As a mother, I am happiest than to see the baby grow up healthy and happy, but somehow, the baby seems to be more and more timid and afraid of life:
"My baby is very timid and very sensitive."
"Every time someone gets close, they get nervous, even the stuffed toys are afraid!"
"It's not just been born, and I've always been so afraid of life, so what can I do?"
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Montessori education believes that babies aged 0-6 are explorers of the senses, and they will use the senses to obtain information about the external world.
For babies, his knowledge and experience have yet to be accumulated and constructed, and it can be said that the senses are the only way for them to obtain information.
The baby's timidity may be related to the baby's sensory and tactile sensitivity.
Therefore, helping babies develop sensory abilities is a very important lesson on our way to raising a baby, among which the development of touch is particularly important.
In fact, when the baby is in the womb, there are many experiences about touch.
Amniotic fluid and umbilical cord touching various parts of the body, sucking on his thumb, touching his face with his hands, etc., are all pleasant tactile experiences.
But babies will also have some bad experiences, such as the umbilical cord around the neck, around the arm, and the squeezing when crossing the birth canal.
To do so,
Babies may not be so timid!
The mother should try to be gentle rather than stimulating to the baby's tactile feelings. Dress your baby with as little movement as possible when changing clothes, and don't turn your baby over.
Make sure your baby's hands are not gloved but free, so that you can touch anything you want. And the baby's legs also try not to wear pants all the time (you can cover the legs with a straight jacket and cover the small quilt), so that the baby's two legs can be freely rubbed, and the friction of the legs is also the action that the child will do in the womb, which is also a very important reference point for the baby.
Exercise your baby's hands and feet. The mother can prepare items such as protruding rubber balls so that the baby can grasp them in his hands; he can also prepare some larger hanging cloth balls for the baby to kick. This is very important, remembering to give both the left hand/foot and the right hand/foot so that the baby's sides develop balance.
Gently bathe your baby. This will help your baby recall his experiences in the womb and is a good point of reference for linking the old world and the new world.
Do touch training. Giving your baby touch training after bathing is a very good tactile experience.
Even if the baby is still shy, parents don't have to be too anxious. Each baby has its own personality, as long as the parents are patiently accompanied and bring the baby a pleasant tactile experience, the baby is naturally more willing to try and touch strange people and things.