By this time the social relationship of the baby and the infant may include games involving touch, sights and sounds. Usually parents play sound games with the baby in which they make cooing babbling sounds of the infant. The infant, in return, may continue these voices in a manner which amuses the parent.
Other activities include simple social games with the infant in which the parent holds the infant and gently turns or swings him/her. The reaction of the infant to this behavior is to firmly grasp or to hold on to the parent.
This the stage of the infant in which he/she reacts to everything and every behavior carried out in front of him/her. Visual interactions at this age include movement observations by the infant or simple games as peek-a-boo by the parents. Therefore, by the time an infant reaches his/her sixth month, sense of touch, smell, touch and hearing are well developed.
From about four months onwards, the baby can be given different tastes of different foods. His/her main nourishment still remains to be milk though, but cereals, vegetables and fruits will add calories, minerals, vitamins and fibre, and give him the experience of new flavors. Hard food should not be yet given to the infant; it is always a better thing to liquidize a small portion of the food which is being prepared for the family, keeping the spices in check for the infant. Ready made baby food is also available from the market, but making something out of fresh fruits and vegetables at home for your baby is more nourishing.
Avoid very salty, highly spiced or greasy food for the infant. Introduce new foods only one at a time, and only a teaspoonful at first, at the beginning of one of the day time meals. Egg yolk should be given two to three times a week from a soft or a hard boiled egg, this to add iron to the baby’s diet, as milk is deficient in iron. Iron can also be supplemented from green vegetables and cereals.
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