You’ll encourage his social skills

‘Nature offers a huge range of things to play with, so there’s less chance of a tussle over a toy!’ If your baby hasn’t yet had his second birthday, he’ll still be ‘parallel playing’. This means he’ll be happy playing alongside siblings (or other children, once social-distancing rules have been relaxed), but he won’t actively engage with them yet. ‘And at this early stage, social development can be tough,’ says Isabel. ‘He can find sharing very hard, and may have a tantrum if a toy is snatched away.’ But outdoor play is great for diffusing the tougher sides of this developmental stage and encouraging the positive ones. ‘Unlike in an indoor space, which holds a limited number of toys, nature offers a huge range of things to play with and…

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Mother & Baby (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2020

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