Prep: None/Activity Time: 4–5 Minutes
Mealtime is a great time to strike up a conversation with your baby. Explore the five senses as you feed your baby at mealtime.Â
Delicious Dish
- Your baby’s food and drinkÂ
- Your mealÂ
Step 1: During mealtime, talk to your baby about how the food you are eating and drinking looks, smells, sounds, tastes and feels.Â
Step 2: Talk about how you prepared your baby’s meal and your own meal. When your baby adds to the conversation with noises, words and gestures, respond and keep the conversation going!Â
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