They pick up on nervousness or anger, also if u r relaxed they tend to be more relaxed when close etc. probably evolutionary strategy or sthg
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Babies are like a blank slate, their parents are literally (usually) their only template on how to act like a human. If the parent is feeling some sort of way, the baby will feel similarly because all they do is observe and copy. Monkey see, monkey do iykwim
If it helps most kids and animals chill out when I hold them I was informed I have low blood pressure so apparently I am calm
They cry when i hold them.
So do babies really sense what u feel?