#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"

[gulls-art]

I survived finals so have some more evil robots/ sketches

[hephaestuscrew]

I'm sure Minkowski never forgot that Cutter was the first person ever to call her Commander. After recruiting her in Once in A Lifetime, he starts to call her Lieutenant, then breaks into laughter, before correcting himself: "What am I saying? Commander Minkowski." He draws attention to himself granting that title, stressing its significance. By initially calling her by a lower ranking, then conspicuously correcting himself, Cutter emphasises that he's the one granting her that title. Right at the beginning of Minkowski's employment with Goddard Futuristics, Cutter plants the seed for his line in the finale: "People cared about you because of what I made you: A soldier. A leader. A commander. I gave you that, and now? I taketh away."

And he does take it away. Cutter makes a point of calling her Commander in that first meeting, but he hardly ever calls Minkowski Commander after that. He almost always calls her Renée. He makes the point in that first interaction that he has the authority to grant her that title, and then in every subsequent interaction he tries to make the point that she doesn't have command over him. Having called her Commander once makes every time he doesn't call her by her title seem more deliberate. It's not that he never uses titles - it's that he uses them selectively. He gives her a taste of that sense of authority, but he doesn't want her to feel worthy of it.

In the liveshow, he cuts her off by shouting "I AM SPEAKING, LIEUTENANT!". Minkowski is the Commander of the Hephaestus in official terms at this point and Cutter even refers to her as "a mission commander" later in the same episode. So there is a deliberate malice to Cutter calling Minkowski Lieutenant here. Not only does it emphasise the use of authority structures as a means for control and the abandonment of first-name-basis false friendliness, calling her by another title makes his choice not to call her Commander even more explicit, denying her that authority.

Apart from when he recruits her, the only other time I can think of when Cutter directly calls Minkowski Commander is in Ep60, when he lays out his offer to let Minkowski leave on the Sol: "How does that sound to you, Commander?" Again, calling her Commander is a kind of power play, an attempt at manipulation, highlighting the sense of responsibility that motivates so many of Minkowski's actions. Cutter is prompting her to ask the question she would be asking herself anyway: what choice would a good Commander make? Just as he did when he recruited her, Cutter offers Minkowski something she desperately wants, and the use of her title here only draws attention to the idea that Cutter is the one with the power, choosing what to give her.

[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.

[laurrelise]

god they couldn’t have casted this show better

[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.

[st-just]

You know what cartoon from my childhood I am actually surprised there isn't some massive groundswell of monetized nostalgia for yet? Jackie Chan Adventures. That show was amazing. Right down to realizing like four seasons in that they should probably come up with an explanation why all these evil ancient Chinese wizards/dragons/wizard-dragons go-to minions were ninjas.

[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

[brucewaynehater101]

Me: *starts explain a bunch of canon lore for DC*

My mom: "Holy shit. None of that happened in the (live-action) Batman movies."

Me: "Exactly!"

~10 minutes later~

Me: "And then this wild thing happened!"

My mom: "Of course it did 😑"

[bright-eyes-strawberry-lies]

It was extremely sexy of Percy to remember Nico after Hera wiped his memory.

[tytoalbatross]

god damn i do not post often but can i talk about intentionality for a second?? one second please

i'm gonna be talking about bg3 but this really applies to any fandom space. people will, surface-level, agree that a Black character is not getting enough content compared to their white counterparts because it's. obvious . take wyll, who is several hours behind on voiced lines compared to other origins despite being one of the original five (before they added karlach and whiteified her too but that's another post). it's hard to deny cold hard facts

but then instead of engaging in content that uplifts Black characters and creators, they'll go right back to pumping out more and more content of just their white faves. on its own, it's not actively harmful, but here's what the implication is, whether they acknowledge it or not: yes wyll has less in-game content, yes his writing didn't get the attention it deserved, therefore i don't like him as much. it only perpetuates wyll's lack of content by contributing to his sidelining in fandom spaces

what i would love for fans who claim to be allies to do is to step out of the comfort zone of their initial favorites (which can, in fact, be biased!) and start pursuing content centering Black characters with intentionality. like all things, anti-racism (actively pushing back against racism rather than simply "Not Being Racist") takes practice and effort. you can't really agree with us that wyll needs more content, then in the same breath say that it's because of that that he's not interesting to you . the point was right in front of you doing a jig and you still missed it