At three months, your baby is more responsive, smiles, uses gestures, and loves grabbing objects [1]. Let’s use these skills to play!
Grabbers
Babies love touching everything around them, which helps develop fine motor skills. So give them the opportunity to do what they love!
How to play: Put your baby on their stomach or back. Gather items of various sizes, shapes, and textures like a tennis ball, wooden cube, comb, or doll. Hold an object about 15 inches from their face and let them grab it. If it's safe, let them explore it with their mouth.
Soap bubbles
Another coordination game. The baby will have to work with their hands again. But it's fun, right?
How to play: Take a bottle of bubbles and start a couple in front of the baby's face. Most likely, they will immediately try to grab them with their hands. We bet that when the bubble bursts, the baby will not be able to hold back their laughter.
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo is fun and helps babies learn that things still exist even when they can't see them. This understanding fully develops by age two [2].
How to play: Bend over to your baby, cover your eyes with your hands, then abruptly open them and say, "Peek-a-boo." Or, place a towel over their face, ask, "Where are you, baby?" then remove it and say, "There you are!"
Top-top, clap-clap
This game develops hearing, sense of rhythm and coordination.
How to play: Put your baby on their back, play some music, or sing. Gently tap their palms to the beat. Then, help them clap their hands in different positions: near their tummy, above their head, and to the sides.
Smiles
Get your baby to imitate your facial expressions. They can already do it! Start with a smile and get creative.
How to play: Lean over and smile. When the baby smiles back, raise your eyebrows one at a time. Wrinkle your forehead, make silly faces, and pull in your cheeks. Your baby might not copy everything, but they'll have fun trying!
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