownups used a condescending tone to me when all I wanted was to be treated like everyone else! Occasionally I'll even use complex words or show them the databases I use at work. They might not understand at first, but they will very quickly pick up on it. At the daycare near where I work, one thing becomes apparent: the children with the biggest vocabularies are the ones where their parents talk to them in a mature voice from when they were babies.

 

[hydrolad]

Yes, it really is that simple, so why don't more Adults behave better towards children, some do quite well relating to children and others treat them just like chattel.


I was very lucky growing up in a household where the Adults spoke to me as an Adult and bought me Books all the time, so I could sit on a stool in the Kitchen and read out loud to my Grandmother.


Not bragging at all, but this treatment laid the groundwork for an excellent education in Reading, Writing and English, something I have nourished over the years.


When I was a young boy of about 9, I wanted to finish the Book I had been reading all night SOO bad, that I took a table lamp without the shade to bed, and had it under the blanket, and was busily reading the book, when I realized the Blanket was almost on fire and smoking from the bare bulb!


Needless to say it was awhile before my Books were returned to me! :laugh:

 

[Nightrain]

I have the unfortunate memory of coming home from work, tired after long days in the city, commuting on the train for hours, and making my way home from the train station; then encountering two very excited little boys who were jabbering at me with what seemed like nonsense before returning back to bed. My poor wife didn't do much better keeping up during the day and trying to pay adequate attention to them and hoping that they would slow down at some point to take a nap.


I frankly don't know how parents manage when they have more than two little ones around the house all day. Yet, with what I know now, I deeply regret not having paid closer attention, when they were young and frantically trying to express themselves.


It is so often the case, that young children have a difficult time making their words describe their thoughts, and often find themselves blurting out things that make no sense to anyone else. In some rare cases, however, they do seem to manage finding the exactly correct words; but, by that time, the parents or caregivers are so distracted, that their utterances simply fade in with the rest of all the background noise of siblings, cartoons, and ringing telephones.

 

[hydrolad]

I agree fully, at one time in my life, I had the luxury of being a quasi step Uncle, who at the end of their visit, could send the nieces and nephews packing back to their homes until their next visit.


Perhaps the reason I never got married, aside from the demands of my career, was the disastrous marriage of my parents, who were two people who should have NEVER got married in the first place.


After observing this marriage over the years and it's final demise, I resolved never to go through the same thing in my life, however in defence of marriage, I have been reassured by friends and family alike, that I would have made an excellent Father, because of my understanding towards children.


But who knows now, it's water underneath the bridge, so perhaps in retrospect, I might not be totally qualified to comment on the institution of parenthood after all [grinning].