Game Periods
Be friendly with the child. When you are with your child, be calm and friendly. When you feed him, help get rid of air, in the stomach, bathe and dress him, transfigure him, hold him or just be in the same room with him, he begins to understand how much you mean to each other. When you hug him or talk to him, when you say that you think he is the most wonderful child in the world, he successfully develops emotionally, just like calcium strengthens his bones in milk. That's why we talk with the baby, shake his head and so on. Even the most respectable and taciturn people begin to behave this way when they meet a baby.
The trouble is that young inexperienced parents treat the child so seriously that they stop enjoying it. Then both you and the child are deprived of something.
Of course, I'm not saying that you should always talk with your child from the very beginning, constantly hug or toss it. From this, he will get tired and eventually grow up nervous and spoiled. Nine-tenths of the time spent with the child you can remain silent. And for him and for you, silent, friendly affection is more important. The child is calm and pleasant when you hold it in your arms, gently and peacefully look at his face, speak in a soft even voice.
Friendliness without pampering. When a child does not sleep, it is useful for him to be close to his mother( or with older sisters and brothers if they are) so that he can babble, addressing her, hear her talking to him, sometimes show how to play. But it's not at all necessary that he always holds it in her arms or on her knees so that she keeps amusing him all the time. He enjoys the company of his mother, enjoys him and at the same time learns to occupy himself. If a young mother is so proud of a child, he is so happy that almost all the time when he does not sleep, he holds it in his arms, the child gets used to attention and demands it more and more.
What to look at and what to play. The baby begins to wake up earlier and earlier, especially in the afternoon. He wants to do something and he needs society. At 2.3 and 4 months he likes to look at the bright and moving objects. On the street, he looks with pleasure at the foliage and shadow. At home she looks at her own hands, pictures on the wall. You can hang bright plastic toys over his crib. You can make multi-colored movable toys yourself - glue from cardboard, cover with colored paper and hang it to a lamp or ceiling, so that they sway from a draft( such toys are not strong enough to play them, besides, they can be chewed badly);you can hang within the reach of any items from household utensils: spoons, plastic cups. Remember that all this will eventually fall into the child's mouth. The greatest joy for a six-month-old baby is to take things into their hands and put them in their mouths: plastic objects connected together( made especially for this age), rattles, rings for teeth, animal figurines, rag dolls, household things. Do not admit the child to newly painted furniture, especially if the paint contains lead. Do not give toys from celluloid that you can find out, sharp or small objects, for example, beads: a child can swallow or choke them. Remove rubber whistles from rubber toys.
When a child bored his baby's bed in the daytime, put him in the arena next to the place where you sit or work. If you are going to use the arena, the child should get used to it from three to four months before he learns to sit and crawl and before you begin to lower it to the floor. Otherwise, he will take the arena as a prison from the very beginning. By the time he learns to sit
and crawl, he will be interested in getting to things that are near him, and keep things such as spoons, saucers, strainer. When the arena bores him, the child can be seated at a children's table or in a rocking chair. And it's good to let him crawl freely.
When to let the child into the arena. You do not have to start an arena. Some psychologists and psychiatrists do not approve of it, believing that it prevents a child from exploring the world and becoming independent. I understand these theoretical objections, although I do not think that the opponents of the arena or its supporters had any strong evidence of their rightness. I advise you to use the arena primarily because it is very practical - especially for a busy mother. Delivered in the living room or in the kitchen where the mother works, the arena gives the child a society that is not in his room, and the opportunity to see what happens. Later, he will play for hours, throwing various objects on the floor and picking them up. When he is old enough to stand, the arena gives him a solid foundation under his feet and the opportunity to hold on to the slats and rails. In good weather, the child can safely play in the arena on the porch and watch the world around him.
The rocking chair is also useful when the child has already learned to sit with his back straight, but still can not walk. In some rocking chairs, the base that rests on the floor does not protrude far enough forward, and the child may tip over with the chair. The father can fix the flaw by extending the rocker's skids. You can additionally bind the springs to the base so that the chair does not swing too much.
I would not keep the child in this chair all the time when he does not sleep. He needs to crawl and learn to stand.