Promoting Your Baby’s Development Through Interactive Play Babies do much more than sleep, eat, and fill their diapers. From the moment they’re born, infants respond to their environment, such as mom’s touch, to dad’s voice, to the pattern of the lights on the ceiling, to the sounds of toys and music. These first months are […]
Detached from the start Suppose parents, for fear of spoiling their baby or letting her manipulate them, restrain themselves from responding to her cries and develop a more distant, low-touch style of parenting. What happens then? The baby must either cry harder and more disturbingly to get her needs met or give up and withdraw. […]
