I read up on it a bit when DD was a few weeks old and plan to revisit it when DS is born. I can't really remember much about it (it's been five years), but I do recall that the idea behind it seemed to make a lot of sense. Thanks for reminding me that it is out there.
I heard about it with DD1 but dismissed it as a money making scam thinking that working out what a baby had to say was all about tuning into the baby and paying attention to them. I think that was because DD1 was a pretty chilled baby and I found her easy to look after, understand and tune into.
DD2 was a whole other kettle of fish! She was unsettled, grizzly and uncomfortable and as much as I was tuned in, I did struggle to work out what was making her uncomfy. I happened to find the Dunstan dvd at the library and gave it a whirl and found it so incredibly helpful!
In my opinion, nothing can replace the natural instinct of a parent paying attention to a baby, but the logic behind the baby language approach can be helpful to decode and give you confidence in your communication with you LO. As for me, on baby number 2, I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Used it with ds1 and was helpful; meant to revisit it for ds2 and haven't had a chance to still (but ds2 is more relaxed than ds1 was). We borrowed it from our local public library and printed the sounds out from the website as a reminder.
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