Playing is a lot of fun for your little one, but it's also serious business. In fact, playing is your baby's job. Toys can not only keep your baby entertained, at least a few minutes at a time, the baby's steps in that attention span, but the best toys can also boost your little pupil's brain power, small motor skills and great, social and language development, hand-eye coordination, identification of colors and shapes, imagination and creativity. Oh, and make the baby move too!
With a cute sitting baby, if need be, it's time to open up a whole new world of toys. He will be turned on by brightly colored toys, anything that makes music, and toys with parts that can be opened and closed, pulled, hit and dropped.
Activity centers with lots of levers, doors, buttons, lights, and sound effects will allow baby to focus even more on sharpening fine motor skills, as hitting and hitting becomes purposeful reaching, touching, and manipulating.
Teddy bears that are suitable for cuddling and cuddling are still a favorite toy for babies this age, but don't stop there. Have a ball with different sizes and textured balls. The little ones are great for juicing and tossing.
The bigger balls are perfect for rolling between you, or for motivating those pitches or those first scooting attempts. Blocks are perfect for grabbing, holding, and mouthing, so provide your little one with simple cubes that are made of fabric but still easily stackable. The best ones have colorful images and make a soft, jingling sound when squeezed or shaken.
Stackable rings and cups are also classic picks. Although it will be a while before your peanuts have the dexterity to stack them perfectly, baby will learn a lot from them, even now, about large and small and medium, and about size and color, all while practicing hand-eye coordination.
Nesting cups can also make chubby time more fun. Show your baby how to empty the smallest cups into the largest ones. A rubber duck, some fish, a fleet of boats will float in your baby's boat. You can grab them, squeeze them, splash them, kick the water and make them shake, learning cause and effect while having fun.
And don't forget that some of the toys that bring the most joy are not really toys. Plastic measuring cups, metal mixing bowls, wooden spoons, cardboard boxes, and paper bags can provide hours of fun and skill development as you turn them into musical instruments, stacked toys, and puppets for kids. your baby's fun.
Playtime should always be supervised time. Still, always check toys before handing them to your baby. The label will tell you if a toy is designed for your baby's age, both in terms of development and safety. Even if you are sure your baby is advanced enough to enjoy playing with a toy designed for young children, wait until you are sure it is safe.
You can check for choking hazards using the toilet paper tube test - everything that happens is too small to be safe; The same for small and removable parts. Also read to make sure the toys are lead, PVC, and BPA free and have no sharp edges or breakable parts, strings longer than six inches, or too high a volume that could damage baby's sensitive hearing. Always fun, but safety first! Here it is to play happily!
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