In the first six months of the baby there are multiple changes, advances and learning. But, How does the baby perceive the world through the senses? How can we stimulate him?
We are going to travel through this fascinating world of the little ones through the senses to deepen our development a little more and ultimately know our children better and how we can help them grow up healthy and happy taking into account their sensitivity.
The view: looking at it all
Newborn babies barely see, but enough to recognize mom's face when she breastfeeds. Then, the sight of mom is not only associated with her image, but the other senses can come in combination to create a world of pleasant sensations related to her: her smell, her touch, her voice ...
How the sense of sight is poorly developed, they probably see black and white, grayscale. But little by little his visual ability advances and he will begin to distinguish more than shadows: bright colors come into play. After three months he is able to distinguish red, green, yellow, blue ...
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Babies with a lot of tact
Touch is the most important sense for the baby, since it needs to be touched, hugged, caressed and caught. Skin-to-skin contact is essential after delivery but does not disappear afterwards. Kisses, caresses, massages, baths ... discover multiple sensations to children, relax and comfort them.
It is important to hold the baby well, taking care not to startle and at first holding his head well. There are many reasons to catch children in the arms and at the base is in the sense of touch.
Little by little, the baby's sensitive skin not only receives the stimuli such as cold and heat, humidity ... but they will begin to explore with their hands and feet everything that is put within reach. Therefore, you can play to try different textures, soft and rough, rough or smooth ... The massages continue and also with three or four months and enjoy a tickle session.
Babies' mouths are very sensitive and they will also explore textures and flavors through it.
So much pleasure
As we just saw, touch is linked to taste on many occasions because, when they grow up, what they have at their fingertips will take it to their mouths to explore. At first, taste mom's milk, but even with this exclusive menu for six months the baby will receive different stimuli. Not surprisingly, breast milk contains hundreds of different flavors that come from the mother's diet.
And even before being born, the flavors of the maternal diet reach the amniotic fluid, so the fetus has different taste experiences. So we can say that even in the womb they show a preference for certain foods.
In addition, when you develop thick motorcy, remember that the baby will take everything he takes in his mouth, so that he will perceive other "tastes", even if we try to ensure that all objects, toys ... that end up sucking or biting are clean.
The baby is all ears
In the womb, babies develop the sense of hearing and once the sounds are born they will be amplified and multiplied. From the mother's womb they hear her mother's heartbeat, the gurgling of the digestive system and even the sound of her voice and the voices of other family members.
At first, when it is born, the baby recognizes the voice of mom and will soon expand the range of recognizable voices and sounds. You can startle with the sudden sounds and calm down with the continuous and serious sounds. Above all, the voice of loved ones reassures him and he will be attentive to your words, songs, stories, melodies ... There are many activities with music for babies that will make you have a good time.
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The smell of babies
It is believed that the olfactory experience is already present in some way in intrauterine life. The newborn learns the smell of his mother to feed and needs to be close to her to secure the food, in addition to feeling protected. In the dark, he is able to know where Mom is because of his smell.
It is the chemical particles present in the air that act as stimuli and provide the baby with information about the surrounding environment. Do you have a favorite smell?
Babies move away from strong odors, since they prefer sweet and mild aromas such as breast milk. So do not use strong colonies or air fresheners, small prefer the most natural. Over the months you can experiment with smells at home, new foods, the smells of nature, in the market ... although you will see that, as happens to adults, smell is giving way to other senses that become more important .
Definitely, although it seems that a newborn "does not know anything", already has all his senses in operation and they develop as you assimilate the images, sounds, tastes, textures and smells of your new world. All we have to do to help them is to stimulate their senses with the necessary care and care.
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