Favorite Baby Toys at 6 and 7 months
In the past month, my daughter Clara, now 7 months, has graduated from her original choice of baby toys. She no longer lingers on the grabbing toys but is fascinated by balls and anything that rolls, as well as stacking blocks. Also on her favourites list are stuffed animals that make noise.
Having gained more control of her movements she can now pick up balls the size of her palm, as well as get her hands into beachballs. She is still at that fascinating stage where she can’t not reach for something if you put it in front of her, which makes distracting her from getting into dangerous things easier. But the wonderful thing is she’s also learning cause and effect so you can almost see her brain light up when she shakes a toy and hears a noise coming from inside it. Then she figures if she shakes the toy really quickly more noise will come from it…and if she bangs it against another toy!…soon we’ve got a concert going on!
Clara’s current collection of favourites includes:
1. A beachball that is not fully inflated so she can grab easily with a couple of fingers. ($2 at Gymboree)
2. A colourful ball that makes noise and she can grab with both hands.
3. Small, animated balls that fit easily into her hand.
4. Mandarins that she can push around and quickly grab and get her teeth into. (She needs to be supervised during this activity, lest she actually eat the citrus fruit that her stomach is not ready for yet!)
5. Stacking blocks are fun to hold with all its textures, sounds and colours but even more fun is stacking them and letting Clara hit them and watch them tumble. We can do this activity over and over again without her tiring of it! ($15 at Manhattan Toys)
I can’t wait to see what the next stage will bring!
