EC Paediatrics

Guest Editorial Volume 14 Issue 12 - 2025

Talking to Babies: The Power of Emotion

Hilda Botero Cadavid*

Psychologist, Psychoanalyst Colombian Psychoanalytic Association (APC) and (IPA), Professor of Master's Degree at the Javeriana University Bogotá, Colombia

*Corresponding Author: Hilda Botero Cadavid, Psychologist, Psychoanalyst Colombian Psychoanalytic Association (APC) and (IPA), Professor of Master's Degree at the Javeriana University Bogotá, Colombia.
Received: October 23, 2025; Published: November 24, 2025



This is an intense and intimate Dimension in the mother-baby relationship. There is union, there is language... The texture of emotion imprints the strength to maintain a conversation... a dialogue, a conversation between the two.

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Hilda Botero Cadavid. “Talking to Babies: The Power of Emotion”. EC Paediatrics  14.12 (2025): 01-07.

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