Games and fun with a four-month-old child

Games "grasp-shake".Offer the child rattles, rings with a diameter of ten centimeters and rag dolls.

Games "Try to get it."Keep an interesting toy or carousel within reach of the child. See how he will grab her with both hands or rake him to himself.

Three favorite positions of a four-month-old child.

Head up - and breast up. Take out the cameras. Here it is, the classic posture of a four-month-old child: the head is raised to ninety degrees, the upper part of the body rests on the elbows, the chest is completely raised from the floor, and eyes are looking around the delighted photographers.

The child is sitting on the floor. Put your child on the floor and he can lean on both hands for a moment before falling forward, nose to the floor, or to the side - be close to catch. At four months, the muscles of the lower back of the child are usually too weak for the child to sit upright. To determine if your child is already feeling balanced, hold his hips in a sitting position and suddenly release for a moment. The child can stretch out his hand not to fall when he tilts to the side, which indicates the development of the

sense of balance.

The child stands for the first time. Put the child. By four months, most children can keep their weight for a few seconds before falling. Continue to hold his hands, and the child is likely to pull back into a standing position. See how the child's face is radiated from the fact that he has just learned to stand;with pleasure he will even wave his hands.(If you put a child at an early age, it does not lead to a curvature of the legs, no matter how scared the grandmother is.) The children are only a few seconds old.) This is when the child lies all night, crouched in the embryo position, and his feet are turned with a wheel.)

toys for kicks. Pompons, helium-filled balloon on a short rope, rattles and jars with clattering objects that produce a pleasant noise can be tied to the child's ankles so that it kicks more actively. He can also kick a merry-go-round or balls, if you attach them very close - and all this, of course, under your supervision.

Games for the fingers. Under supervision, give your child a bundle of thick threads so that he can examine them with his fingers. Vary the texture using different threads. If you freely bind 15 cm long threads to the child's fingers, it will help him to understand that he can move each of these interesting processes separately. Later it will be possible to tie light figurines or finger pupae to the ends of threads.

Caution: Never leave your child unattended with a piece of cord, thread or balloon. The cord or thread must not be longer than twenty centimeters. Make a safe "knitting thread," connecting in the middle of a dozen segments of thick thread length of fifteen centimeters.

Sitting on the couch. Put the child in the crook of the cushion. He can sit for five or ten minutes, looking around and enjoying the new position and convenient observation point.

Skating. Put the child on a large beach ball and slowly shake it back and forth. This will help the child develop a sense of balance.

Hide and Seek. It's an old and always a favorite pastime. You can hide behind a piece of cloth or a sheet of cardboard

or jump out from behind the sofa. Be sure to talk with your child and make an exaggeratedly animated face: "Where's Mom? Here I am! "

Pulling. Hold a thin crossbar, such as a golf club or stick, at the level of the child's chest. He will grab hold of her, take firmer and gradually pull himself up.

Game with a mirror. Children like to sit in front of a mirror, or to be held in front of a mirror, and watch their own movements.

Tickling. Games that combine tactile sensations and words will make you laugh.