Learn the Dunstan Baby Language. 

 New babies are doing their best to communicate with you.

Dunstan Baby Language was discovered by a mother who was exhausted, overwhelmed, and desperate to understand her inconsolably crying newborn. Through careful listening, Priscilla Dunstan noticed that the most important information wasn’t in the loud crying itself, but in the subtle pre-cry sounds that came just before it.

For the past 19 years, we’ve been teaching parents how to recognise these sounds and respond to their baby’s needs earlier — often before distress escalates.

When babies are understood sooner, they tend to cry less and settle more easily. That can mean more sleep, better feeding, gentler days, and calmer nights — for babies and for parents. Many families also report stronger early bonding and greater confidence during those fragile first weeks.

Welcome to a simple, practical approach that helps you listen more closely, respond with confidence, and nurture your newborn with greater ease.

Newborn (0 – 5 mths)

Dunstan Baby Language is the “secret language of babies” based on five simple, universal sounds or ‘words’ –  EVERY newborn baby makes

All infants communicate their basic needs by from the moment they’re born. These are universal, pre-cry, reflex sounds. Just like a hiccup or sneeze is produced involuntarily by our bodies – and therefore sounds the same all over the world – that’s the principle behind the five basic DBL sounds. The 5 sounds, spelled phonetically, are “NEH” – “EH” –  EAIRH” – “HEH” and OWH”

We help new parents learn to distinguish between each of these five ‘words/sounds’ and how to apply them to create a baby-led, nurturing, flexible routine. In time, you’ll begin to understand how the Dunstan Baby words combine with each other. Helping you respond to your baby’s needs even faster and more confidently.

This has literally been a lifesaver for me. Coping with a newborn as a first time mum has been wonderful but also such a struggle and I felt like I didn’t know what my baby wanted. I never knew that a baby’s cry was universal though. Your system is amazing and has been so helpful. I’m now really in tune with my little one and I can attend to hima lot more efficiently and have him settle easier than before.

@mumma_and_austin
July 16, 2022