Top 10 Ways To Play With A Newborn

This is a list generated by YOU, all my natural mama friends on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Thank you!

It is a joy to plunge into this adventure called "motherhood" with my newborn Griffin.  Despite the sleep deprivation and lack of time for basic personal hygiene, I find the experience to be fascinating, humbling, enlightening and so rewarding... and also HARD.

Case in point, as Griffin's newborn slumber started to wear off and he had bigger stretches of "alert" time, I found myself at a loss as to what to actually *do* with him.  It's not like I can whip out Candyland or watch a Disney film with him. That's light years away from today. As much as I was looking forward to him tuning into this planet's wavelength, I found myself a little nervous as to how to connect with him when we was awake.

That's where you came to the rescue...

With dozens of ideas submitted, we picked the top 10 and brought them to life in the video above with the help of little Griffin.

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[chazziny]

you guys are awesome parents but let me tell you i did the skin to skin alot with my daughter and she is now six years old and she still does the skin to skin with me...she even wakes when i get up out of bed as if she can smell/feel that im gone

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@chazziny WOW! She's hooked :).

[MariaGabzilla]

your baby is so cute!! <3 congratulations for being a natural mom and have this beautiful baby

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@MariaGabzilla Thanks Maria!

[MamaNaturalBlog]

Oh good! I hope it was helpful. Hey, we've got a lot more silly videos too... Check out week 20-battle of the bellies and just recent Extreme Nursery Makeover and more to come ;)

[elisam34]

what a great video, i cracked up when dad was reading rolling stone to the little guy! what a great family you guys are!

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@elisam34 Thanks! 

[middy444]

Omg, this makes me wanna cry! Can't wait to have a baby x

[viciousLUA]

omg the baby mimic part is sooo cute!

[sonnyjoyce312]

i like the last one :DD

[sonnyjoyce312]

the baby is so cute :DD i wish i could play with a baby now too. :(

[fen527]

I was wondering the same thing, and my friend shared this video with me. Loved it! Super cute and silly.