#Name Recognition

[babies-vibe]

When Do Babies Start Recognizing Their Name?

Recognizing their name is an exciting milestone in your baby's development. Understanding when and how this happens can help you support your baby's growth and communication skills. Here’s everything you need to know about when babies start recognizing their name.

When Do Babies Typically Start Recognizing Their Name?

Babies usually start recognizing their name between 4 to 6 months of age. At this stage, they begin to associate sounds with meaning and recognize familiar voices. By the time they reach 7 to 9 months, many babies respond consistently to their name.

How to Help Your Baby Recognize Their Name?

Use Their Name Frequently

Incorporate your baby’s name into your daily routine. For instance, say their name during feeding, playtime, and while changing diapers.

Example: "Emily, look at this toy!" or "James, it's bath time!"

Positive Reinforcement

Smile and make eye contact when you say your baby’s name. Positive reactions will help them associate their name with something pleasant.

Example: "Sophia, you’re doing great!" followed by a smile and clapping.

Consistency is Key

Ensure that family members and caregivers use your baby’s name consistently to help reinforce recognition.

Example: Encourage everyone to say, “Michael, time for a nap,” instead of just “time for a nap.”

Engage with Interactive Play

Use name recognition games to make learning fun. For example, call out your baby's name from different parts of the room and reward them with praise when they respond.

Example: “Lily, where are you?” followed by excitement when she looks your way.

Signs Your Baby Recognizes Their Name

Turning Their Head: When you call their name, they turn their head towards you.

Eye Contact: They make eye contact upon hearing their name.

Smiling or Babbling: They respond with smiles, giggles, or babbling sounds.

What If My Baby Doesn’t Respond?

Don’t worry if your baby doesn’t respond immediately. Every baby develops at their own pace. Continue using their name consistently, and consult your pediatrician if you have any concerns about their hearing or development.

Conclusion

Recognizing their name is a significant step in your baby’s journey towards communication. With patience, consistency, and positive reinforcement, you’ll soon see your little one responding to their name with enthusiasm.

[dragonstepp]

Prisons and the trumpeter

I turned on Joy Reid briefly to find out whether the trumpeter is dead or not. Second best thing I heard is that the Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill to name a prison (maybe in Florida, may have missed where) after Donald Trump.

He loves to have his name known everywhere, and keeps trying to add his name to buildings, but I kind of think he might not appreciate that.

Good for the Democrats. I hope enough Republicans will vote for it to pass it through.

carol in austin

[allfortheloveofdogs]

To Rename or Not to Rename: Making the Right Decision for Your Dog

Deciding whether to rename your beloved furry companion is a significant choice that many pet owners face at some point. Our dogs’ names are an essential part of their identity, and changing it can have both emotional and practical implications. According to experts, there are times when a dog should be renamed, and other times they should not.  Animal shelters, rescues and breeders generally do…

[uovoc]

"organization formerly known as Audubon" is the new "artist formerly known as Prince"

[isbergillustration]

Been doing my every other year-ly replay of the Dishonored games, and they are so beautiful, and I particularly love the shots we get of the Dreadful Wale in The Death of the Outsider, so I tried to recreate that.

[gulls-art]

I survived finals so have some more evil robots/ sketches

[too-many-rooks]

Reminds me of someone.

Istvan Toth + respecting Henry during 'The Storm'

(+making these I had a little moment of realisation because. Does Istvan even know Henry's fucking name? He and Erik usually refer to him in relation to Radzig, but I can't remember if they ever actually call him Henry?

[i-may-be-an-emu]

The British Comedy Guide sfth page really is. Something. Not much sure- but it exists, I guess. (/lh)

“Shoot from the hip are a group.” Ok 😭

[laurrelise]

god they couldn’t have casted this show better

[toastytrusty]

hickey wanting nothing more than to be seen and recognized yet going the entire voyage pretending to be someone he wasn't. even the status he tries to procure through the naval command hierarchy and then in his mutiny is still Not His. and in the end when he knows everyone around him is about to die he finally admits to not being who he says he is because he Needs Them To Know. he needs to be seen and recognized in his true self so that he can finally personally claim everything he has done here as his. something about his want vs need being a want to persuade and convince vs a need to be seen and recognized. he creates a fabrication of his identity to better sell himself to the people around him and get them to like admire respect him whatever it is, to make the voyage easier and bolster his ego. but that's so contrary to the whole reason he went on the voyage, which was to prove himself and gain some self respect in a world that he feels has mistreated him. but he didn't even go on the voyage as himself, and abandoned his past self and the mistreatment he faced when he made the decision to pretend to be someone else. he put ease and whatever illusion he held about a career navy man being more respectable than some rando on his first voyage over authenticity and genuine self betterment. he's so terribly self destructive and weak willed and insecure and draws the worst out of himself by being too afraid to ever be true to himself

[whump-allthe-way]

caretaker wasn’t supposed to be doing this, they weren’t a caretaker, and surely whumpee is capable of taking care of themselves, right? surely they’re old enough, so why does caretaker need to be there? they hate it, waking up every morning to an overly excited whumpee rambling about their dreams, they make breakfast and attempt to tune out of the annoying endless chatter, and they spend their evenings praying to everything above that whumpee would just go to bed-

until one day whumpee’s gone. they dropped them off at school without a word, watched them as they happily waved them off before turning to their friends. but now they’re gone, they’re not waiting in that same spot out of the school, there’s no sight of them or their backpack riddled with dozens of cute keychains and pins. caretaker jumps out of their car, heads towards the friends they pretended not to notice, demanding to know where their charge is. the shrugs tell them nothing, so they go home.

maybe whumpee will show up later, the peace and quiet will be nice after all.

a few hours pass, and caretaker cooks them a meal for when they’re home.

they watch the clock tick by and pass their favourite channel as they scroll through the tv, their show is on.

whumpee never comes home, and soon they’re at the police station. the police call them a few days later, and all caretaker hears is “i’m sorry- kidnapped-“

caretaker waits in the silence, they cook two meals every night in case whumpee comes strolling through that door with their giddy smile and endless stories, they save their show so they can catch up, and they practice their “i don’t care about you, but don’t do that again” lecture.

it’s months before caretaker gets the call, and this time the only word they hear is “hospital”

caretaker isn’t worried, or angry or scared, not by whumpee’s pale, bruised face, the frail form or the scars that peak out from the covers. caretaker doesn’t care- and they’re not crying from relief, they’re not gripping their hand tightly as they thank every god above, because whumpee is nothing more than an inconvenience-

whumpee is so small now, they shake and stutter, and the small smiles they manage don’t reach their eyes. when they’re home, whumpee doesn’t talk, not really, they answer caretakers questions and they mumble a shaky thank you when they’re given food, but they don’t ramble. not like they used to.

and caretaker finds themselves filling in the silence, sat on the couch talking and talking, about what whumpee’s missed, their friends and hell- even caretaker’s friends. they hand them the remote to watch their show and they tuck them in at night, and they pray that one day whumpee will smile again, perhaps wake them with that annoyingly cheerful “morning caretaker!” once more, or even just talk about the meaningless things in their life.

the whumpee they let crawl into their bed after they wake up screaming, the whumpee that hides behind them in front of strangers, the whumpee that quietly asks them questions isn’t their whumpee. and all caretaker can think is that if they’d just listened; payed a little more attention to their endless stream of words, their whumpee would be here.

[spinnysocks]

still love the fact that reirei has beef with a literal teenager

they are absolute chaos, whether they're working together or against each other

[domjaehyun]

guys the very cute guy at the local dispensary was …. *deep ragged breath* calling me baby? like multiple times and . ……. okay maybe i just have a dirty mind but he was just saying all the right things and i’m tempted to walk back over there and be like

“what are we……? bc you lowkey talked me through it while i was trying to buy a vape and you can’t really be that patient and attentive AND call me baby AND make me laugh like what is your name and your number 🤨 like right now 🤨”

[hexgaywire]

Kyrio saying he made his model blush when he smiles because he does that IRL!? SHUT UP SHUT UP THAT'S SO ADORABLE RAHHHHHHHHHH

[algrenion]

You know something? I really do not like the way Netflix and other streaming platforms automatically skip the credits. I don’t like how I only get a ten second window to say “yes” to seeing all the names of the people who put their lives and expertise into producing something that has entertained or educated me in some way.

The least they could do is make me fast forward, if I really don’t want to see them.

But generally speaking, for me? I want to see those names.

[thelostgirl21]

One thing I really want to see happen in Season 4...

Valdo Marx: Nice to see you again, Joseph!

Jaskier: *Heavy sigh* That's -

Yarpen: *Stepping in front of him protectively.* Julian Alfred Pankratz to you, you dying sounding beached whale! Only his friends call him Joseph!

Jaskier: Ah, actually, that's Jaskier.

Yarpen: *Dismissively.* Yeah, I KNOW.

Jaskier: *Getting all teary eyed.* I know you do.