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50 | April 2020 | motherandbaby.co.uk

T U M M Y

TIME

Special

From

five months

Feel the fabric

Babies love exploring different

te xtures, so create a DIY fabric

book, just for tummy time.Glue

large swatches of different

materials onto pieces of backing

felt and sew them into a ‘book’.

Your baby will love reaching

out to rub the silk or wool

or corduroy pages.

From

five months

Loo-roll magic!

Stuff a light scarf into the inner tube

of a loo roll and place it in front of

your baby. See if he can figure out

how to get the scarf out – and

watch his amazement as the

fabric grows, and grows,

and grows!

From

six months

Create the

tummy-time compass

Babies who have spent time on their tum since

they were newborns will be tummy-time pros

by now, able to raise their heads and chest with

ease, and pivot their body to reach objects. So,

make the most of their skills by setting up a

tummy-time compass. Imagine there’s a circle

on the floor. Your baby will lie in the centre.

Now place a different toy to the north,

south, east and west. Your baby can

rotate to get the ones he

wants to play with.

From

five months

Picture this
‘Get a cardboard box and stick
pictures of different babies on each
side,’ says Clare. ‘Then, put the box
in front of him while he’s doing
tummy time. Rotate it, or let him
rotate it himself, to discover
the babies beaming
back at him!’

M&B

l ves

With bright colours,

flaps to lift and textures to

explore, this book will have

him gripped at tummy time!

Baby’s Very First Touchy-

Feely, Lift-the-Flap,

Play Book, £8.99,

usbourne.com