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Your child is walking:
Go on and play! Some tips that can serve you as a guide: Bath time is an excellent moment to play with your child; singing songs, place toys, making bubble and even to make him dance for him to always be expecting that moment of the day.
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Going for a walk with your daughter in the outdoors to a park or playground nearby is something she’ll love because; she will be happy to enjoy the independence that gives her the fact that she can now walk. Plus, the contact with nature will help expand her horizons and learn to appreciate different colors \ and sounds. Leaving him to eat by himself is also vital to better his skills to grab and touch, developing its 5 senses (specially the sense of touch), plus a higher interest in food and a bit more of independence.
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eeing the development of your children from birth to when they take their first few steps is always something sweet that fills us with emotions by watching how they change almost daily. However, we don’t know fun until they stop being babies and start walking and being active members of the household, and you know how active!
That’s why when you enter this stage you should embraced it with all you have, and take the time to play with your child that is leaving babyhood behind and is always trying to move and participate more. Dedicating at least 10 minutes a day of game and interaction will be a significant contribution in their lives, and doing so from an early age will help them in the way they build relationship with others and help you to know their world. Get the music going, make funny faces, stick your tongue out, talk, sing, applaud, dance and why not, you can also can put an educational television show that help your little one to develop its skills. Definitely playing with your child is one of the most beautiful things of motherhood, and even though I am aware that many times we are exhausted, we need to take the time -and the energies- for them to learn how to socialize and share with other children and adults outside of the home.
Choose a moment in which you are relax and without stress so you can have the energy to do it without thinking in pending things, that way you wil have fun too.
Remember it doesn’t have to be forced. On the contrary, you should make of this time something you child wants to do at the moment. It also can happen spontaneously, but always when your child is rested to avoid tantrums. Rori es venezolana, madre de dos niños y la fundadora y editora del blog MamaContemporanea.com. Estudió mercadeo pero se especializó en televisión. Optimista, madre 2.0 que le encantan las redes sociales. Rori is Venezuelan, mother of two children and founder and editor of the blog MamaContemporanea.com. Studied marketing but specialized in television. Optimistic, mom 2.0 that loves social media.
february • febrero 2012 | PLAZA FAMILIA 13