Social-smile tennis
⏱️ 5 min⚡ calm🧹 no mess🏠 anywhere
🧺 You need
none
✨ How
When baby is fed and alert, catch their gaze and give your warmest slow smile. Wait. When the smile comes back (emerging ~6–8 weeks), respond with delight — voice, bigger smile — then start the next rally. End while it's still fun.
💛 Why this matters
The social smile is baby's first deliberate social tool. Every returned smile teaches "my signals move my people" — the root of communication confidence and a marked 2-month CDC milestone ("smiles when you talk to or smile at her").
Source: CDC 2-month checklist + Zero to Three social-emotional development
🩺 Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice — for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.