Playing Peek-a-Boo with your baby and toddlers is a must for fun moms and you’ll remember doing it with your child for years and years and even get wonderful photo ops.  There are lots of different ways to play:

• Hold a towel between your face and your baby’s and ask, “Where’s James? There’s James!” over and over again.

• Hide behind a door and make your baby push it open to see you.

• Hide behind a chair and pop out first from above then from the sides.

• Go behind a corner with another person and alternate who jumps out and surprises with “Boo!”

• Keep a selection of hats behind the couch and pop up wearing a different one each time. (A great laugh-getter is to put a hat on your head, hiding your eyes, and let your baby take it off, saying “Oh!” in surprise each time he does it. 

This article was originally published in March 2025.