Babies Playing With You

Babies Playing With You

• Spending quality time with your baby is a cornerstone of parenting. One way to do this is through play.
• Being with people, especially parents, is the most important play experience babies have. Let them play freely as this gives them a chance to discover many joys in life. Make sure they are safe.
• Most parents want their children to grow up with positive values, with attitudes and beliefs which will help make the world a better place. Play is how babies learn these things.
• For the first few months babies love looking at moving objects. These can be mobiles or toys hung above the cot or, if the weather is good, the branches of a tree or washing blowing on the line. Babies love watching you do things around the house - and remember to talk to them.
• You don't have to buy expensive toys. Babies love things like lids of saucepans, plastic cups and spoons. They love lying on a rug on the grass and being taken for a walk around the block.
• Babies like to make things happen such as banging a spoon on the ground. Simple blocks are good toys. They like toys which can be chewed but make sure these can be washed easily and are big enough not to be swallowed.
• Babies like to play in the bath. Sing to them, blow bubbles and give them things which float and sink. NEVER leave them alone.

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