The baby experts mention: Have you got a flopper, a creeper, or a roller? By now, many babies are getting into precrawling mode. Your little one's first inefficient wiggles may be evolving into acrobatic rolls that carry her across the room with surprising speed. Or she may be crouching on hands and knees, then flopping forward with her limbs flying in every direction (and a priceless look of surprise on her face). She might even be creeping, pushing with her feet and steering with her arms but keeping her tummy on the ground.
Around this time, your little one may develop a fascination with the game of peekaboo. The simplest variation calls for you to cover your face, ask, "Where's Mommy?" and then reveal yourself. But there are others: Try covering toys and letting her uncover them, or put a cloth diaper over her eyes and call, "Where's baby?" She'll quickly learn to pull the diaper off her face, chortling at your amazed response. She may even start putting diapers or towels on her own head, then coughing to get your attention so you'll start looking for her.
Although it sounds simple, the ability to grasp the concept of peekaboo signals several important developments. First, your baby has developed short-term memory and is able to recall the image of people she loves. Second, she is secure enough to try a short separation, and will anticipate the joy of reuniting with you. Finally, her sense of humor is developing--she's played a trick on you, and she finds your surprise highly amusing. Laugh along with her, and repeat the game as often as she likes. As one experienced mom said, "To a 6-month-old, repetition is the soul of wit."
In addition to making your baby laugh, repetition is one of the key building blocks of early learning. By practicing simple movements again and again, she'll gain new skills and build an image of herself as a capable and autonomous person. She'll also learn to associate visual perception with physical objects, learning about size, shape, weight, texture, and much more through repeated explorations with hands, feet, mouth, and body.
We have Eli the Flopper and Max the Roller! Eli flops and moves around so much, he has a huge bald spot on the back of his head. Max tends to turn on his side and then with leg he pushes himself on his belly. This is very exciting to see! They both enjoy spending time on their belly and they move their legs and arms around. Their arms are strong enough to hold up their head and body for about 5 minutes. Eli has learned that through his flopping he is able to get out of his car seat when he does not have a seat belt on. Max see the details of his toys and move them with intentional meaning.
Max really enjoys blowing fartsy bubbles out of his mouth. At first was once a day. Then it make once every few hours. Now it’s none stop fun! Eli also did the sound a couple of time but stopped. Eli’s attention getter is coughing. If my dad or Eddie are playing with him, and then place him down. He will “cough” for their attention again.
Both babies enjoy endless play of peek-a-boo and Masterpiece Puppet Theater. We use anything from a bib to blanket to cover their eyes. When we reveal them, they laugh hysterically! They also have a puppet name Chef Alfredo “Noodles” Dente. He sings and tells them jokes and Eli loves to grab and chew on him. Max looks at him closely as if the puppet was real and talking to him.
This week was there last week of “Parenting the Infant” class. Classes resume again in January. Eddie attended the last class and he high fived me on the way out of class. He was tired of playing and doing crafts. He was really proud of me that I do a craft, exercise, mingle and play with both babies!
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