My little one is turning 10 months in a few days. These are his favorite Montessori activities:

1. Opening and closing boxes

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Even though those teeth in your little one’s adorable smile are just temporary, we still have to take great care of them. How do you brush your kids teeth? Parents of toddlers probably want to ask: “how do you keep the baby from squirming away?” Parents of school-age kids probably would rephrase it: “How do you make sure they actually brush their teeth behind those close bathroom doors?” Parents of newborns probably ask: “When do you start brushing?”

• When, What & How

• My Personal Experience
• What if my little one refuses to do it?
• Toothbrushing songs

I am continuing a list of activities/games that can be played with the baby to help his development… or just for fun!
See our Baby Developing Games 0-3 months old.

• Move toys back and forth in front of the baby. Label, label, label: “The teddy-bear is moving LEFT, the teddy-bear is moving RIGHT… LEFT… RIGHT…”
• Throw a ball up and down in front of the baby and label this movement as well.
• Mirror: sit in front of mirror and say “hi” to your baby, to his foot, to his head, etc

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• Baby Developing Games - 0-3 months
• Baby Developing Games - 3-6 months

You’ve got an adorable newborn?  He is sleeping, eating, pooping… and doing it all over again.  And somewhere in the never ending succession of bottle swapping and diaper changing, your baby is active, while not sleeping, not pooping and not even eating!  This site is full of information on what exercises you can do with your little one for aiding his development.  Nevertheless, sometimes you just want to play with your baby.  And, by all means, you should.  Babies are so much fun and they grow waaaaay too quickly!!!

Could you believe that a baby can support his own weight hanging for 12 seconds straight from his parent’s fingers?  Could you believe that a three month old would tell his parents when he needs a potty?  Could you believe that a three month old could submit an application to college?  I am just kidding about the last one, but these are the fun developmental activities that we’ve tried with our 3 months old baby and how they worked for us!

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• Newborn - first month
• 1 month old miracle!
• 2 months old giraffe hunter
• Hang on there! Three months old hanging for 12 seconds!




What worked for us: 2 months old giraffe hunter

Our baby celebrated his two months birthday by catching a giraffe! No, I am not completely crazy (just a little). No, not a real one. A cute staffed giraffe in his baby-gym happened to be on the way of a little cute chubby hand that was flying somewhere in the vicinity of curious little mouth. Adorable little hand grabbed the giraffe and both of them ended up very-very wet and slobbered all over! We could hardly believe this at first - everything a little baby is doing seems like a miracle or at least a Guiness World Record. Yet, the giraffe, parrot and other toys were getting into our baby’s mouth with such consistency, that we had to believe it wasn’t just a coincidence.

… so, a month ago, we launched into an exciting journey: watching a little adorable newborn grow, and help him develop his potential to the fullest extent! We found many interesting books, methods, ideas and here I continue the description of the ones we’ve tried and how it worked for us.

• Newborn - first month
• 1 month old miracle!
• 2 months old giraffe hunter
• Hang on there! Three months old hanging for 12 seconds!

Whenever I find a new interesting book, or a new system, or a program - I am dying to find out how it works for other kids, other parents.  So, I thought it would be helpful to other parents to share some things that we’ve tried with our kids, what worked and what didn’t.  Since we just had a new baby, it’s easy to start right from day one!

• Newborn - first month
• 1 month old miracle!
• 2 months old giraffe hunter
• Hang on there! Three months old hanging for 12 seconds!