Laughing

[mmcirvin]

Over the past couple of days Jorie seems to have really gotten the hang of laughing. Before, she'd make the occasional amused squeal or isolated "ha" now and then, but now she laughs in continued bouts. It seems to have started as an imitative thing--I'd laugh and she'd laugh along--but she almost immediately started to carry it over to other situations, like being tickled or Daddy making goofy noises.

Comments

[aderack.livejournal.com]

Is she laughing in the same way you do, or does she have her own style?

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

It sounds more like her own style, but that may just be the inherent difference between adult and baby voices.

My sister Megan had a really weird laugh when she was a baby--she'd vocalize while sucking in air. I was wondering if it would manifest in her daughter Greta, but it didn't.

[aderack.livejournal.com]

I wonder how laughter is composed. Is there a direct genetic element at all? A learned one? Is it partially an aspect of anatomy? Psychology?

It's kind of heady, actually!

[aderack.livejournal.com]

Much like these avatars.

[cpr94.livejournal.com]

Everything's always both genetic and environmental. That's my rule of thumb.

If I recall correctly, laughter as humans know it has some serious anatomical prerequisites. I believe one of them is even an upright posture.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

WARNING: BABY MAY BE LAUGHING AT YOU, NOT WITH YOU.

[mezdeathhead.livejournal.com]

I think when babies start laughing is when they really start their personality. When you can find what makes someone laugh, you get the best little connections you can get :)

[asienieizi.livejournal.com]

Up to a year or so my granddaughter had weird laughter for real deep
belly laughter. It was virtually silent as if she couldn't catch her
breath to expel the noise and at times it was accompanied with deep grunts or sporadic chuckles. It's only recently that she's developed her predictable audible laugh which began as she started to imitate us when we'd all laugh.