Make it a little more fun by inviting some baby friends over or getting in yourself, its great to see babies learn from watching others enjoy an experience.
So the idea, water play.
These photos are from the PEEP session, they used a large shallow base almost like a tray for the babies to sit in, a couple of inches of warm water with bubbles and toys in, the most popular toys were ones the babies could fill with water and then watch as it poured through a little hole, and try to grab at the water coming out, if your at home and don't have anything like that, save a yogurt pot or similar and pop a hole in the bottom when you've washed it and it will do the trick :-) or even a sieve or pasta drainer would do similar.
We also blew bubbles over the babies so they were watching them float down and pop on the water. Ruby loved it she loves bath time anyway, great chance to play in one of her comfort zones (water)
Another simple idea for water play and bath time toys that I thought of trying and Rubes seemed to like. Was using the inside of a chocolate box, you know the bit that holds the chocolates :-) (a nice excuse to eat some choccies).
She enjoyed watching the water fill up the little pockets and then run out when she lifted it up, also when pushing it under water bubbles pop out the side, it makes great noises when she pressed the pockets and when slapping it against the water...its always the cheap or free things they like, just keep experimenting till you find the best one. This chocolate tray had previously been used to stamp on when she was in her door bouncer, it made great popping and crinkling noises and really encouraged bouncing :-)
Remember to stay safe near water :-)
C
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