Cheap Baby Clothes And Books
It is a fact of life that newborn babies grow quickly – so why spend a fortune on cute trendy baby clothes that they will grow out of in a matter of a few weeks? Your baby will benefit more if you buy cute cheap baby clothes and spend the difference on something more beneficial in the longer term – for example, some books for your baby. It is never too soon to start sharing books with your little one and helping with the development of their language and communication abilities.
Anyone who has studied child development knows that talking to your newborn baby not only calms her but also helps her brain develop and aids her learning ability. In the early days babies sleep most of the time but when you are feeding, changing or bathing her talk to her. Not only is this a bonding time but you are also teaching her the rules of conversation.
Whether you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding always hold your baby to you and talk to them. You can talk to them about what they are doing or about how hungry they must be or you can sing to them – it doesn’t matter what the subject is, it is the use of the spoken word that is important. But it is also important to remember the rules of conversation and allow pauses in your talk for the baby to respond.
Your baby’s first “conversations” with you mostly take place when you are feeding him. The pauses in his sucking correspond to him taking a turn in the conversation. As he gets older the pauses in sucking will be filled with coos as he responds to you. Always hold your baby when you feed him and talk to him, remembering to leave gaps so he can “talk” to you.
Some moms have said to me that they feel silly talking or singing to their baby who cannot talk as they don’t know what to say. I remember when I had my own children I just used to talk about anything, like what we were going to do that day or about doing the laundry it really didn’t matter. The baby not only gets to know your voice but it is also very soothing to them and lets them know you are still there when you are not in sight.
So build on that – start reading to your baby from as young as six weeks old. Babies and children love rhythm so simple books with a rhyming text are very suitable. Favorites such as Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You and The Very Hungry Caterpillar are great early readers. Not only are you introducing your baby to the early reading skills but teaching them the concept of counting, numbers and the names of things in their world.
Singing and reciting nursery rhymes helps children develop reading skills and they also help in the development of motor skills. Action rhymes such as Row, Row, Row, The Boat or Incey Wincey Spider and This Little Piggy are a few to try but there are many more. And to calm things down singing a lullaby like Hush Little Baby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star usually work wonders.
Not only is it fun to sing, read, talk and generally interact with your baby it is beneficial to her. It has been shown that the greater your child’s vocabulary at three years old then the greater it will be at five years old when she starts school.
So you see by buying cheap baby clothes and perhaps spending more on books for your baby you are making an early start on their education.
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