Enrich Your Baby’s Mind During Bath

Enrich Your Baby’s Mind During BathBy Nicole Munoz
Every moment is a possible opportunity for learning. When it’splay time, there are endless possibilities for you to help yourbaby enrich his mind with toys and games that will hone avariety of skills. But even though it’s just down time or you’reengaged in another activity, let’s say, like taking a bath, itstill holds vast opportunities for his mind to be stimulated.
So how do you enrich your mind during bath time?
First off, before undressing your child for the bath, introducehim first to the objects around him especially the bath thingsthat you’re going to use to bathe him such as soap, shampoo,sponge, bath tub and so on. Tell him about the uses of thesethings, “this soap will clean your body while the shampoo willwash your hair.” This is instrumental in his languagedevelopment and broadening of his knowledge about the thingsaround him.
Next, you can talk to him about the things you’re doing whilebathing him. Say things like “Let’s go wash this cute littlehead of yours” or “I’m now soaping your hands, now your arms andthen your shoulders!” By doing this, you’re acquainting yourbaby with his different parts of the body. For now, he may notshow signs that he understands you or he may not yet distinguishwhat his hands are and what his feet are but eventually, itwould be much easier for him to point out his body parts whenhe’s a little older. This is also good in terms of widening hisvocabulary and concepts.
Make him listen to music while you bathe him. Music has alwaysbeen known to be an effective stimulant of a baby’s brain. Thisis why pregnant mothers make the babies inside their tummieslisten to classical music. Why not do the same now that he’salready here in the outside world? Play classical, upbeat, popmusic and expose him to a wide variety of melodies and tunesthat will stimulate his mind.
It’s also a good idea to sing to him. Your baby loves to hearyour voice and singing to him will also delight him while at thesame time enhance his auditory perception and help in hislanguage development. So it doesn’t matter whether you’re intune or out of it, sing like crazy as you bathe your baby andwatch him burst into a fit of giggles.
Engage him to play with bath toys that are not only created asa diversion for your kid during bathing but are also designed toincite your baby’s creativity and imagination. A Baby EinsteinHippo Bath Puppet for example can be used for bath timeimaginative plays while keeping him occupied as you get donewith your baby cleaning job.
It’s true that every single day of your child’s life holdsendless chances for learning. Don’t miss any of theseopportunities to help develop your child’s mental capacityespecially those that come during daily activities such as bathtime.
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