Specially for Kristina & Issac!
Take a nice clean sponge, and dampen it. Explore the sponge with your baby - brush it gently against their cheek, hands or feet, drip water from it onto their hand, let baby rub your hand with the sponge, have fun!! When baby has a wet hand/face/foot blow gently on it, it will give them all kinds of new & wonderful sensations.
Remember that everyone has a different idea of what's enjoyable & what isn't - some babies will prefer that you don't blow on their face, some (like Jarvis!) will love it and giggle like crazy! It's all about reading your lovely little friend & going from there.
The other wonderful thing we did was 'hammocking' - laying baby in a nice big blanket on the floor, one adult on each end, pick up the blanket & gently sway. So lovely! Even better if you sing a gentle song while you do it.
Twinkling Stars - music and movement for under fives :)
Awesome!! Issac doesn't like blowing on his face sometimes but that's cause it's how I get him to breathe if he's packing a major paddy. He does love tickles though (especially feet, he takes after me...). Sounds like this is a good one to try on a nice warm day like we had today :)
ReplyDeleteI think I'll expand this one to include feathers, paint brushes with different kinds of bristles and whatever else I can find with different textures. Should be an interesting day tomorrow!
The hammocking does sound like fun for them! I think Bonnie will be wanting a turn too ;)
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