| Signal |
What It Means |
What Do You Do/Say? |
| Head back when facing parent |
-Want up/down game |
-Repeat game |
Open mouth
Spread arms
Bang
Aaah |
-More food |
-Give more food |
| Eager breathing |
-Hungry |
-Feed |
| Sound (Vowel or hmm sound) |
-Interested |
-Continue activity |
| Stop activity |
-Interested/Focused |
-Continue activity |
Stand in bed/screech
Flap arms when standing |
-Happy to see you, or
-Wants you, or,
-Playing by self |
-Get up and greet her, or,
-Continue to let her play |
Open mouth
Jump on knees |
-Wants to play, esp. active motion |
-Help her walk or bounce in up/down game |
| Fusses |
-Uncomfortable, unhappy, wants attn.
-Awake |
-Give her attention |
| "Looks at watch", quiets down, arms (esp. left arm), stiff rt. leg, looks at side, grasps afterward |
-Seizure |
-Wait until recovered, and looks around stiff room to refocus before resuming activity |
| Pushes away, Turns head away |
-Doesn't want or like something |
-Take it away |
| Pound and growl |
-Excited or overstimulated by something |
Help her reduce stimulation or restrict stimulation, e.g. wrap her up |
| Move independently toward object or activity, esp. in playpen |
-May indicate interest in object or activity |
-Help her walk or move, or bring object or activity closer |
| Looks towards sounds or watches faces |
-Interested or paying attention to sounds and faces |
-Bring interesting items into good viewing range (close may be worse) |
| Reaches, especially for a bottle |
-Wants the bottle, "more" drink |
-Tell her what her reaching means to use (e.g. you reached - you want more) |
