Reach-and-bat station
⏱️ 10 min📦 things you have🏠 indoor🤲 on their back🤸 Motor🧠 Cognitive
Babies this age may begin to swipe at objects hanging just out of reach. Every accidental connection is a step toward reaching on purpose — the beginning of acting on what they want.
🧺 You need
- play gym or a soft high-contrast toy dangled from your hand
🛡️ Nothing on a string, ribbon or cord long enough to loop around a neck — that, not the batting, is the risk with anything that hangs. Take the gym down when you leave the room, and never hang it over where baby sleeps.
Sources: AAP — Movement Milestones: Birth to 3 Months · ZeroToThree — Activities for Bonding and Learning from Birth to 12 Months
🩺 Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice — for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.
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