Child development nerd tip: If your little one is a few weeks old, you might notice that it's hard to make
eye contact with your baby even though you're facing each other.
Not exact matches
Featuring a secure fastener, mom is able to maintain
eye contact with baby during nursing,
even while adjusting the blanket.
Dividing your attention between two
babies is already difficult, and not being able to make
eye contact with both
babies makes it
even harder.
You can do this by encouraging her to have skin to skin
contact with the
baby in a quiet environment, try
baby massage (or
even take her to a
baby massage class where she will interact
with other moms and their
babies), maintain
eye contact, play, talk, touch, and breastfeed the
baby.
Previous studies have
even found that maintaining
eye contact with your
baby boosts their future communication and learning skills.
With smiles,
eye contact, and
even how your
baby clings into your arms is a way of expressing needs.