Nurturing Your Baby’s Emotional Health: Practical Tips for Stress-Free Parenting
Nurturing Your Baby’s Emotional Health: Practical Tips for Stress-Free Parenting How I Help My Baby Cope with Stress and Build Emotional Resilience Understanding Baby Stress: Signs & Early Intervention Babies may look tiny and innocent, but they’re basically emotional sponges. Every cuddle, sigh, or raised eyebrow teaches them comfort, safety, and how to cope (no pressure, right?). My experience: Sometimes, rocking, feeding, and swaddling didn’t help my son. Skin-to-skin contact, soft whispers, and gentle eye contact calmed him quickly. This is co-regulation , parents helping babies manage stress through consistent, comforting responses. Think of it as being your baby’s emotional Wi-Fi hotspot. Recognizing Stress by Age Newborns: fussiness, rooting reflex, arching back 3–6 months: sudden crying, restlessness, clinging 6–12 months: avoidance of eye contact, irritability, changes in appetite Support strategies: Co-regulate wit...