Holding your baby is such a wonderful thing and is imperative for their healthy growth. One of the ways that you can stimulate your baby’s senses from birth is by holding, rocking, and singing or talking to them. This may not seem like the most exciting sensory play, but I guarantee it is important and I promise, as they get older, you will be running after them so enjoy this moment of snuggling.
Materials Needed:
➺Rocking chair or your arms for rocking
➺A quiet time and place
Find a time when you are not busy or stressed and you are in a quiet place, such as right before nap time. Sing or talk to your baby as you hold them in your arms rocking them or holding their head in your hands at your knees. This is a great time to tell them you love them, give them Eskimo kisses, as well as sing lullabies that have been passed down in your family.
If you need some ideas here are a few:
♪ Skidamarink a Dink a Dink
♪ Drip Drop by Rita Baloche
♪ Michael Row the Boat Ashore
♪ Down in the River to Pray
♪’I’ve Got Peace Like a River
