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Understanding Your Baby’s Cues

Understanding Your Baby’s Cues. Baby Cues. Your baby was born with the ability to communicate with you right from birth! . Are newborns always hungry?. Very small stomachs Must feed often. What is one way your baby lets you know he’s hungry?. Hunger Cues. Keep his hands near his mouth

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Understanding Your Baby’s Cues

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  1. Understanding Your Baby’s Cues

  2. Baby Cues Your baby was born with the ability to communicate with you right from birth!

  3. Are newborns always hungry? • Very small stomachs • Must feed often

  4. What is one way your baby lets you know he’s hungry?

  5. Hunger Cues • Keep his hands near his mouth • Bend his arms and legs in • Make sucking noises • Pucker his lips • Search for nipple (root)

  6. Baby Cues

  7. Prenatal Education Materials

  8. Fullness cues can be trickier to recognize than hunger cues

  9. Baby Cues

  10. “Fullness Without Narration” Clip

  11. How does your baby let you know he is full?

  12. What questions do you have about fullness cues?

  13. Two Main Types of Cues • “I want to be near you” • “I need something to be different”

  14. “Other Cues” Clip

  15. “Fussy Baby” Clip

  16. How did this baby show her mom that she needed something to be different?

  17. Newborns may be sensitive to what’s going on inside their bodies.

  18. Babies can also be bothered by what’s going on outside their bodies.

  19. “Baby and Sister” Clip

  20. What can you do when you notice your baby is getting overwhelmed?

  21. Let’s look at your baby.

  22. How does your baby let you know she wants to interact?

  23. Things will get easier!

  24. What is one thing you’d like to remember?

  25. Questions?

  26. Enrollment time

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