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Kittigate

What do you think is in the mind of a baby when he/she seems all content and is sucking her/his thumb and staring into space?

Posted - July 12, 2021
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  • 581
    Gas.
      July 12, 2021 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    "Burp me"!
      July 12, 2021 4:24 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    Nothing, nothing at all.  I'm not sure a baby that young can actually think.  At that age, it's probably all feeling.
      July 12, 2021 3:55 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Right, probably sorta same as my cat- no language development to form thoughts.
      July 12, 2021 4:23 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    I don't think it has to do with language as much as it has with brain development to comprehend what external stimuli mean.
      July 12, 2021 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 44231
    He didn't say the age.
      July 13, 2021 12:19 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    True.  I guess I just assumed it was an infant.
      July 13, 2021 12:49 PM MDT
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  • 10049
    I want to go back to that first place. When is this going to be over? What is that smell? OMG, it's ME! (Stops sucking thumb, starts screaming). 
      July 12, 2021 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      “A bottle again? It’s okay for now, but someday soon I’ll be having sandwiches!”
    ~

      July 12, 2021 9:06 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Sandwiches sammiches
      July 13, 2021 9:11 AM MDT
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  • 52953

    Lol!

    ~

      July 13, 2021 12:12 PM MDT
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  • 2967
    My belief is babies are capable of complex thought, they just can't articulate it or connect their thoughts to the big picture.
      July 13, 2021 9:38 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yeah, I still have trouble with that too.
      July 13, 2021 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      I agree with your assessment, BB.

      Just because babies don’t think exactly the way adults think doesn’t mean that they’re completely devoid of the ability to think or devoid of thought. I believe that thought is in many ways instinctive, that thinking begins at some point while still in the womb, that the birthing process stimulates A LOT of thinking on the part of a baby, and that the five senses are all manifestations of the formation of thought and/or the transmission of sensations and emotions to the brain, in other words, thoughts.
    ~

      July 13, 2021 11:22 AM MDT
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  • 2967
    Agreed.
      July 13, 2021 11:47 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    (I'd rather be sucking on a boob.)
      July 13, 2021 12:20 PM MDT
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