More About BabyCues

Learning BabyCues can help you become more “tuned in” to your baby or young child’s feelings and needs by learning to read and respond to their behavioral cues. Learn when your child is ready to interact and play, when they need to be reassured, or when they need a break from an activity. This builds trust and sets the stage for language and other development. See below for a partial list of BabyCues.

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  • Giggling

  • Mutual gaze

  • Reaching toward caregiver

  • Smiling

  • Talking

  • Turning head to caregiver

  • Brow raising

  • Eyes wide and bright

  • Facial brightening

Clusters of Cues: Babys and young children string cues together just as we string together words or phrases to communicate with another person. A single Interaction with your child will often include green, yellow and red cues strung together.

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  • Eye blinking

  • Eyes clinched

  • Fast breathing

  • Frown, brow lowering

  • Hand-to-head or face

  • Hand-to-stomach

  • Head lowering

  • Join hands

  • Lip compression

  • Looking away

  • Rapid wrist rotation

  • Self clasp

  • Shoulder “shrug”

  • Tongue show

  • Wrinkled forehead

This is too much for me.
I need a break or a change.

  • Back arching

  • Crawling or walking away

  • Crying

  • Halt hand

  • Overhand pounding or hitting movement

  • Pulling or pushing away

  • Saying or shaking head “no”

  • Spitting

  • Turning head all the way away

  • Whining

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