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Bond with your baby and help develop their growing brain.

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what's happening at 0–2 months

    1. Eye love you • Your newborn has eyes for only you! (Their eyes dilate to help you fall in love with them.) By two months, their eyesight improves — they can see about 18 inches away compared to 12 inches at birth — all the better to stare intently at your face and track you as you move.
    2. Hand it to you, baby • At 2 months, your baby still lacks the coordination and strength to actively play with toys. Early play is more subtle, like batting at a colorful object hung nearby or briefly holding a toy put in their hand. These “handy” activities are preparation for grasping — a game changer!
    3. Rev up those motor skills! • Notice how your baby is gaining mobility and strength by the day: moving their arms and legs and holding their head up when on their tummy — which helps strengthen their upper body muscles. Yet another reason to do daily tummy time.

amazing baby!

    1. So many bones! • Babies have almost twice the number of bones as adults (300 vs. 206). During the first 18 months, many bones fuse together, including in the skull, now that the “soft spots” that help a baby pass through the pelvis during birth are no longer needed.
    2. Itty bitty belly • No wonder babies seem hungry all the time, their stomachs are tiny. On day 1, a baby’s stomach is the size of a marble — they can drink only about a tablespoon of milk at a time. By day 3, it’s the size of a walnut, and by day 10, the size of a golf ball.
    3. Don’t shed a tear • They might cry, but newborn babies don’t shed tears. Since their tear ducts aren’t fully developed at birth, they can’t shed an actual tear until at least two weeks, and sometimes longer.

Parent reading

kidshealth.org

Bonding with Your Baby

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Cover art of the book Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

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This book is a celebration of babies from different places and backgrounds. Plus, it's a nice reminder that the love for a little one extends from the tip of their head to every tiny toe.

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