Early Infancy: 2 Months

Social smiling usually starts around 6 weeks of age, though babies often have reflexive smiles starting even in utero and right after birth, underscoring their innate readiness to relate. Back and forth cooing emerges. Infants can now fix and follow past the midline. They continue to prefer faces and parent’s voices.

Evening fussiness is usually starting to subside.

As the infant matures, back and forth conversations between the baby and parent become more sophisticated with the beginning of social timing.

Handout #3 Building Connections: Finding an Early Rhythm is below.