Walking Between Parents
This helps strengthen the emotional ties between your baby and you. Walk between parents to build trust and gross motor confidence. Have both parents sit on opposite ends of the room. One parent calls the child and extends their arms to invite them to walk over. Switc
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What you'll need
This helps strengthen the emotional ties between your baby and you.
How it works
- 1~30s
Alright, let's get started! To complete this activity, both parents should sit with their baby on the floor on opposite ends of the room. The parent that is furthest away from the baby extends his or her arms to the baby. you, watch your child closely — I'd love to hear what you notice about how they responds.
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- 2~30s
Great, now let's try the next part. Then the parent that is on the other side of the room extends his or her arms and calls for the baby. When you're doing this a couple of minutes while your baby is having fun. Tell me what your child does — any reaction counts!
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- 3~30s
One more thing to try. During this exercise, observe if your baby responds when his name is called. And if he understands, simple orders and is affectionate. How does your child handle this? What do you see?
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