Newborn Cues narrated - What is Your Baby Trying to Tell You? 

Quote of the year: "If your baby looks like they're contemplating the mysteries of the universe, they're probably pooping."

Did you see how quickly and easily that guy soothed the overstimulated baby? DAYUM! That was impressive.

As the father of a grouchy 2 week old searching for information late at night, I thank you for your video. Fantastic tips.

Disengagement cues are the one area that SO many people ignore at their peril. It happens so often because babies are entertaining and adults get so caught up in the "playing" that they don't notice that baby is OVER it.

I really love the fact that there was effort to use videos from around the world or from a variety of cultures

the father singing a lullaby, my heart melted...

Struggling with a 2 month old, the best video on RU-vid on babies.

I feel Iike some of these tiny baby heads need more support

I wish I could somehow push this video to the top of every expectant and new parents view list. I wish I had this as a new parent. It's so clear, so helpful, and so nonjudgmental while still being so human that I can't imagine anything else being better for a new, anxious parent in full panic mode trying to figure out what to do.

From the day my parents brought me home from the hospital, they started reading out loud to me. My dad used to head his pilot training books to me! Obviously I didn't understand anything at first, but this activity really helped me to talk early. My sister as well. When my sister was 2 a woman in the story pinched her cheek and said, "Aren't you adorable!" My sister (remember, she was 2) responded, "Please don't annoy me." People, don't touch other people's babies. They may not be able to express themselves. but it really is annoying. Babies start learning right from the start. Probably even *BEFORE* the start, and they are developing very fast. They start out with way too many connections, but starting from that first breath they start trimming out those connections that aren't used. This is why neglect and abuse are so devastating. You need to engage socially with the child from day one if you want those social connections enforced. If they are lost then the child will never be able to connect properly with others, leaving them at a huge disadvantage for the rest of their lives.

Best time of my life being a Mother! Knew the answer to all of these. My son turns 18 on Friday, can't believe it all went by so fast. To all of you new parents, don't fret over the small stuff. Enjoy every single solitary moment, it all goes by so very fast. When that time is gone, it's gone. Life is just way to short, and none of us know how long we have. Don't forget to tell everyone you love that you love them, every day! Thanks for the video, quite enjoyable.

My baby does all the basic textbook cues. Proud to say I learned her after 3 weeks. I’m glad she’s so easy since she’s my first 💞💖

Not only is this a fabulous video for new parents, it’s a great refresher course for we new grandparents. I feel it’s important to be on the same wavelength as the parents and to support them in their endeavors. I wish we had had something like this when I had my kids!

My baby is ten days old and I've already recognized all of these cues. I think we're going to be just fine!

I would add when they are tired and fussy, take them in a dark room. It helps calm them down & provides cues that it's time to sleep (like at night!).

As the father of a 2 month old, I can say this video is very accurate. Thanks for this!

Beautiful video. Trying to find a video to show to my multi-cultural childbirth class participants that is relateable. So grateful that you included babies of varied cultural backgrounds.

Thank you for your calm and really great explanations. From what I've seen on RU-vid, many parents do not have a clue, and some seem to think their child is there for amusement purposes.

The over stimulation tips are hands down VERY HELPFUL! THANK YOU!

As a father of a newborn boy, I’m glad to say I had a good hunch upon what these cues were. Watching this video helped reassure me. Thanks! Everyone give Axel Matthew a warmmm welcome 🥰

It's great to see all the real examples from around the world

im so happy to be dad soon. this had me crying cus i know all these. i had three little sisters that i basically raised. stop cutting onions, i just came here to brush up.

I watched this video 2 times. Once when I was pregnant and the other post delivery. I can say my perspective changed from the first time, this video is accurate and informative! My baby does all these cues and im glad I know what to do now.

Thank you for the effort you put into sourcing and editing all of these into one video. It's really helpful to see the same cues being done in slightly different styles by different babies. Such a good video. Thank you!

"your baby looks like they are contemplating mysteries of universe..they are probably pooping" -- best line and it's true. My baby is 7 days old😊

I got all these cues right, before the hints. I'm due to give birth in the next week or so, this made me more confident! I got this!

For the first cue I held my niece (who is Japanese and I live in Japan) and repeatedly said hello in a happy voice and face, she copied my voice as well as she could, which was amazing!

This is so helpful and so useful this should honestly be made a requirement when you graduate high school

These well fed sleepy babies are the cutest!

My baby is 6 weeks. I've learned all these cues. This video reinforced what I have learned in this short amount of time. Great video

I find it funny how I can name all the cues and I don’t have kids on my own. I work as a nanny and even before then I believe I knew baby cues before they even start..which makes me so ready to be a mom lol

This video has helped me so much. I'm a single mother with my first child.

What different is it than us adults? Overstimulation makes me wanna cry and scream too

This is an excellent video that I’ll be saving and watching with my partner. We just found out we are expecting. He knew I was pregnant right away within the first couple weeks. I’m 30 years old and my last pregnancy/successful birth was almost 13 years ago! He is 24 and it’s his first child. He is very excited & protective & so attentive so far. It feels really good this time around. My first pregnancy i was a senior at a new high school in Las Vegas, in a new state, away from my friends in Southern California where I grew up & had many excited friends awaiting baby. The students and teachers were more or less mortified and scandalized by seeing me fully showing walking down the halls everyday trying as hard as I could to graduate early in time for baby in February. My teachers used to make an example of me in their teaching. I remember my math teacher saying she wouldn’t give me special treatment when I asked to be assigned the back row pull out chair & table when my big belly couldn’t fit in the standard desk. My one forensic teacher was a young woman filled with grace. She surprised me one day by organizing her class to bring me small gifts for baby and threw me a surprise, in class baby shower because I didn’t have a baby shower planned. I lived with the father of my child’s mother, step father, 2 sisters, and a hoard of cats while my daughter’s dad was in his first tour at war in Iraq. He was only 20 & the deployment was ~9 months. He broke up with me when I was 6 months pregnant over instant messenger. He never gave a solid reason how we could make the relationship improve or cultivate more love & trust between us but we were just kids trying to both do very grown up things. He got to come home in time for me to deliver. My daughter was 3 weeks late. I love how everything happens for a reason that makes sense in hindsight. “Divine timing” I call it. I was a flighty, easy going 17 year old. I had no clue what to expect & I hadn’t yet been introduced to mommy blogs, mommy friends, RU-vid demonstrations which was harmful in some ways but the positive thing is I got to Just experience the visceral day by day of growing my daughter. Feeling her expand my body. I didn’t yet feel the gravity & urgency of my situation. My youthful naïveté didn’t allow me to stress, think too much, worry, obsess, fear, or pain over losing the relationship. After I had my daughter & he was stationed in Texas it dawned on me when she was a few months old that he wasn’t going to be bringing us there to be with him. The pain was deep but it was that realization that gave me to silent strength to leave the control of his parents house & move back to Southern California. When I arrived home to Southern California I had a host of my 17 year old friends who supported and celebrated with me & even taught me things on how to be a mama. Now I’m 30. I did not conceive any more babies because I felt the urge to give my daughter my devotion & attention. My daughter & I… We grew up together technically. She raised me while I raised her. Becoming pregnant this time, it feels extraordinarily different to have my partner here with me. Who isn’t in a war zone. Who is only a few years older than my ex was at the time but who’s maturity & spiritual development & positive self esteem allows him to be concerned & invested but not domineering & mean. He’s been attentive and trying to learn diplomacy because he sees that my sensitivity meter has become more delicate. It feels very good to trust & believe based on the reality & evidence of his actions & because of the 13 year road I’ve walked that I will get to experience for the first time a pregnancy & newborn baby with two mature adults in the building. Our lives aren’t promised & we can lose anyone we love & cherish any day. There is no real relationship insurance. And people change over time & with experience. I’ve decided to invite my beautiful 13 year old daughter, who has been my light & my blessing since birth, to be involved in the pregnancy & in the whole experience. Seeking her insight about baby names, paint colors, decision making, and the birth if she wants to attend & if the conditions are appropriate. That turned in to a novel which wasn’t my initial intention but I felt prompted to share this story because there are ~ 9 billion different pregnancies & birth stories existing on the planet right now and yours is also unique. Sometimes our conditions are hard & feel so out of our control. We don’t understand in the moment *why* events unfolded as they did but just know that there is a divine plan for you & your babies & your partners. We are all spirit souls coming to this life to have a human experience & evolve. Be well & ask for help when you need it. And love your babies with everything you have.

I am 39 weeks pregnant and it made feel better that I was able to recognize a lot of these cues. Thank you for this

7:30 I still give all these cues, and I'm 49. But usually, no one is around to see them.

I think it’s so damn cute when they go for anything to latch on. Hungry and cute always.

The real fun begins when they have poop cues and hunger cues at the same time

despite the helpful observations, . . l'm having difficulty gettin over how CUTE THESE BABIES ARE :o)

This is one of the best parenting video on internet to teach newborn reflexes

0:55 Considering that *EVERYTHING* the see or hear or smell or touch is brand new, it's no wonder new borns look like that. Imagine how you feel when you see something unlike anything you have seen before, that is how new born babies feel *ALL THE TIME.*

I felt like an angel showed me this video to put end to my struggle to be a better mommy! Thank you 🙏 ❤️❤️

I wish I had watched this video before the baby was born. That would have helped us a lot! I mean a lot！Now the little boy is almost 7 months. We learned the hard way.

My daughter is now almost 7 weeks old and I have come back to this video over and over again, so very helpful for first time parents. Thank you :D

Wish I found this sooner, my baby is nearly 5 weeks and I’m a first time mum so I’ve been worrying about not doing it right. It’s good to be reassured that I’ve been mostly on the right track with these cues and even better to have a better understanding of the others I’ve been worrying about :) thank you this video is super useful.

Babies are so precious and they are totally worth protecting and dying for😍

I'm lucky I was able to determine what my first was trying to tell me constantly. He hardly ever cried and everyone would say how pleasant he was, maybe he was so pleasant because I knew his cues so well and was able to give him his needs. For me, all the cues seemed like common sense and I honestly don't know why people have a difficult time deciphering them but this video does a good job at informing those who need it and I'm glad I found it so that I can pass it along to expecting new parents. 😊

I never thought about overstimulation cues. Thanks for the insight!

I'm having a c-section in ten days 😱, and I find this very helpful! I will show this to my husband. Thank you lady!

I am doing this for my fourth time, but it has been six years between and I feel like a noob again. This was encouraging and let's me know, I am not as far off as I thought. Really good refreshers.

THE BEST NEWBORN COMMUNICATION VIDEO EVER! Awesome work. Do one about cries; runty exhale cry for an uncomfortable diaper, sharp pain cry, shrill angry cry cause regular cries weren't responded to appropriately, weak sickly cry for beginning of an illness or headache, and red-in-the-face-out-of-control-gonna-make-momma-crazy-cry-cause-baby-is-way-too-overtired-so-you-need -to-walk-away -from-that-full-shopping-cart-and-get-that-baby-home-to-bed-right-now! cry. Understanding cues and cries are important to recognize so that you can plan around your baby's food and sleep needs. Booking doctor appointments and grocery shopping will go SOOOOO much easier if you have learned your baby's general timings so that you are home and undistracted at these crucial times, (which change month to month as they grow).

Loved that dad’s singing at 13:55

As a crazy 1st time aunt of a 1month old baby I thank you for creating this video

Thankyou this is the most educational video i have watched my baby boy is 4weeks old and i have seen all those cues,well i missed most of them but am a first time mommy its good to learn something new everyday so that i take it easy on myself .

I’m only 4 months pregnant and I can’t wait to meet my little one. I don’t have any experience with kids but I managed to guess the cues and resolutions spot on. I’m happy to learn what to do because I am a little worried about being a first time mommy

I wish I had seen this before my baby was born! He is now 4 weeks and I’m going to try these tips. Thank you!

This is so adorable I'm melting

Thank you! This has given me more insight on how to love my baby and how to keep him happy.

Thank you for telling parents to soothe and bounce tired babies. Not to be "put down while drowsy." Babies need love always and need soothing to sleep. ❤ Adorable babies. Good info!

Am I the only one that screamed HOLD THAT BABIES NECK at mark 4:12🤬

The thing that helped me sleep during my pregnancy was listening to creepypastas. So, now my 2 week old is soothed by the voice of creepsmcpasta.

I was answering before the question was asked. Such a sweet video! I wish people having babies would watch more things like this and read and read and read but they just assume they're going to know everything. Of course we have instincts but I've seen people that are so lost when they're babies and their baby is so frustrated and I just want to go over and take it and say here I'll come them down. And then the kids that are a little bit older are getting yelled at because they're frustrated with the baby. You think by the third or fourth baby people would want to understand these cues that to me just seemed natural to know but it's not natural for everyone. Especially when you're still having trouble with your third and fourth child. Again thank you

I'm a mother of many and a grandmother of even more.....this video is spot on!!!! Thank you for giving ppl a source of reference that is so useful!!!!

This is an AMAZING video! My baby is now 1.5 and all of these signs were there! Sending this to all my pregnant friends!

This is the best video I have seen yet

why does this channel only have 3.2k subs they deserve more for their effort. the actual footages is a great help

It’s interesting to see how the needs of the baby come second to parents’ need to take a video. Parents do not even realize what they are doing. Instead of taking a video of what the baby needs (and laughing), give the baby it’s needs. I was so sad when I saw the mother laughing while her child was trying to find a source of food. On the other hand, all the videos where perfect for this purpose. Thank you for the info!

I’m watching this and I’m not even having a baby lol

I wish I had these videos when my daughter was born. She 21 now and survived with out all this help !

Thank you! I'm expecting my first baby in June, and this video made me feel instantly more prepared!

Every new parent needs to watch this. Thanks!

I'm trying to focus but the cuteness is getting to me.

Wish I had a longer recording of the man singing at 13:57. The man should do ASMR videos. So relaxing.

I just became a father two days ago. All I want to say is really really thank you

I am in the stage of life that grandkids will be coming soon. I saw this video and remembered all of the clues when my kids were babies. I loved all of it and now watching this video for grandkids I look forward to experiencing it as a grandma. Wonderful informitive video.

Omg this is one of those perfect videos that I’m going to refer to always. Thank you!

awesome, a lot easier to understand from a video than from a book , and yet I suggest young mothers (and fathers, why not) to read a great book that I am still exploring. it is called "The secrets of the baby whisperer" by Melinda Hogg. Good luck to all the sleep deprived moms out there!

Of all the parenting and new mom hack videos I've been watching this past week this has been the most helpful.

Great video. Mother of 4 with a 3 month old here. Spot on advice in a easy format. Thanks.

The most useful video I have ever seen for how to understand baby!

I find it amazing how these things get imprinted in your brain. My youngest is now 43 years old, and I still got every cue right on the money!😁

50 years ago this was all taught to us mums by our midwife and district nurse. Then we read Dr.Spock and threw the book away. It was then up to our instinct as a mum to help our babies. Modern mums are lucky to have the Internet to refer to but our experience was a little more personal I feel. This has not been a criticism in any way, merely my observation. Do what works for you and good luck in your journey. X

Wow! This is AMAZING information! Thank you soooooo much! Now my Hubby and I can know how to keep our sweet baby happy once she's born!

Amazing video for an exasperated mother. 😊 thank you

Thank you for this video i have a 1 month old and still in the process of knowing each other. Very helpful all the way through

As a first time mom, this video has been really helpful to me. Thanks a lot.

very helpful , after I let my baby listen to the narrator's voice she immedietly fell asleep

They are so freaking adorable when rooting lol

This is so helpful! I’m 6 months pregnant and, although I’ve spent years working with elementary & preschoolers, I have absolutely no experience with babies.

Thank you! This helps, and I managed to recognize a few of the cues. Our little one is coming soon, and I really want to be ready. Thank you again!

Now little Asian one that got burped(Idk how to get to exact time, very last baby shown on feeding and short short segment on burping) WHAT A CUTIE! had the FUNNIEST AND CUTEST lil burp ever I loved it I actually laughed out loud for him what a cutie

Even tho i’m not a parent, i am commenting and liking this video so it gets recomended to new parents who are struggling with their babies. I hope this video helped! And good luck💕

Don't let your baby get hungry. Always be alerted when you have baby. Never sleep when your baby is awake. Take your baby a bath regularly. Do not make them sleep in uncomfortable place or bed. Do not do your hauzchores when your baby needs you.

A very informative video for new and to be parents. Thanks

Rooting is not a hunger cue with newborn babies, but a reflex.

Very comprehensive...learned a lot. Thank you!

I'm having my first baby in about two weeks. This video was very informative. Thanks!

This is so educational! Thank you!

Thank You So Much For This Video. From parents of a 25 days old newborn

This video has been so helpful for me and my little boy