Babies cannot speak. This is not something that has to be studied or examined; it is a rather frequent aspect of human existence. For generations, it has been assumed that babies scream because they can’t communicate their needs. Young minds, as much as young bodies, lack the growth and coordination required to construct whole words and phrases.
But what if certain newborns can communicate and we haven’t been exposed to them because the planet is so large? The globe has become much smaller thanks to social media, which allows us to look into the lives of others. This implies that we are exposed to things that might otherwise go undiscovered.
Mekeia, a mother of two, shared a video of her then three-month-old baby chatting. Not the adorable infant babbling that we call talking, but genuine little phrases.
Mekeia was watching her daughter playing with the infant when they caught the scene on tape.
The young girl grabs the baby’s face and says, “Say I am two months,” before Mekeia corrects her, “Say I am three months,” which the little girl repeats. When the mother told the older kid to give the baby a chance to “talk,” it was clear that the infant was attempting to participate in the conversation with what was thought to be baby babbling. The infant then astonished everyone by sounding as if he was repeating the same statement.
@foxondemandfamWatch until the end 😱omg🥹🥰!!
The two are obviously and loudly astonished, unable to believe the infant is repeating what the other youngster says. Mekeia is on the phone with a buddy when the entire incident occurs. Presumably assuming this is a fluke, the mother tries to put the phone to the baby’s mouth. When he simply babbles, Mother instructs the infant to “say hey Bam.” Nothing. Just more babbling and drooling.
Just when you thought your ears were playing tricks on you, the baby does it again when his mother urges him to say, “Hey Quintin.” Clearly, the infant still sounds like a baby, but you can hear him repeating the sound and rhythm of the phrases so frequently that it appears like he is pronouncing them completely. His older sister is overcome with emotion and begins to cry, while Mekeia appears to be astonished and begins to chuckle, while the person on the phone is simply stunned and confused.
People in the comments were quick to proclaim that the kid is a genius, with one person adding, “He is a baby genius; start showing him math problems.”
Another individual joked that “next thing he’s writing emails and making appointments.”
“Talking so clearly would scare me sooo bad; he’s so intelligent,” someone else comments.
Others interpret the occurrence as echolalia.
“Echolalia is a natural stage of childhood development. As youngsters learn to speak and comprehend words, they mimic, replicate, or echo the sounds and phrases they encounter. When asked by the BBC, speech and language advisor Claire Smith stated that a kid often learns to speak by linking new words to form distinctive short phrases or sentences.
@foxondemandfam He growing too fast , I didn’t have time to baby proof the house 🥴🥴 #babymessiah #babiestiktok #mamababysound ♬ original sound – foxondemandfam
Sometimes this condition appears unexpectedly early. Mekeia’s kid was just three months old in the video above. Another notable video from a few years back shows an 8-week-old child from the United Kingdom clearly saying “Hello” in answer to his parents. In 2015, a 7-week-old Irish baby was spotted doing the same thing.
While echolalia can be indicative of autism, this is not always the case. Many children outgrow it by the age of three and continue their normal growth.
What’s truly intriguing is when children begin to grasp and use language purposefully at a very young age. A kid called Michael Kevin Kearney was believed to be conversing at the age of four months, even asking his parents, “What’s for dinner?” He went on to become a verified child prodigy, earning a master’s degree in chemistry at the age of 14 and obtaining his doctorate at 22.
Most kids who repeat phrases at an unusually young age are not budding geniuses but rather excellent imitators. When a video becomes popular on social media, they are frequently unable to recreate the accomplishment.
But you can’t blame parents or social media users for being delighted. It’s cute and intriguing to see in action!