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Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : Playful parents: How to Build a Relationship Between You and YourVictualLoginRequest LoginToggle navigationHome Healthy Pregnancy Healthy PregnancyPregnancy NutritionSex During PregnancySigns of PregnancyFinding a Healthcare Provider10 Healthy Pregnancy TipsKnow the FactsTips for Pregnancy PartnersDue Date DanceBed Rest Planning for Labor Planning for LaborBirth TeamStages of LaborBirth PlanLabor Positions10 Labor TipsMaternal InstinctsBirth Day, Your WayThe Waiting GameLamaze BreathingCesareanSensationResources Birth Day Birth DayHealthyLineagePracticesBirth Decision GuidesBirth Partner Cheat SheetMedical InterventionsEstablishing Breastfeeding New Parents New ParentsBeyondLineageDayNursing SchoolPacifiersSleep TightBaby BluesGetting Back to WorkBaby's Developmental MilestonesPlayful ParentsFun FacesReach for the Stars Lamaze Classes Find a Local ClassOnline ClassesPurchase Lamaze Guide Your Resources Lamaze Mobile AppOnline ClassesBirth BlogOnline Spanish Resources for ParentsParent Resource RoundupHealthyLineagePracticesBirth Decision GuidesWeekly EmailsPush for Your BabyVideo LibraryOther Parent Resources About Lamaze About LamazeThe Lamaze DifferenceHealthyLineagePracticesShop For a CauseMythsWell-nighLamazeHistoryMarketing & AdvertisingContact Us In the News News ReleasesLamaze in the News GivingLineagewith Confidence Playful parents: How to Build a Relationship Between You and YourVictualIn the first of this three-part series, guest freelancer Dr. Amanda Gummer, a research psychologist who specializes in child development, provides informational and practical tips for bonding with your newborn baby. Often, parents find it nonflexible to know what to "do" with a victual other than meeting the needs for food, sleep, repletion and care. As it turns out, there are many simple things you can do that not only entertains baby, but moreover helps foster minutiae and promotes bonding and attachment. The pursuit post is a collaboration between Dr. Gummer and Lamaze toys by TOMY.  The emotional connection that babies make in their first months is key for future mental health, so a strong zipper to a parent (or other main caregiver) is vital for your little one’s development. This zipper starts forming surpassing your victual is plane born; a victual can recognize the sound of its mother’s voice when they’re still inside womb. Over the next three weeks, your victual will start to recognize mum and dad, and shortly without will uncork to recognize other key people in their lives like nan and grandad.   When you take your new stow of joy home for the first time, particularly if this is your first child or you have never had any contact with babies before, you may be thinking ‘oh God, what do I do with it?’. What sort of conversation can you have with a week old infant?   There are unquestionably lots of ways you can interact with your victual to help build a strong attachment. Cuddles are unchangingly good, while talking to her with a unexceptionable and cheery voice can proceeds your baby’s attention. Making physical contact by gently touching her squatter or arm when talking to them can encourage her to turn and squint at you, improving the link she is making between your squatter and your voice.   Shared play is moreover a wonderful way to interact with your baby, and a playful parent can be really engaging for a child. Something as simple as peekaboo is a lovely game to play. Toys can be sunny for facilitating play; variegated textures, highly contrasting patterns (like woebegone and white stripes) and things that make a noise are all hugely stimulating for a baby’s senses.   If you are trying to get your victual to squint at a toy, alimony in mind that in the first month or so she will only be worldly-wise to see well-nigh twelve inches away, just unbearable to see your squatter when you are holding her (this is important for the zipper towers mentioned before). From virtually two months old she will start stuff worldly-wise to follow objects with her eyes; holding a toy in front of her eye-line and slowly moving it side to side will support this development.   At this age your little one’s sustentation will be fleeting, so don’t be put off if she seems to get bored of your antics! It’s important to requite your victual some reviviscence too, so she can swizzle her surroundings.    Find Lamaze toys to play with your victual as they develop and grow. Lamaze toys are designed with input from a team of experts in child development, pediatrics and child psychology to ensure all Lamaze toys are engaging, age towardly and fun for your child to play with. Each purchase supports Lamaze International and a healthy start for moms and babies. Find Lamaze toys at www.amazon.com/lamaze.   Dr Amanda Gummer, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Fundamentally Children. As a research psychologist specialising in child development, Amanda’s work spans corporate, government and soft-heartedness sectors through which she promotes the value of play and positive parenting in child minutiae to a variety of audiences. Her passion for play is illustrated in her typesetting Play - fun ways to help your child thrive in the first 5 years, published by Vermillion in 2015.   Released: September 14, 2016 10:12 AM | Updated: October 4, 2016 10:07 AM Keywords: Featured Story | Hot Topics | Parenting | Infant Bonding | InfantMinutiae| Lamaze Toys | Lamaze Toys ChildMinutiaeSeries | Parenting | TOMY 0 Comments To leave a comment, click on the  icon on the left side of the screen.   Recent Stories Pregnant and Uninsured? Resources to Get the PrenatalSuperintendencyYou Need Updated 5:21PM EDT, Fri Sep 28th, 2018 Currently, 15.5 percent of the United States population -- increasingly than 50 million people -- are uninsured. 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