Songs and Play for Babies

Babies enjoy little games with parents from the time they are very young and these games help them to learn about the world.

Some things babies enjoy are: mimicking games, eg baby pokes her tongue out and you do it back (leave plenty of time for baby to take her turn) simple little songs and rhymes while you rock or gently jiggle your baby on your knee brightly coloured mobiles that move in the breeze for your baby to look at; these can be easily made by hanging coloured shapes from a coat hanger and changing them from time to time a walk outside in the stroller to look at leaves or grasses moving time on the floor on her tummy to kick (always supervised) helps her to develop muscles for crawling and head control gentle stroking or touching games (with rhymes) things that she can hit or push that make a noise.

Remember not to play 'rough' games with babies such as throwing them up in the air, lifting or pulling them by an arm or playing loud music. These actions can really hurt.