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]]>By two years old, your baby should have finished the teething process, having cut 20 milk teeth in total.
Besides the tell-tale sign of a tooth popping up, other signs also give parents the teething heads up.
These signs include;
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]]>However, as Pampers® Institute expert and educational psychologist, Tshepiso Matentjie says: “Play and interaction with parents is important for brain, social, physical and emotional development in babies.”
Pampers® has come up with a solution to this dilemma. By making use of the items that you already have in your home, and your Pampers® Active Baby-Dry nappies, you don’t need to buy toys for your child to be able to play and learn.
Nappy changing time provides you and your child with some uninterrupted bonding time. The new Pampers® Active Baby-Dry nappies feature a host of new characters – the Pampers® Buddies. Use the Buddies to teach your child colour, animals and texture.
Here is another idea of how to make a toy from household items:
(If you are painting it ensure that you wear old clothing. Place old newspapers on your work station to protect the area)
(If you choose to cover the roll, glue the wrapping paper/ magazine pages onto the roll ensuring that there is extra paper on the ends.)
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]]>The first half year of her life has been a busy one and she has achieved some major developmental milestones.
During the sixth month, baby continues to widen her vocabulary and makes a variety of pre-speech sounds. This includes laughing, squealing and chuckling when she is excited and screams of annoyance when she is irritated or angry.Your baby not only babbles in response to you, but also to amuse herself.
She has also realised that every action has a reaction, and knows that if she puts her arms out she will be picked up. From now on, everything that your baby is able to grasp at will land up in her mouth for further exploration. She will also pass an object from hand to hand and may even pick another object to compare it to her initial finding.
It is at this time, that your baby will also start to differentiate between the people that she knows and strangers. While she still may exhibit friendliness to a stranger, you will notice by her body language that she is slightly uneasy.
Your six month old baby will;
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