The Mom I Want to Be

 

0-3 Months, Development, Water Play, Bath Time, Personal Care

 

Talk and sing while bathing your infant in a sink or molded tub.  Sing about the parts of the body you are washing.  The following can be sung to the tune “London Bridge is Falling Down”:

 

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes, knees and toes.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.

 

Sing this to the tune of “Here we go round the Mulberry Bush”, substituting each body part you wash in the place of “hair”:

 

This is the way we wash our hair,

Wash our hair, wash our hair.

This is the way we wash our hair

Baby (Name) and Mommy (or daddy)

 

 

These songs can go well beyond infancy and will take on many variations as your baby learns the parts of the body.