Your precious little bundle of joy is born. You are delighted to see her tiny body. You sit by the crib admiring her fingers and toes. Your newborn is eager to learn more about the world around her. She watches your face, especially mom's and tries to recognize the voice she had been hearing so long.
Talk to her while calling her name. Ensure eye-to-eye contact. Touch her.
Talk to her while calling her name. Ensure eye-to-eye contact. Touch her.
See if there is any reaction. Soon, she will understand and start responding. Your face and voice will soon give comfort to your baby and she will feel the warmth of happiness and love with you near her.
Make interesting sounds and see if she is turning her head to look at that direction.
The baby is born with a billion nerve cells, all of which are not connected. It is important to stimulate the brain for the connections to form or they will just grow old and die.
The best way to kickstart your baby's development is to breastfeed your baby. Research has shown that not only does it bring forth a healthy start for your baby but also improves your baby's IQ levels.
Babies are born with reflexes. If you gently touch or stroke a baby's cheek, she will turn her head towards the cheek you have touched and the mouth to that side, ready to eat. This is called the rooting reflex. By the time they're 3 weeks old, babies will turn toward the breast or bottle not just out of a reflex, but because they've learned that it's a source of food.
Babies spend their first few months of life sleeping most of the time.
The baby is born with a billion nerve cells, all of which are not connected. It is important to stimulate the brain for the connections to form or they will just grow old and die.
The best way to kickstart your baby's development is to breastfeed your baby. Research has shown that not only does it bring forth a healthy start for your baby but also improves your baby's IQ levels.
Babies are born with reflexes. If you gently touch or stroke a baby's cheek, she will turn her head towards the cheek you have touched and the mouth to that side, ready to eat. This is called the rooting reflex. By the time they're 3 weeks old, babies will turn toward the breast or bottle not just out of a reflex, but because they've learned that it's a source of food.
Babies spend their first few months of life sleeping most of the time.
Gradually their sleeping hours will reduce and they will start becoming more playful and alert, and watchful of their environment. It is important to know these wakeful times when the baby is ready to play.
You may want to introduce a few toys that appeal to his senses of touch, sound, and sight like
You may want to introduce a few toys that appeal to his senses of touch, sound, and sight like
- rattles
- textured toys
- musical toys
- unbreakable crib mirrors
- play gyms - This was Daddy's first gift to our baby :)
Contrasting colours stimulate a baby's vision. Try toys and mobiles with contrasting colours and patterns.
Encourage your newborn to learn and play.
Encourage your newborn to learn and play.
Put on soothing music, and hold your baby, gently swaying to the tune.
Sing a soft, sweet lullaby to your baby, no matter how bad your voice is. Your baby will not judge you. The familiarity of the sound and the words will bring a soothing effect and help her become calm during fussy times or will help her drift to sleep. You can also put on some soft music when you dont feel like singing.
Smile and soon your baby will start smiling at you. That's the loveliest moment when they first start smiling.
Stick out your tongue, blink, make expressions and see if she imitates you or not.
Take an attractive toy and move it round her eyes. take it Up and Down, and sideways and make a shape and watch her eyeballs follow the toy.
To reduce the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) babies are advised to sleep on their backs and to be put on their tummies as soon as they are awake under parental supervision.
Talk to your baby as much as you can and soon she will start cooing back to you.
Babies love a particular high pitch and frequency that comes naturally to most parents. They love a repetition of a few syllables like 'Mama' and 'Papa' which are easier for them to understand.
How do/did you play with your newborn baby? Share your experiences too... Would love hearing from you.
1 comment:
Great blog! I have a 2 year old too and since he was a baby, he practically slept, woke, ate, played and well, lived with music playing from classical music to U2 to the common karaoke. Music worked for him, now at 2 years, he responds to anything musical. He gets excited when he hears a tune and he hummed his first melody first before he could even utter a whole word (except of course for "papa" and "mama"). Contrary to what some researches say, music works!
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