Acknowledgements - gapitc

Personal relationships
with adults
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Mutual Admiration
Place your baby in your lap facing you with your arms firmly underneath him
for support.
Lean over and gently lift your infant closer to you—face to face.
If your baby is beginning to pull up using his legs, lift him slowly while holding
his hands.
Each time you move the baby toward you, make eye contact and smile widely.
Use a gentle voice and say for example, “Hello, Wynton! How is my baby today?”
When your baby smiles, smile back and continue to talk to him.
If your infant is beginning to coo or make soft blowing sounds, repeat the sounds
he makes.
Take turns listening to your infant’s sounds and then imitating them as though
you are talking to each other.
This activity of smiling and cooing together will strengthen your infant’s feelings
of a secure attachment to you!
Crawl To Daddy!
For creeping and crawling babies, place your baby on the floor.
Move to another part of the floor behind the baby.
Call your infant’s name.
When she turns her body around to see you, hold your arms open wide.
Say with an eager expression, “Come to me!”
Use your voice and facial expression to encourage her to crawl toward you.
When she reaches you, pick her up and give her a big hug!
Say, “You found Daddy! You are such a big girl to crawl to Daddy!”
Special Needs Tip
For a child who cannot crawl to you, sit her in your lap side ways
and say her name. When she turns to look at your face, make
eye contact and give her a hug!
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