Let them look away
⏱️ 5 min📦 nothing needed🏠 in or out🤲 in your arms💛 Social-emotional
When your baby turns away mid-gaze, nothing has gone wrong: looking away from you gives them some control and protects them from being overwhelmed. And there is more than eye contact landing — in that moment they can pay equal attention to your facial expressions, your voice, your body warmth and the way you're holding them.
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Sources: AAP — Emotional & Social Development in Babies: Birth Through 3 Months · AAP — Emotional & Social Development in Babies: Birth Through 3 Months
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