Babies Notice

The connection that I found between these two videos was that the baby’s energy was directly related to the nonverbal communication with the caregiver. If the caregiver provided a negative reaction or no reaction at all, the baby would respond in a stressed, wary, or negative way. And the same happened for the opposite. If the mother was happy or relaxed, so was the child. 

Even without words, excitement, tension, stress, happiness, etc. can be transmitted from the parent to the child. And once this is understood, it allows parents to understand that how they act around their child directly affects the child. Even if you don’t notice it, the attitude of the caregiver is understood by the child. To a new mother, this information could be very helpful when it comes to dealing with a fussy baby. If the child senses that the caregiver is stressed or scared, the child’s attitude will not change for the better. A calm collected mother will get a better response from the child than a nervous one will.