This is a kind of important, early communication in which babies and toddlers look at their caregivers to get information. When the baby doesn't know how to react to something, she looks to her caregiver to tell her. For example, when someone offers a child a cookie, she looks at her mother for approval before taking it. Or when there is a loud, sudden sound, the baby looks to a caregiver to see if everything is OK. Babies who do this are more likely to pay attention to their parents and because they are learning that parents give good information.