A fussy 7-month old, for example, may not need to be picked up and carried around when he cries. Instead, he may be able to calm himself if he's given a toy to play with or the opportunity to crawl around on the floor. As the baby grows, you will want to be on the lookout for the growing number of things that he can do for himself. Try to avoid getting into a habit of doing things for your children that they can do for themselves. No matter how skillful babies become at doing things for themselves, however, they have some needs that only others can satisfy plenty of love, attention, and affection.
Babies thrive on the kind and loving attention of their caregivers.
In fact, research tells us that parental warmth and affection is very important to how children develop physically, mentally and socially. Here are a few suggestions. Hold your baby. Cuddle your baby. Play with him.