Two to three months old!
Playing with your baby
By three months, your baby‘s coordination is starting to develop. Their sense of sight and touch will start to work together as their hand-eye coordination grows. At around three months (although every baby is different), your baby may “discover” their hands – many babies love playing with their hands at this age.
Play action: you can start to enjoy games like ‘pat-a-cake’ at this stage – your baby will love learning to clap their hands.
From around three months, many babies will also try to grasp things they can see. Playing with them will help develop their hand-eye coordination.
Play action: Try holding a rattle about 10 inches away from your little one, and moving it slowly so that they can follow it with their eyes. Soon they will reach out to grab it.
Visual development - Your baby’s vision will develop gradually as they grow. A newborn baby can focus on just 25cm away. Newborn baby girls respond strongly to visual stimulation, however baby boys may need much more visual stimulation up to the age of 7 months, as they will lose interest in designs more quickly.
Mental development - It’s very exciting to see your baby’s mental development. Development of the whole body is dependant on how mature the brain is and whether or not brain, nerve and muscle connections have grown. They can learn something new, such as recognising their name, once the right connections are in place.
