Reinforcing Family Feelings

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Bath times and meal times are great opportunities to come together as a family. Get both your children - and your partner - involved in the fun and you'll be strengthening your family bond as well as enjoying yourselves. FAMILY

Bath time: Now that the little one is probably sitting unaided, your two children can really start to play in the bath together. Of course, you will probably end up with a very wet bathroom floor, but also with two very contented children!

Make sure that you have enough plastic bath toys for both of them. Letters, numbers and objects made of foam, which can stick to the sides of the bath when wet, are great fun for children. The older child may use the letters for spelling out his name, while the little one may simply put everything on the bath side upside down! Witnessing these enchanting family moments together will make you realize just how important such times turn out to be in sewing the future seeds for a rich sibling relationship between your two children.

If your partner is not able to arrive home in time for the weekday baths, make a special time over the weekend for him to participate in the family bath ritual, although make sure he is prepared to get rather wet in the effort! Children also enjoy taking an occasional bath with their parents, because the warm water is so relaxing and it makes them feel very close to mum or dad at such times.

And why not try out a new recipe that the whole family can enjoy? Some pasta with a fresh vegetable sauce can be ground into a mush for the baby, and to which you could add some spicy peppers for the adults. Discuss with friends some good recipes that work in different ways for everyone in the family. Only having to cook one meal, to be adapted to the needs of each member of the family, can be very liberating in a busy household.

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