how will you know when an infant is finding your interactions over stimulating?
5 March 2010 9 Responses
A Parent asks,
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they will get restless and unsettled
they cry
If they start averting their eyes or if you are holding them, they will turn into your body with their head. It’s their way of saying…enough.
They usually starting crying and screaming when they don’t like something.
cry restless
If your baby is unhappy with what you and her are doing, then she will let you know, the only way she knows how, she will cry.
When they’re really little baby will sometimes sneeze when over stimulated. Otherwise, if they have had enough they’ll let you know.
It can be a little difficult to tell actually. Especially to the person who’s doing the overstimulating (they often think the baby loves it). Babies often will turn their face away from what is bothering them. (Eye contact shouldn’t be used as an indicator since eye muscles and coordination aren’t yet fully developed.) Generally interaction for a newborn infant doesn’t need to be anything other than soft voices/cooing, looking at faces. Older infants enjoy looking at bright and contrasting pictures, listening to soft music, and gradually introduce soft toys. Lots of tickling, loud voices, noisy mobiles or toys, and “flying” games aren’t recommended activities for young infants. More often than not, the baby is being scared, not stimulated. Typically babies should be gradually exposed to new things, and look carefully for signs baby has had enough. If you wait for baby to start crying, you know you’ve gone way too far! Good luck!
When babies are over-stimulated, they can get very fussy and hard to please. Sometimes trying to settle them down can be a nightmare. My son is very touchy in that way to where taking him to public places over-stimulates him. He’s very hard to settle when we get home. Sometimes he will just scream for 20 minutes.
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