How I Use Floortime to Bond With My Newborn

November 6, 2018 in Grits for Baby

Although Aaryn is only two weeks, I try to make the most of every moment by finding ways to bond with her. Whether it’s during feeding time, or when I am changing her diaper.

But realistically, she is only two weeks old, so there is only so much that I can do since she spends most of her time sleeping!

Since I also have my four-year-old at home throughout the day, one of the easiest ways for me to bond with both girls is through floor play. This allows me a chance to interact with both girls while also giving them both much-needed stimulation for their own individual development.

Tiny Love

Tiny Love is an award-winning international baby products’ company that creates stimulating developmental toys and products which encourage babies’ growth and development. The 7 Developmental Wonders™, created with love and care by Tiny Love’s child development experts are a comprehensive set of guidelines for various baby development milestones and a tool for helping parents grow with their babies.

What are the 7 Developmental Wonders?

Tiny Love creates each of their products with the 7 Developmental Wonders in mind. This is a comprehensive set of guidelines that were developed for various development milestones for baby.

Cognition
Language & Communication
Fine Motor Skills
Senses
Gross Motor Skills
Imagination & Creativity
Emotional Intelligence

Gymini Deluxe

With Aaryn, we absolutely love doing floor time on the Tiny Love® Gymini. This uniquely versatile baby activity mat has adjustable moving arches that adapt to baby’s age and stage, encouraging the development of fine and gross motor skills from day one. The Gymini can be used while the baby is lying down, during tummy time or sitting.

Since development and stimulation are one of the main focuses of our bonding time, I love that the Gymini was carefully designed to boost babies’ 7 developmental wonders, including motor skills, visual and auditory cognition, and the senses.

The different textures, sounds, and colors are great to stimulate a newborn’s senses, especially in the first few days. I remember when Aaryn first caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror at just a few days old, she seemed so intrigued (of course before she fell back asleep!). Right now, she is able to practice hand-eye coordination as she tries to grab at the different animals hanging from above. All of the toys allow her to enhance different skills, and as we move to tummy time will eventually help with her gross motor skills.

Overall, I can tell as she gets older and is able to engage more with her Gymini, that she is absolutely going to love it!