Empathetic Parenting

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I wish I've learned about empathetic parenting when my 2 oldest were babies. Now 15 years later there's a new idea that child development workers are teaching new parent, called empathetic parenting, or e-parenting for short. I love this idea. It involved talking with your baby as you feed her, change her, bath her, not during just playtime. Apparently it's teaching the baby language. So here's how it works. You tell your baby what you're doing, and you add feelings and validation. For example, changing her diaper, you say something like, "Oh, you have a wet diaper, let's get that dirty diaper off you...there that feels better, doesn't it." As your changing explain what you're doing, and then tell her she feels better with a clean dry bum. Maybe it sounds like nonsense to some, but to me, it's getting the language into her head even though she can't quite understand what you're staying right now. But babies love the sound of Mum's voice anyway, it's soothing to them. You're making eye contact with her and interacting with her. I think she responds well. She smiles and make cute baby noises. A huge difference from when my oldest were babies. So I guess it's working. Anyone do anything similar to this? Kinda curious lol