Helping your baby understand the feelings of others
Take advantage of any opportunity in your daily routine to talk about emotions, like when taking a bath or driving in the car. It doesn’t matter if it feels like your child doesn’t understand – they are soaking it in, so it’s valuable to get in the habit of talking about emotions.
Point out the emotions of other children wherever you go - whether it’s at the grocery store or at the park. You might say,
That child looks very happy, they’re laughing and smiling while going down the slide. They must be having fun!
When looking at books together, select books aimed at teaching emotions.
These books often have large pictures of different facial expressions and only one or two words per page describing the emotion. Baby Happy! Baby Sad.