Say what their face is saying

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Wariness around new people is usually one of the first of these big feelings to arrive. This is the smallest possible answer to it: saying out loud what you can see on their face, without arguing with it and without hurrying it along. Nothing gets talked away by this. The feeling just stops being something they are holding on their own.

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Source: AAP โ€” Emotional and Social Development: 8 to 12 Months

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Say what their face is saying

Say it before anyone else does

The moment a new person appears and your baby stills, stiffens or turns into your shoulder, bring your face down where they can see it and say what you see โ€” "That's someone new. You're not sure yet."