Games with a small child in the bathroom

Bathing your baby can be turned into an exciting activity that will not only bring him joy, but also bring benefits.

Game preparation

Before you turn the bathroom into a “playground”, you should take care of the safety of the baby:

• After collecting the necessary amount of water, turn off the cold and hot taps so that the child does not inadvertently open them;
• cover the bottom of the bathtub with a soft anti-slip rug;
• maintain optimal water temperature (+ 37-39 ° С);
• if the crane cannot be deployed, cover it with a special plastic pad that will protect the crumbs from shock.

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First games in the water

Games in the bathroom should be introduced at 7-8 months when the baby learn to sit well.

Up to a year, children are usually bathed in a special plastic bath, on the bottom of which an anti-slip rug should be laid.

• "Search for toys"

For the game, pick up a bright, not sinking toy. Interest the baby, showing how it can be bathed, sunk under water, etc. Then place the toy at arm's length so that the little one reaches for it. Complicate the task by moving the "bait" in different directions and forcing the baby to rotate the body, getting to it. We read on the topic: choose bath toys

• Magic Cubes

Freeze water cubes tinted with some natural dye or syrup. Bathing the baby, dip them in water. The child will certainly reach for colored ice floes and will be surprised by the temperature difference. You can draw a cube on the cheeks or palms of the crumbs. To the great amazement of the baby, after some time, the cubes will melt and disappear.

Water fun

For older children, you can organize even more fun games in the water. But so that they do not get bored, you should not spend them with every bath.

• "Shipwreck"

Build a toy fleet of pre-made paper boats or use various plastic objects (plastic cups, containers from kinder surprises, etc.) for these purposes. Having launched the ships into the voyage, invite the baby to create a real storm with the help of a cocktail straw. This exercise serves to strengthen and ventilate the lungs.

• "Young artist"

Children love to draw on objects completely inappropriate for these purposes. Provide your child with this opportunity when swimming, using special finger paints or water-soluble felt-tip pens. The results of creativity are easily washed off the walls of the bathtub or tile. Such entertainment develops fine motor skills, helps in the knowledge of colors.

• Games with a washcloth

You can come up with various entertainments with an ordinary bath sponge. Teach your baby to squeeze it alternately with both hands. This exercise will be a fun exercise for the fingers. Or arrange competitions by squeezing water from a sponge into plastic cups together with a baby. Have your child sponge one of their dolls or toys. From colorful foam sponges, cut a variety of funny figures. Swimming and having fun with them will become much more interesting.

• “Drowning - not drowning”

In the bath it is easy to familiarize the baby with such a property of objects as “buoyancy”. To do this, you will need items from various materials (rubber ball, wooden cube, plastic bottle, paper boat). Demonstrate how some objects are easily held on the surface of the water, others immediately go to the bottom, and others smoothly become heavier and immersed in water.

• "Bubble"

The bathtub is the perfect place for fun with soap bubbles. You can prepare the solution yourself from shampoo, liquid soap or bath foam, or buy one ready. Show your baby how to blow bubbles from a special tube or your own hands. If you turn on the fan at minimum power in the room, you get a bewitching spectacle.

• "Balloons"

With light ping pong balls, it’s really fun to play while swimming. In addition, with their help, you can teach your child a simple account. Draw with a indelible marker on some of them one stick, on others - two. Have the baby take apart the balls into two heaps, depending on the number of sticks drawn, and then count the balls in each heap. The task will be complicated if you count all the balls, throwing them alternately in the water or folding them into a box.

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You can use ready-made sets of toys made of waterproof materials (rubber, plastic, silicone) for fun in the bathroom. These are all kinds of toys on suction cups, aqua puzzles, spray guns, waterfalls, etc. The main rule - never leave your baby in the bathroom unattended.

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