Smiles are the foundation of any warm, loving, and responsive relationship. These connections are crucial to your child’s development. Through these relationships, infants and children learn to think, understand, communicate, and emote.

In fact, giving and receiving smiles is one of the first steps your child will take in learning how to be social and form positive relationships. Smiling at your child is beneficial to your child’s early relationship. This encourages bonding and attachment and makes the child feel safe.

Plus, seeing a lot of smiles tells your child a lot about the world – that it’s a safe and secure place where people are happy, friendly, and responsive to your child’s needs. You can’t help but smile when you see your child. Of course, seeing your baby smile at you makes you happy as well!