P035A3 Clip Notes
| Notes:n:nn | by Analyst, transcribed 12/05/2025; 2/18/2014 |
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| Video Clip: | Context |
| Setting,Props | Cedar Hall, Family Room: |
| Actors,Aims | Peggy and Bob, Mom helping; Bob on camera; imitating sounds. |
| Actions: | Transcribed as Text Episodes |
| Episode A: at 00:03 |
Bob: Bub bub bub Bun?… ba? Peggy: Buh Bob: Buh? Peggy: Bub. Bob: Bub? Peggy: Ah. (alt: “gah”) Bob: Ahgh (a “strangled” sound) Peggy: [smiles] Ah-ah Bob: [imitates her] Ah-ah Peggy: [turns away smiles turning back] Ah. Bob: [imitates, nearly at same time] Ah |
| Episode B: at 00:30 |
Bob: Ah…. Gretchen, will you join us? Mom: I didn’t realize we’d started. Bob: Yeah. Well, Peggy wanted to go, “Ah.” Peggy: [very high pitched sound, ~ “ah”] Bob: [fails at imitation] Oh, I can’t do that, Peg. Peggy: [two more high pitched sounds] Bob: [ imitation failure] No, I can’t do that…. Can you go, can you go, bum, bum, bum? Peggy: [taking a bit of time, she repeats] Bum, bum, bum. Bob: Bum, bum, bum. Peggy: [shakes her seat belt, about ten times] Mom: Bum, bum, bum. Bob: “Ah” Peggy: [very high pitched] “ah” [other impossible sounds] Bob: [attempts imitation, fails] Peggy: NVV (another high pitched squeal) Mom: [attempts imitation; shows strain] Bob: Bub, bub, bub. Mom: That’s terrible. |
| Episode C: at 01:37 |
Bob: Bub, bub, bub, bub… Bub. Peggy: NVV (speech like sounds, with seat belt in mouth) Bob: [imitates Peggy, then] You shouldn’t talk with your mouthful, Peggy. Mom: Nobody ever told her that before. Bob: What’s that, sweetie? Peggy: NVV Bob: I don’t get it…. Bob: Oh, come on, Peggy. Take it out of your mouth, will you?… No?… I know what to do, Peggy…. Bob: You just said, Buh, buh, buh, but we’ve been doing that for a couple of days. Peggy: NVV Bob: Huh?… Peggy: NVV Bob: Ah (frustration in voice) |
| Episode D: at 02:29 |
Bob: We’ve been doing that for quite a while. (Calling) Peggy. (Addressing her) Peggy, Peggy, say Mom, mom, mom. Mom, mom, mom. Peggy: [looks/sounds like she is trying to vocalize a sound but can’t] NVV (high pitched “squeal”?) Bob: What? Peggy: NVV (more high pitched “squeals”) Bob: How about Mama, Mama?… Mama, Mama,Mama. Peggy: Uum…Mum Mom: Uum Peggy: NVV (squeals) |
| Episode E: at 03:04 |
Bob: Bub, bub, bub, bub, bub, bub…. Don’t I sound like an old motor boat? Bob: [motor boat imitation] Can you do that?… [slower motor boat sounds] Peggy: (high pitched “squeal”) Bub, bub. Bob: [high pitched, inquisitive tone] Bub, bub. Well, maybe you’ll get to — Peggy: NVV (over Bob sound, her sounds like high pitched “bub bub bub” ) … Bob: What did you say? Peggy: [coding difficult!] Bup, bup. Bob: Oh, a bop bop?… Well, maybe you’ll do it for a little toy airplane engine. Peggy: (tentative ) Bop. (forthright) Bop. Both: [parents imitations] ~”Bop.” |
| Episode F: at 03:44 |
Bob: Peggy, how about (a sequence of pitch varying sounds ‘Mum, mum’) Mum mum (on rising then falling pitches) … Peggy: [attempts pitch varied sounds)… Bob: What was that? Peggy: [turns to Mom, looking a trifle unhappy] NVV Mom: What’s the matter, Peg? Bob: Peg, how about “Ah”? Peggy: [first replies ~”Ah” then begins a whimper] Bob: You want to be picked up, don’t you? Bob: [to Mom:] Would you pick her up, Dear? |
| Episode G: at 04:09 |
Mom: [disentangles Peggy from seat belt then lifts her our of infant seat] No. Peggy: NVVs (negative sounds in the process) Bob: Ta DA! Well, you’re picked up, Peg. Bob: Whoops [camera knocked about] Let’s see if I can… Peggy: NVV (multiple syllables) Bob: What’s that Peggy? Mom: [on moving paper off table] That’s where the scissors went. [end: 04:33 ] |
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| Actions: | Traced in More Detail |
| Trace: | of collated sensory and motor details (as available) |
| AI Summary: | as Contents List – Bob and Peggy engage in playful vocal imitation, starting with “buh/bub/bun” and “ah” sounds. – Peggy produces very high-pitched “ah” and squeal-like NVV sounds that Bob and Mom struggle to imitate. – Bob tries to guide Peggy into repeating patterned sounds like “bum, bum, bum,” which she eventually echoes. – Peggy frequently experiments with pitch and textures, sometimes vocalizing with her seat belt in her mouth. – Parents encourage specific words/syllables, including “bub/bup/bop,” with Peggy tentatively producing “bop.” – Bob repeatedly prompts for “Mama/Mum,” and Peggy attempts approximations like “Uum…Mum.” – Bob uses playful prompts (e.g., “old motor boat” sounds) to elicit rhythmic babbling from Peggy. – Peggy shows moments of frustration/whimpering and seeks comfort, indicating a desire to be picked up. – Mom lifts Peggy from the infant seat after disentangling the seat belt; Peggy vocalizes during the process. – Session ends with casual household aside as Mom finds the missing scissors while clearing paper. |
| AI Narrative: | In this short family recording, a baby named Peggy sits secured in an infant seat while her parents, Bob and Gretchen, engage her in playful vocal exchanges. The session opens with simple syllables—“buh,” “bub,” and an airy “ah”—as Bob and Peggy mirror each other’s sounds. Peggy experiments with high-pitched vocalizations that Bob and Gretchen gamely try to imitate, often acknowledging, with humor, that her tones are hard to match. The atmosphere is light, curious, and responsive, centered on call-and-response and shared attention. As the interaction unfolds, Peggy shifts between consonant-vowel patterns and more ambiguous squeals, marked by her parents as “NVV” sounds. Bob introduces rhythmic prompts—“bum, bum, bum”—and playful imitations such as a “motorboat” noise to invite Peggy into patterned repetition. Peggy tries out variations like “bop” and “bup,” suggesting she’s exploring both pitch and articulation while also engaging with the game-like structure her parents provide. Turn-taking is clearly visible. Peggy frequently initiates with a sound; Bob echoes it back, sometimes with a twist, and Mom joins in to reinforce the rhythm. At moments, Peggy vocalizes with an object—the seat belt—in her mouth, prompting gentle guidance about not “talking with your mouth full.” The family keeps the tone encouraging and flexible, shifting quickly when a cue doesn’t land and introducing new sounds or pitches to sustain Peggy’s interest. There are brief flashes of frustration and need. When Peggy’s sounds trend toward higher-pitched squeals and soft whimpers, Bob suggests words like “Mama” and notices cues that she likely wants to be picked up. Gretchen disentangles the seat belt and lifts Peggy, and the vocalizations continue in a new position. The change in context—and the parents’ responsiveness—illustrates how comfort and physical closeness can reshape a baby’s willingness to experiment vocally. Overall, the clip captures a naturalistic moment of early vocal development: playful imitation, pitch exploration, simple syllable shaping, and the social dance of turn-taking. It also shows how caregivers scaffold these micro-milestones—adjusting prompts, acknowledging limits, and reading nonverbal signals. The result is a gentle portrait of how everyday interactions help build the foundations of speech, one “bub” and “ah” at a time. |
| Link Index | Panel P035, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions |
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