One of the things many baby books and parenting experts suggest is having
parents make eye contact with their little ones.
Not exact matches
At around six to eight weeks of age, babies should
make their first
eye contact with their
parents.
An autistic child may have trouble
making eye contact with the people around him, and tends not to look at his
parents.
Parents who
make eye contact with sleepy babies inadvertently encourage them to snap out of their sleep zone, says Claire Lerner, senior
parenting adviser at Zero to Three, a nonprofit that promotes the health of infants and toddlers.
Your baby likely won't be able to
make eye contact with you until about six weeks, according to
Parenting, but it will still build a valuable connection between the two of you.
Making eye contact with the child, which a child often can't do
with their angry
parent if they feel shamed, can be empowering to the child.
All too often, new
parents forget even to
make eye contact with each other.
Intuitive
parenting involves subtle, nonconscious behaviors — like cooing and
making eye contact with the baby — that have been shown to stimulate and engage infants.
Smile at the Child When talking to a
parent in front of a child, smile and
make eye contact with the student to demonstrate that you care about him / her.
I never took my
eyes off of him; which meant I could not
make eye contact with the other pet
parents.
Researchers have found, for instance, that when a
parent acts affectionately
with his or her infant — through micro-moments of love like
making eye contact, smiling, hugging, and playing — oxytocin levels in both the
parent and the child rise in sync.