How to Play with a 5 MONTH OLD Baby! Play activities for 5 month old development.

In this video we explore how you can play and interact with your 5 month old baby in order to fuel their mental, physical and social development. We discuss how to encourage crawling and sitting up, how to develop brain development using colours and play, experimenting with music and using tummy time and lap rhymes to strengthen their core and increase stability.




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0:00 Intro
2:05 Musical play
2:25 Demo of musical play
3:19 Playing with ribbons / scarves
3:44 Dancing
4:00 Increasing depth perception - toys coming further away and closer - up up up up & down down down down - while singing
4:19 Demo of up up/down down
4:49 Tummytime & pushups & lift backlegs
5:34 Different ways to encourage baby tummytime
6:59 About sitting
7:26 Give them lots of sitting practice - Lap Rhymes
7:35 Demo of Lap Rhymes - while they are sitting on your knee - bouncing up&down, rock them side by side - hold their wrists and not back
7:54 Hold a toy in front of them so they can reach out and touch it while on Lap Rhymes.

[bethwall]

Thank you so much for this video! My Baby doesn't like tummy time and I've been feeling bad that she doesn't do it as much as she "should". Thank you so much for validating that it's okay for babies not to love tummy time!

She rolls from back to side a lot (almost to her tummy!) But has only rolled front to back 3 times and doesn't seem to want to do that again 🥲

[SimonGreenway]

Thanks Sophie, another great video. If you could do one like "How to play with a 6 month old whilst keeping a 3 year old toddler happy" That'd be good, even better would be, "How to play with a 7 month old, whist keeping the toddler happy, whilst you try and work on your laptop at home "... (I jest... but it's not far off the truth for me, and I guess a lot of people!)

[chelseaspain]

Thank you for this, it's really helpful, my baby is 4 & 1/2 months, she's had bad reflux so tummy time she didn't like but is getting better with it now! Alot of these exercises I have been doing so it's really encouraging to hear as I always feel I'm not doing enough or I'm doing it all wrong!

[Lizzifer]

This was wonderful! Thanks so much! We bought an Oball today and a play mat piano cos we couldn't resist but DIY is fantastic too 😘

[nebulasenigma]

No idea why I wanna cry but this type of community is so important to me I don’t feel alone

[Lizzifer]

My 5 month old likes to roll over and try to preform a great escape whilst on the changing table 😂 including putting her leg over the side which is both hilarious and terrifying at the same time 😅

[soseniacruz]

New subscriber here thank you I am working as nanny here in Dubai very informative and helpful for my work and for the baby thanks stay safe

[laurensmith]

Your videos have helped and supported us so much, thank you!

[MakeoverWithMyra]

Loved My girl is almost 5 months!!! 1 more week!!

[Lizzifer]

I'd never seen a lap prime before! Going to try this tomorrow 😃

[sophiamuhammad]

My 5month old baby is crawling 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️MashaaAllah

[mariawallerevole]

Hi! Silly question here 😅 my baby just turned 4 month today. Is he about to hit 4 month milestones or 5 month’s ones (since he’s entering the 5th month)?

[Tekillyah]

My 5 month old bebe is grumpy but smiles to me and his mama. I've made a mistake though I made him watch the TV and here I am looking for ways to entertain him.

I have a jungle gym (dangling toys)
rattles
plushies
flashcards (colored)
hip carrier

and looking for more ways to burn that 2hr time before his 30min nap time.

[moniopolis]

Baby carriers are my go-to when 4.75 month old Billy is fussy :)

[ThePamest]

My baby doesn’t like tummy time, but he learned to roll from back to front position. And I was worried he’s not going to develop properly without tummy time

[pratibhasolanki]

Thank you so much for this information

[Motherhood_with_nenprit]

My son is very active
He blows his trumpet and moves Becky even dancing

[abibaahmad]

Hi need help from u my baby he's just crying

[laurawhittingham]

Fab video lots of great play ideas thank you! 🥰