Mothers who are closely bonded with their babies gaze at them more often and for longer periods. When you are feeding or changing your baby try to make sure you and your baby only have eyes for each other.Touch your baby frequently and hold your baby close as often as you can. The close contact soothes babies as it reminds them of the comfort of the womb. Whether you are changing, bathing or dressing baby use gentle affectionate movements.
Talking encourages a baby to look and pay attention. Use repetitive simple sentences that encourage the baby to babble in return and prepare for later language development. Have little rituals and ways of doing things that are special to you and your baby. You may have a special song that you sing while bathing. Babies are easily over stimulated, so pay close attention to your baby’s mood. Your baby will not always want to pay attention or to interact with you and will turn away from you. That’s not rejection of you just simply that your baby has had enough for the moment.