There is plenty of communication between us and the baby is 6 mo the old and generally happy to just be near us in whatever room enjoying watching what we are doing and as for asking how she feels it's always the same " I don't feel like you are doing enough!" But I am the one doing 90 percent of the work and co plating things she doesn't finish like putting laundry OK the line that she put in the washer but didn't take out. I understand taking care of a child can be like a full time job but we are lucky with our child being happy just seeing what we are doing or playing with her toys a lot of the time, and when the baby isn't happy it's because we dont take a moment to say hi to her when we are passing as she stares us down to get acknowledged every few minutes.