Playtime with Your Baby: Fun and Helpful for Your Baby

Did you know that the simple business of playing with your baby can help promote bonding and boost development, as well as being a great way for you to relax and enjoy each other's company? 

For a baby, playtime is a full-time job. Play is how children learn about their world. They can acquire new skills; test their boundaries; try new challenges; all with some smiles and laughter along the way. 

There are so many games and activities you can do with them – even when they are tiny – that can also double as milestones as they master new skills: Play peekaboo; clap out pattycake; look at books together; roll a ball; help him scribble. Bonus: You may get to feel a bit like a kid yourself again.

About video: As baby gets bigger, playtime changes. This mom shares her top three favorite games to play with her newly crawling baby—the sensory bag, interactive reading and moving to music.