Australian mom Priscilla Dunstan developed the Dunstan Baby Langauge after noticing distinct patterns in the cries of her infant son. Through hundreds of hours of research with over 1,000 babies, Dunstan classified the common sounds of newborns’ cries and confirmed those sounds’ meanings. Introduced on The Oprah Winfrey Show in November 2006, the Dunstan Baby Language quickly gained popularity with new parents around the globe, regardless of geographic boundaries or language differences. With her unique talent for sound recognition, Priscilla Dunstan realized that newborn babies use specific sounds to express basic needs such as hunger, sleepiness, gas and discomfort. Each sound is based on a reflex related to the specific need a sucking reflex for hunger creates a certain sound, for example, while a yawn-like reflex for sleepiness creates another. read more

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