PLAY TIPS
- Calm restless babies by singing or playing gentle, quiet songs to them while swaying them gently.
- When changing, feeding, dressing and bathing babies, say rhymes or sing songs to them.
- Continually change the tone of your voice when talking to babies - they like hearing sounds that change.
- Hang up a set of wind chimes.
- Hang music boxes from the mobiles in your nursery.
- Gather together a collection of old sets of keys to shake to attract attention.
- Use songs that lend themselves to playing with fingers and toes, for example, 'This Little Piggy ...'.
- Tie bells securely to a baby's gloves or booties to encourage them to make a sound by shaking hands or feet.
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