Timing is everything. Your baby will be most responsive to your playfulness when she is both alert and unfussy. If you try to play when your child is hungry or tired or sick or upset, both you and she will gain nothing but frustration. During these first few months especially, what your baby needs from you is your love, your attention, and your time. More than anything else (even food), she wants and needs you to:
Hold her Sing to her Play with her Talk to her Coo to her “Read” to her Praise even the smallest of successes Cuddle with her
