And what’s really important for parents to realize is what you just said—that learning healthy self-regulation actually begins in infancy. When babies cry, they’re either hungry or thirsty or tired, or their diaper needs changing or they need to be touched. And since they can’t feed themselves or change their own diaper, crying is their way to get themselves back into balance—to get their caregiver to do what has to be done in order for them to get back into balance.
