Show Me Your Love! 5 Love Languages of Babies/Toddlers

This is so true. Knowing we are loved by our parents is not the same as feeling loved by them. Communicating with the 5 love languages makes your little one feel loved and connected to you. When his or her emotional tank is full, your child becomes more positive, more cooperative, more loving and more lovable. This makes your parenting journey a much more effective and enjoyable one, now and in the near future, as you will be taking care of kid(s) who responds well to parental guidance.

In their book “5 Languages of Love of Children”, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell identify and describe the 5 love languages of children:


• (Nurturing) Physical Touch – It is the primary love language of all infants


• Quality Time - Spending special time together having fun one on one


• Words of Affirmation – Hearing that we notice, love, and appreciate them


• Gifts – Being given gifts, in addition to, not instead of, other forms of love


• Acts of Service – Being taken care of and helped when they need it

Understandably, your primary love language may not be the same as your child’s. Make it your priority to communicate love with your child’s love language, as communicating in a love language that your child is not accustomed to does not make him or her feel loved.

Don’t fret if you are not a ‘touchy-feely’ or a verbally expressive person, so to speak. Begin with baby steps, don’t rush into it. For instance, when your infant finishes all of his or her food, you may start off with, “Good boy/girl”! Subsequently, “You did a very good job! Keep up the good work!” Slowly but surely, you will be a seasoned pro in speaking your little one’s love language.

I know I know. You may be wondering, at a tender age, like really, really tender age, can your little precious one feel and receive your acts of love? I hereby tell you today, yes they can. They can feel your love and crave for it as much as any other human being. In fact, little kids who feel loved grow up to be more loving people. We need more loving people around here!

No act of love and kindness, no matter how big or small, is ever wasted. Filling up your little ones’ love tank is a good way to start.