My 17 month old daughter has started rolling her eyes during moments of frustration or when she is annoyed with me or my husband. There’s no way, at 17 months old, that that is intentional, I imagine it’s more instinctual. And, tbh, when I find myself suppressing an eye roll of my own, it feels like I’m fighting a natural urge. Maybe I’m just dramatic?? Lol
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I don’t know if it counts as ‘eye-rolling’, but babies do break eye-contact when feeling overwhelmed. They can’t help but process what they see, so to ‘get away’ they look elsewhere. Maybe eye-rolling as a cultural cue comes from that process. A mental head-shake if you will.
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