Comments on: Conversations With a Pregnant Woman – Episode 4 – Don't have a cow! http://erikras.com/2009/02/13/conversations-with-a-pregnant-woman-episode-4-dont-have-a-cow/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2009/02/13/conversations-with-a-pregnant-woman-episode-4-dont-have-a-cow/#comment-3565 Erik R. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=1673#comment-3565 I thought the laughing happened earlier too, but I looked that part up in an anthropology book about human development and behavior. I have no anecdotal evidence either way. Gimme six months and I'll get some. Maybe your peekaboo experiences with those other babies was reversed: he saw your face (fright), he didn't see your face anymore (relief). :-) I thought the laughing happened earlier too, but I looked that part up in an anthropology book about human development and behavior. I have no anecdotal evidence either way. Gimme six months and I’ll get some.

Maybe your peekaboo experiences with those other babies was reversed: he saw your face (fright), he didn’t see your face anymore (relief). :-)

]]> By: Alan http://erikras.com/2009/02/13/conversations-with-a-pregnant-woman-episode-4-dont-have-a-cow/#comment-3564 Alan Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:10:19 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=1673#comment-3564 <blockquote> Babies don't truly laugh until about the fourth or fifth month, and they do so as a response to relief after a fright. e.g. Mommy makes a scary face (fright), but baby realizes that it's still his loving mother (relief); Daddy tosses baby into the air (fright), but catches him a second later (relief); the game of peekaboo; etc. </blockquote> I don't agree with this... I guess it depends on what you mean by "<b>truly</b> laugh". Josh was laughing at 3 months and it had nothing to do with "relief after fright". I also don't know if peekaboo qualifies to be in the relief after fright category. I guess you could say that they are scared that you left and then you came back, but I think they laugh because of the surprise and the funny faces and noises that come along with it. I mainly base this theory on the fact that I've played this game with many babies that could care less if I had left. :) Josh isn't a rare case either. I've seen loads of babies laugh at an earlier age.

Babies don’t truly laugh until about the fourth or fifth month, and they do so as a response to relief after a fright. e.g. Mommy makes a scary face (fright), but baby realizes that it’s still his loving mother (relief); Daddy tosses baby into the air (fright), but catches him a second later (relief); the game of peekaboo; etc.

I don’t agree with this… I guess it depends on what you mean by “truly laugh”. Josh was laughing at 3 months and it had nothing to do with “relief after fright”. I also don’t know if peekaboo qualifies to be in the relief after fright category. I guess you could say that they are scared that you left and then you came back, but I think they laugh because of the surprise and the funny faces and noises that come along with it. I mainly base this theory on the fact that I’ve played this game with many babies that could care less if I had left. :)

Josh isn’t a rare case either. I’ve seen loads of babies laugh at an earlier age.

]]> By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2009/02/13/conversations-with-a-pregnant-woman-episode-4-dont-have-a-cow/#comment-3563 Erik R. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:03:43 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=1673#comment-3563 <i-will-deny-this>Acceptance of the <sarcasm/> tag, among others, is one the driving principles behind my plot to take over the World Wide Web Consortium.</i-will-deny-this> <i-will-deny-this>Acceptance of the <sarcasm/> tag, among others, is one the driving principles behind my plot to take over the World Wide Web Consortium.</i-will-deny-this>

]]> By: Hubbers http://erikras.com/2009/02/13/conversations-with-a-pregnant-woman-episode-4-dont-have-a-cow/#comment-3562 Hubbers Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:45:34 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=1673#comment-3562 Bro, no offence but you aren't going to get that tag through the W3C XHTML Validator. Bro, no offence but you aren’t going to get that tag through the W3C XHTML Validator.

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