She offers additional ways to make your child's environment stimulating. The senses are a good target. You can play soothing music to help stimulate hearing. You can expose your child to different colors, sounds, shapes, textures and smells to help stimulate all these areas. Baby-proof your house, or at least a room, and then let your youngster explore those drawers and cabinets.
Some parents block off sections of the yard and designate it for the children.
It is a child's job to explore the environment, and it is vitally important that your child be allowed to do this, provided the area is safe, Neely says. The child expert says not to worry about spoiling a child with too much love, especially at the toddler stage of development. For additional information about toddlers, contact an extension agent in your parish LSU AgCenter office.