
DO… have a game of peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo is a favourite with babies and teaches them a valuable lesson. “It shows your baby that even if he can’t see you, you still exist and you will come back,” says Elizabeth. “As well as hiding your face behind your hands, try leaving the room and ask, ‘Where’s Mummy?’ before popping back and saying, ‘Peek-a-boo!’”
You could try playing games with objects too. Hide a toy under a blanket, letting your baby feel it so he understands it’s still there and then whisk the blanket away.
"If I leave the room while Willow’s playing, she gets very upset and I have to keep popping back to reassure her. So I play a game with her, sticking my head round the door every now and then so she knows I’m still around and that does help,” said Anja Abdulla, 20, from Ireland, mum to Willow, 10 months.