15 Easy Practical Parenting Tips — For New Parents -2
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BY THABITHA DAVID · PUBLISHED MAY 29, 2020 · UPDATED OCTOBER 5, 2020

Tip #9: Read to your baby.

This will help her develop and understand language and sounds. We already established that the sound of your voice will calm your baby.

Adding to this advantage when you read to you baby. You baby will start recognizing voice modulations and will start associated the habit of reading as a positive experience activity.

Reading is one of the most important habit to develop in your kid. You might also be interested to read on 25 easy ways to teach kids good habits.

Parenting Tips #10: Sing to your baby and play music.

Most of us would have experienced this firsthand where our parent sings to us a lullaby to put us to sleep. For those who have experienced it, you will also know you found that voice just beautiful. No professional singer’s or a highly trained voice can beat to it.

Parenting Tips #11: Keep Your Child Safe and Sound

Safety of your child always comes first. Start with baby proofing your home.

Make sure you audit every corner of your house to ensure that it is baby proofed.

Safety is second to none. Hence this parenting tip is the most important of all the parenting tips that we have outlined.

This is also as important as the tip on safety. And with the number of horrific storied we hear these days it is wise for parents to keep this parenting tips in mind even when your little one is a toddler.

Parenting Tip #12: Protect your child from Abuse

Most of the parents would do anything for their children. It is obvious that the parents cannot protect their children everywhere. Esp. when they must go in for work to bring the best for their children and the child is left to the care of nannies.

Babies cannot vocalize abuse. It is left to us as parents to to be vigilant and look for science for of abuse.

The most common and the most accurate giveaway is your child’s reaction to the caregiver or the place where you leave your child to be taken care of.

Parenting Tip #13: Keep Kid Active

In this day and age this is one of the most important tips there is .

It is important to keep your baby active. This is how they exercise their muscles which is needed for them as they grow.

While you baby may not be running around in jumping play big kids but keeping them in a safe place with enough toys to simulate movement is good enough for them to keep waving hands and legs there by improving gross motor skills.

Since we spend considerable amount of time with technology it is only natural for our baby to watch us and want to imitate us.

It is advised not to encourage when babies ask for screen time.

Instead it is better that you leave your phone down engage with your child in some activity that does not involve any gadgets so to avoid screen addiction later in life.

While your baby is still very young to form a screen additions. Yet it is wise for you as parent to know about the screen addiction that most of the kids these days are falling pray to. Read our article SCREEN ADDICTION IN KIDS — All you need to know with Tips to know more.

Parenting Tips #14: Ensure Baby Gets enough rest

While it might sound surprising our little one needs 12 to 16 hours of sleep in a day.

I know one of the main complaint new mother always has is lack of sleep. Can you see the irony that a kid is awake only for 8 hours in a day? Yet the mother complaints of lack of sleep lack of sleep.

No worries here. It happens to all of us. I did the same for my first born till I started following my baby and slept while he was sleeping and woke up when he was awake. Follow this and you will thank me for these parenting tips later on.

Sleep is very important for our baby to grow. We should ensure that our baby gets the require amount of sleep.

To get more tips and ideas on how to get your kid to sleep. read our article INTRODUCING SLEEP FOR KIDS IN A NEW-LIGHT (WITH 17 HELPFUL TIPS).

Parenting Tip #15: Enjoy with Your Baby and Enjoy your life

Your child will soon be in school before you know it, and you be only left with memories of this precious time. We encourage you to stay as much as you can with your baby so you can make this event memorable for you.

Try to capture moments with camera so that it looks beautiful to you especially when you look back in the past. Even if you do not its still fine. If you and your child are making happy memories and love is in the air. It is all ok.

Conclusion:

I hope you enjoyed the parenting tips that we have provided.

These parenting tips that will help a new mother. These are recommended and what your baby needs to get a sustainable growth.

This does not mean that fathers has no role to play in child upbrining. Fathers play a very critical role and we have outlined the same in 11 Amazing ways FATHER’S can contribute to child’s success.

Your time with your kid as a baby is only for 12 months. As mentioned above get the maximum out of it so you have lasting memories of this stage. Do not forget that while you build good memories, your child will build good strong foundation to be a happy and content adult.

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