Play with the baby stimulates your motor, social, emotional, physical and cognitive development, being very important for it to grow in a healthy way. However each baby develops in a way and each one has its own rhythm and this needs to be respected.
Here are some games you can do to stimulate your baby from birth.
Baby from 0 to 3 months old
A great joke for the development of the baby from 0 to 3 months is to put a soft song, hold the baby in his arms and dance holding it, supporting his neck.
Another prank for the baby of this age is to sing a song, making different tones of voice, singing softly and then louder and trying to include the baby's name in the song. While singing, you can add toys for the baby to think that it is the toy who is singing and talking to him.
Baby from 4 to 6 months old
An excellent joke for the development of the baby from 4 to 6 months is to play airplane with the baby, holding him and turning it like a plane. Another option is to play elevator with the baby, holding him on his lap and going down and up, counting the floors at the same time.
The baby at this age also loves to play hide and seek. For example, one can place the baby in front of the mirror and make jokes appear and disappear or hide the face with a diaper and appear facing the baby.
Watch the video to learn what the baby is doing at this stage and how you can help him develop faster:
Baby from 7 to 9 months
In play for the development of the baby from 7 to 9 months an option is to make the baby play with a large cardboard box so that he can enter and leave it or give him toys like drums, rattles and rattles because they at this age love noise or with holes in it to put his finger in the little holes.
Another prank for the baby at this age is to play ball with him, throwing a big ball up and drop it on the floor, as if he could not grasp it, or throw it towards the baby so he learns to pick it up and play it back.
Another play is to put a toy that emits music out of sight of the baby and as soon as the toy begins to emit sound, ask the baby where the song is. The baby should turn to where the sound comes from, and as soon as he does, show enthusiasm and joy, congratulating him on finding the toy. If the baby already crawls, hide the toy under a cushion, for example, for the baby to crawl there.
The game of hiding the toy should be repeated in different parts of the baby's room and the house.
Musical experiences enhance the future capacity for abstract reasoning, especially in the space sphere, and play and musical games increase the baby's auditory awareness, expanding brain connections between neurons.
Baby from 10 to 12 months
A great joke for the development of the baby from 10 to 12 months may be to teach him moves like bye, yes, no and come or ask for people and objects so that he points or says something. Another option is to give the baby paper, newspapers and magazines for him to tinker with and begin to scribble and tell him stories to begin to identify animals, objects, and body parts.
At this age, babies also like to stack buckets and push things, so one can let him push the cart and give him a big box with lid and toys inside for him to try to open.
To stimulate the baby to start walking, one can reach out with a toy and ask him to come and pick him up and start walking with him around the house, holding him in his hands.
