Playing with your baby is an essential part of their development, and to reap the maximum benefits from playtime, you need to be smart about it. Every play activity in the SMART BABY has been carefully selected or designed based on the benefits it provides for their development.

Did you know that playing hide and seek can ease your child's separation anxiety? Also, did you know that this simple action when your child is blowing bubbles significantly contributes to improving speech, enriches vocabulary, and has a soothing effect?

Journalist Simone Cave and pediatric advisor Caroline Fertleman, both mothers of three, write from their personal experience and in accordance with recent research on how creative play affects child development. Now you can be a smart mom and have a smart baby!

• With easy play activities
• Makes playtime meaningful
• Helps your child learn and grow

Introduction 6
Part One Newborn From birth to six months 9
Part Two Older Baby Six to twelve months 59
Part Three Toddler Twelve to twenty-four months 109
Development Timeline 200
• Sources 204
• Index 205
About the Authors 207
• Acknowledgments 208