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Fun for Little Crawlers
Crawling Games to Play with Baby
By Kim Seidel
Since most families spend a lot of time in their kitchens, give this area extra time to ensure it's safe for Baby. And keep the floors swept. Babies love to put tiny food bits and other objects in their mouths.
Also, now is a good time to make sure your pet's water and food bowls are out of Baby's grasp as he makes his way through your home. In addition, keep a watchful eye on your pets until you know how they will react to your crawler.
When Swift's son was small, she created his own drawer filled with fun objects for him to play with in the kitchen while she prepared meals and did other tasks. He loved to stack measuring cups and other dishes and to bang pots and pans together.
A collection of jar lids turned out to be one of his favorite toys. Swift gathered and cleaned different sizes and colors of metal lids for her son and put them in a basket. He loved to look at them, line them up, sort them and clash them together. Later they became pretend cookies or pizza.
Two decades later, Swift still gives lid collections as baby gifts to her friends. She organizes them in a nice basket with a special note about how Baby can play with them. Her friends may look at her quizzically at first, but when their babies start to crawl, she will, more often than not, receive a thank you card or telephone call.
"Just enjoy this age when they're crawling," Swift says. "It's an important age; it's a fun age. They're usually so responsive, watching you, imitating you and learning all the time. You're everything to them right now."
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