Ever been curious why your newborn baby already sounds like mom or dad?  One big reason is that scientists believes the baby learns, or picks up his/her mother’s accent from inside the womb.

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This would mean if dad were around with an equally strong accent he/she could be picking up two different accents before they utter their first breath.

According to Rueters:

Kathleen Wermke of the University of Wuerzburg in Germany, who conducted the study with French and American colleagues, said it showed newborns “are capable of producing different cry melodies” and that they prefer melodies in the pattern of the language they heard in the womb.

Wermke’s team recorded the cries of 60 healthy newborns, 30 born into French-speaking families and 30 born into German-speaking families, when they were three to five days old.

Their analysis, published in journal Current Biology, revealed clear differences in the shape of the newborns’ cry melodies, based on their mother tongue.

Previous studies have shown that human fetuses can memorize sounds from the external world by the last three months of pregnancy and are particularly attuned to melodies in both music and language. Vocal imitation studies have also shown babies can match vowel sounds spoken by adults, but only from 12 weeks old.

Wermke’s team said their research showed an “extremely early” impact of native language and confirmed that babies’ cries are their first proper attempts to communicate specifically with their mothers.

You all know it is that first cry that we yearn to hear, try to see who the baby will take after. So now that everyone knows once again that babies do hear sounds from inside the womb how many will break out the classical mozart’s?

The Florida Missing baby has been found in a bit of a bizarre scene.  As I last wrote the babysitter had admitted to writing a letter and demanding basically the state do something, when they state didn’t she did.
Apparently She carved or bought a cedar chest just big enough for Shannon to fit in and slid right under the bed. No one would’ve been wiser to a baby being under the bed, but it was discovered that a tiny infant was in fact in it and still very much alive. The only thing missing was a bottle.
No clue where the …read more

There has still been no sighting of baby Shannon, however a babysitter, Susan Baker, has come to the media with proof that she wrote the Govenor earlier this year explaining that this little girl had drug abusing parents and that she loved her and didn’t want to see it destroy the baby’s life. Police are now looking into seeing if there is a possible link in the disappearance, especially if nothing was ever done.
Back in 1987, Baker’s stepson who was only 3 disappeared and has never been found. She was charged back then with 10 years in prison for abuse. Could …read more

One lucky reader won the Leah’s Body Bib, this contest got 21 entries, which kind of made me sad as I know I’ve seen more before. Leah handcrafted each item on her Etsy page and these adorable bibs go over the entire outfit so you never have to worry about a juice stain on that white t-shirt/white dress again.
The winner will need to contact me via email homemom3@gmail.com with your mailing address so I can get it out to her.  The winner of the contest was #14.
 helenlam The Zoo Animals design for the bib is really cute
Congratulations to the happy …read more

Shannon Lea Dedrick is only 7-months old and it is believed she went missing after her parents put her to bed. But sometime during the following morning when they came to check in on her she was gone.here are rumors swirling the family had posted online they’d buried her, others were they were being investigated by DCF. While none of us would like to think any of this is true it is a possibility, but remember folks it is a POSSIBILITY, not 100% someone still could’ve taken her.
One neighbor did report seeing a van pull up late Saturday, however no one knows …read more

Etsy weekend shopping… I’ve been scouting around for some early gift shopping ideas. I love this blanket made by TLC Blankets and Things that I found at Etsy.
Under Construction Cuddly Minky Blanket
$85
It’s a handmade blanket with a color patchwork-type look and heavy-equipment for little guys (or girls) theme. It’s made of minky and chenille, measure 30.5″ x 38″ in diameter, and it’s personalized with the name of your choice. Convo the seller for other customization and color choice ideas.

On the Farm Cuddly Minky Blanket
$85
Another cute blanket with a farm theme. It has the same dimensions as the blanket above. …read more

Mom and dad really love this time of year, especially if it is Baby’s first Halloween and they get to dress them up. They’ll be a ton of people oohing and ahhing but this year you may actually want to put a cage over baby in order to stop the spreading of germs.n years past we didn’t really think of such things but with the surge of “swine flu and flu” you never can tell and you want you baby to be safe. Keep a hands off policy this year.
-  Make sure never to take your eyes off baby, even …read more

When your baby is little you do everything you can to keep them from getting sick, some may even accuse you of taking your baby’s health safety a little too far.  The first time you hear Little Johnny caught pink eye you might ban him from playing with your son Sam just in case it gets back to your newest bundle of joy.
Or maybe Suzzie down the street got chicken pox and her mom asked if you’d babysit for her since she heard yours haven’t got sick yet. Yeah, that didn’t fly with me either. But what happens when you …read more

The winner of the Koala Kuddles Blanket goes to number 63, this was a random number I asked a friend to pick who had no clue what she was doing. So congratulations goes out to:
cmarquezxx@optonline.net
I like the pack of the animal koala kuddles. It is cute that they have all the austrailian animals on them. 
Please email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your mailing address so I can get this sent your way. Better hurry though as my son loves these blankets.

Parents who are nervous about having a five or six year old child when Swine Flu is on the rise could probably safely quadruple their feelings of fear and anxiety to understand how parents of babies under six months of age feel.
A new mom with a three month old child and two school age children probably summed it up best when she said, “I think it is very scary. I’m afraid to go outside.”
 
So what do new moms do to keep their babies safe?
* Screen friends. Ask the neighborhood kids if they feel sick before they come in to avoid …read more