An Easy Hack to Instantly Improve Communication in Babies & Toddlers (No more screaming!)

By avoiding one common mistake you can dramatically improve your baby or toddler’s ability to communicate with you. This will allow your baby to learn to communicate through gestures and eventually talking faster, and reduce their frustration and yours.

By doing this early you’re less likely to have a future toddler who screams or grunts instead of telling you what they need. And if you already have a toddler who’s doing that, you can make this simple change to also help them improve their communication skills.

Even babies who can’t talk yet are able to learn to communicate with us in non-verbal ways if we allow them to. And once your little one has a convenient way to tell you what they want, life becomes easier for both of you.

This change sounds so simple when you hear it, but I think you’ll be surprised by just how effective it is once you put it into practice. Enjoy!

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00:00 - 01:46: Why you should stop anticipating your baby's or toddler's needs
01:47 - 03:22 : The simple hack to improve your baby's or toddler's communication
03:23 - 04:52 : How to use this simple hack
04:53 - 08:24 : Ways to use this hack with your baby or toddler today

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[EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for watching! Which activity are you going to try "pausing" with first? Don't forget to get your free 0 - 12 months old developmental milestone chart here:

[hkandms]

Another tip- Do your best to label their feelings clearly and consistently. When they do get upset, say something like "your feeling angry because..." it will help them communicate better when they are upset. At 18 months, my daughter surprised the heck out of me by sitting down with her arms crossed and saying "I'm frustrated" after the dog knocked over her block tower. She continues to be excellent at telling me how she feels. At 2 and a half she can clearly tell us what she is feeling and why, but we're now working on problem solving and helping her calm herself down when she has big feelings, which takes a lot of practice (considering even some adults haven't mastered that one i think she's doing great😄)

[lucianabbernardo]

I taught my baby to say "No more food" and "More, please" in sign language and it was really helpful.

[mnm]

I think you’re so right giving the advice to parents & guardians to pause. Sometimes, we’re just too busy with our babies that we forget to pause. I remember a few times when I just stay quiet, my 19 month old baby tells me what she wants to play with by going to the item, pointing, & using her words. She’s picked up simple sign language very well. Currently, we’re learning to label our feelings. The biggest is being frustrated, but I try to mix in labels such as happy, excited, sad, worried, etc so she’s not always “frustrated”. I also have a chart with faces of different emotions that she will point to or reenact to let me know how she feels. Another thing, when she’s frustrated, I will say, you seem a little frustrated & she’ll take a deep breath & count to four with her fingers (similar to Daniel Tiger). Then I will ask her if she feels better & her response is yes. After, we think of something smart to do. All of a sudden that frustration is gone. It’s like magic. 🙌🏻 (2nd day trying this method)

[vickijohnston]

Emma, Your advice to parents is outstanding!! I've worked with children and counseled parents for many years. I believe insightful advice such as yours, is brilliant and can change the world which is now full of grown up people who never were empathized with. I enjoy tuning into you!. Wonderful!

[LeighAnneLinehan]

Ms. Hubbard, I really appreciate your practical advice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I have a darling two month old son, and I'm watching this communication prep video to learn how I should behave when he's 9+ months. I understand that he's changing 'a mile a minute, ' and that I need to adapt to him at that same rate.
I will continue watching your channel. Thank you for doing these videos for us (new) parents.

[foerfoer]

What I really loved about this video is the huge amount of examples given for us to apply the technique. Very useful thank you!

[olgaeller]

Emma, you are just so awesome! Thank you very much for your videos. They are always so helpful, informative, clear, and useful and you are always so sincere, sweet, kind and professional. THANK YOU!

[Dana-mbhd]

As a first time mama to a toddler this video is right on time! Very helpful!!! I often forget to slow things down and pause. Thank you Emma for sharing this with us!💜🙏

[Leratokubedi]

You are so heaven I have a 14month old who screams everytime I leave him in his cot even to go to the restroom or fix something to eat in the kitchen where he can see me from the bedroom but because I anticipate screaming I put toys in his cot but they don't help as he still screams and now he screams almost the whole day when attention isn't on him, when I'm doing my own thing and randomly leaving me confused

[lindafelgentreff]

So helpful 🙏🙏 thanks so much, will definitely try to apply those techniques to improve communication with my 10 months old 🤗

[ruthirwin]

I love having grandchildren and when they were little and i couldnt figure out what they want..i used to say show me...and i was shocked how young they were when they understood this and showed me

[sarahellebailey]

Thank you!! I think this is what I’m doing wrong! My daughter is 9 months and still not babbling, so glad I know now where I’m going wrong

[clicvwh]

I've found so many of your videos helpful. Thank you!

[JB-dwmp]

First baby and I feel so lost sometimes lol this video was really helpful, thank you.

[rehgina]

So phantastisch und sehr gut für den Aufmerksamkeit 💞Danke

[Axemun]

Wish I knew about these videos when I had my son but now I have another baby on the way I can fianlly put this into practice. Thank you!

[Sarah-ygns]

Thank you Emma! As a Mum of a baby transitioning to toddler-hood this is so helpful. Your videos have helped me on so many occasions to navigate becoming a Mum.

[makenatush]

Hello Emma it’s like you know each stage I go through and the advice I need. Thanks so much

[crystalgale]

Perfect timing Emma. My bub just turned 9mos and has started screaming for things he wants. I will start practicing pausing. Thank you!