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BABY PARTS

Your baby’s body parts will provide the topic for many of the conversations the two of you will carry on as you interact. You’ll find your newborn is not much of a conversationalist—most of the burden of small talk will fall to you. Your repetition of such words as “nose,” “eyes,” “fingers,” “chin,” and “ears” will start your baby on a lifelong learning process.

Knock, Knock

Knock, knock. (Knock on baby’s forehead.)

Peek in. (Open eyes wider.)

Open the latch. (Push up the tip of the nose.)

And walk right in. (Walk fingers into mouth.)

How do you do, Ms. Chin-chin-chin? (Wiggle chin.)

Thumbkin, Pointer

Thumbkin, pointer, middleman big.

(Point to each of baby’s fingers.)

Silly man, wee man, rig-a-jig-jig.

(Roll baby’s hands around each other.)

Months from now, when your baby becomes well-versed in the names of the body parts, you can purposely slip in a wrong word or two so he or she can “correct ” you.