Your Brilliant Baby in Week 27: Reading Emotions

by Jan Faull, MEd

When you're feeling an emotion and talking about it, make sure that your face, voice, and words mesh. Baby will be confused if you say that you're frustrated while using a fake smile. Babies look for consistencies in their world, even in regard to emotional expression. Make conversation about feelings part of your daily parenting routine. By doing so, you're validating your child's innate interest in emotions and furthering her intelligence about them.

Your Week 27 Toolbox

Related skills and topics this week
include …

  • Week 1: Knowing You From Others
  • Week 17: Paying Attention to Patterns
  • Quiz: Do You Know Your Child's Social & Emotional Development Milestones?
  • Develop Baby's Social Skills
  • Next week, look forward to: Week 28: Following Items Out of Sight
  • Catch up on last week: Week 26: Differentiating Lullabies & Play-Songs


    • Curious about how else Baby might be developing right now? Learn more about her brilliant brain and her growing body here:

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