Play and communication with newborn babies
DID YOU KNOW?
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Right from the beginning babies can see, hear and smell you.
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Newborns learn through seeing, hearing, feeling, and moving.
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Newborns recognize their mother immediately.
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Healthy babies can see, hear, and smell at birth.
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Talking to babies from birth is very important, even before.
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Babies need to move freely and safely to grow.
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Within a few days, babies can start smiling when people smile at them.
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Babies communicate their needs. They learn to trust that someone will pay attention to their movements, sounds, and cries.
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Breastfeeding on demand strengthens interaction and growing trust.
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Children show interest in breastfeeding by becoming fussy, sucking their hand, or moving their head toward the breast. This is how mothers can learn to recognize that a child is hungry before the child starts to cry.