If your newborn baby has an older sibling, it's lucky for both. Remember, having a sibling means to have someone with whom you will always feel safe.

We consult our siblings, trust in their predictions. They are both our friends and our support. At a younger age, it’s mother and father who should strengthen these bonds, and provide the best environment for the siblings to create this bond and protect each other.

Your newborn does not have any idea about his/her surroundings yet. So, you should let him play with his/her big brother or sister when they get to their fifth month to get him to think that he has a brother or sister.

The acceptance of the 5-month-old baby by his/her older sibling into play is an important step in the development of each other's relationships. Of course, you should check the game and be sure that the siblings play safely. In addition, your newborn’s playing with his/her older sibling will teach them to protect themselves, improve motor skills and mental intelligence, start using their imagination, as well as observe how they should deal with others. It will be an ideal process for the older sibling to learn to share and take responsibility. Most importantly, they will grow up loving each other.

So, what kind of games can the older sibling play with the baby?

You can allow your newborn to play with the older sibling at 5th month. The older sibling will strengthen their ties with the baby by playing simple and fun games.

FLYING BALLS GAME:

A large cover or sheet of paper is to be spread out. The sibling can hold one end and the baby the other end. They can shake the soft and light balls you will put in the middle and bounce them by making waves.

The movement of balls in this game will improve your baby's senses, motor skills, self-confidence, curiosity by amusing your baby.

TOUCH AND TELL:

Your baby has a lot to discover around him/her with five senses. When your baby begins to feed on solid foods and can eat finger foods, place them in front of a tray of foods with different textures, shapes and smells. Soft-hard fruit, round-triangular-square food, colorful food, different scents, etc ... The older sibling can hand them over to the baby one by one by saying their names. Together they can try the flavors of different foods.

This game will be useful in transitioning to start of self-feeding of your baby, as well as enhancing their senses, motor skills, curiosity and discovery feelings, sharing-cooperation skills.

SURPRISE TUNNELS:

When your baby grows up a little more and starts crawling, you can play different games. The baby will start to walk around in the room and go in and out every time, trying to explore. During these times, you can prepare angles and partitions that your baby will discover. You can put their toys in different places in the room in groups instead of just collecting them at one place. So, the siblings can discover the toys and collect them in one place.

This game helps your baby to develop imagination and creativity, motor skills, thinking-problem solving skills.

You can also develop games that your siblings can play together. The important thing is that they communicate with each other, play educational games that they can communicate with and play under your supervision.