Parenting Tips for Your 4 Month Old Baby
Next time your baby is playing with something, watch to see if she looks for it when it is taken away. Probably not. At this age, if she can’t see it, she doesn’t remember that it exists. For your baby, out of sight is out of mind.
When your baby has a toy you want to take away from her, give her another toy before taking away the first one. Put it out of her sight. This is an easy way to redirect her attention.
Turn this into a game of peek-a-boo. Cover your face with your hands. Say, “Where’s Mommy?” Remove your hands from your face. Say, “Here I am!”
Cover your face with a piece of paper. Say, “I can’t see ____ (name of your baby).” Look over the paper. Look under the paper. Look out either side of the paper. Say, “I see ____ (name of your baby). Watch to see if she looks for your face.
