Guide to Choose Best Toys for your baby: from Birth to 1 Year Old

 

The arrival of your new baby is a magic time of your life.  From now on, each step of the development of your baby will be special moment for you. 

His/her first smile shall brighten your heart.  His/her first laugh can make you feel joyful.  His/her first word will make you happy.  When he/she starts walking, it will be a lovely moment for you.

To encourage your baby to do these activities, you are the most important factor because your baby will depend on you all the time since he/she was born or at his/her earlier age. 

In the meantime, these development skills should be practiced properly, therefore, toy is another necessary factor that will help your baby learn and grow through each steps of his/her development efficiently.  Best toys should be appropriate to your baby’s age.  For examples;

Best toys for your baby 0 – 6 months, you may choose musical toys such as:

Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes

Baby Einstein Bendy Ball

Sassy Ring O’Link Rattles Developmental Toy

Lamaze Musical Inchworm

Etc.

These toys will help your baby develop his/her listening and he/she will enjoy the music as well.

Best toys for your baby 6 – 12 months, choosing activities table will be a great idea because there are many things that can entertain and encourage your baby to explore, engage and interact.  Your baby can learn various things such as colors, numbers, shapes, etc.

Watching your baby grow will bring you the greatest pleasure.  Good luck!

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Buy Best Toys to Promote the Development of your Baby

 

Toys are one of the most important factors that can help to promote your baby's development.  Therefore, buying best toys for your baby is your major job as mom or dad.  Let's see what kinds of toys that should be bought for your baby. 

Buy ring toys that have different surfaces such as plastic, rubber, clothes, etc. for your baby.  Your baby can develop his/her sense of touch well. Because he/she usually puts toys into his/her mouth, you should choose the toys that were made of non-hazard materials.  Good ring toys will help him/her strengthen the gums and reduce the pain from his/her first tooth as well. 

Buy baby mobile with cute animals or colorful flowers.  The mobile with music will also be a good idea.  Hang the mobile above your baby's head at the bed or crib that can be seen easily.  He/she will enjoy watching the moving animals or flowers.  This will help your baby practice his/her eyes.  He/she can also practice listening to the music.

Buy Soft dolls and soft toys which made of fabric or plastic that can make sounds when pressing or squeezing.  Your baby can well practice his/her listening when he/she shakes the squeeze toys.

Buy baby rattles for your baby.  This can help your baby strengthen his/her muscles.  Your baby loves to shake the toys that make sounds which can attract his/her interest and he/she will enjoy playing with the toys for hours.

Buy colorful clothes books.  This will help your baby familiar with books and reading.  Reading books before bedtime and during bath time will be the good times for your baby to learn.

Good luck!

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Choose Appropriate Toys for your Son or your Daughter

Toys for children are different from baby toys.  Toys that are popular for children are more complex and more challenge than before.  Naturally, boys and girls are interested in different toys.  Let's see what kinds of toys that can attract your son’s or your daughter’s interest and choose the appropriate toys for them.

Appropriate toys for your son

Lego, Wooden Blocks, Plastic Blocks

These toys have complex structure that will help your son more concentrate while playing.  Besides, the toys can help your son develop his hand-eye coordination, imagination, understand of sequence, etc.  They are challenge toys that you son will love.

Bicycle

There are many advantages of bicycling.  It can keep your son's body moving fluently and develop his muscles well.  This will gain more confidence of your son and he will have self-esteem.

Hand tools toys

These toys will help your son understand how to use the tools properly.  You may ask your son to help you build a small house for your dog and explain to your son how to use each tools while building the house.

Appropriate toys for your daughter

Dolls / Plush Toys

Dolls or plush toys will help your daughter play a role more fun than she was young because the dolls or plush toys are more modern with beautiful dress and the story is more realistic, more complex and more exciting. 

Puzzles Toys

These toys help your daughter be concentration while playing.  Besides, the toys can help your daughter understand the shape and the relation of space.  You can join your daughter to have more fun.

Cashier Machine Toys

The toys will help your daughter learn about math calculation.

Naturally, boys are interested in the structure and capabilities of science.  They can remember about direction and three-dimensional position well.  In contrary, the girls are more gentle and sensitive than the boys.  Since the interest of the boys and the girls are different, appropriate toys for your son and your daughter are different. 

By the way, no matter what the play style of the boys and the girls are, it means nothing.  The most important thing is you, as their parents, who should encourage the play role of your son or your daughter by providing good environment, good play yard and appropriate toys for them respectively.

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Choose Appropriate Toys for Development of your Baby 0-12 months

 

Toys are an important factor leading to the development of language, creativity, concentration, memory, thinking problems, and much more.

0-3 months

There is nothing much for playing with your newborn because he/she is learning to breathe, learning to move, learning to see, etc.  He/she is responding to familiar people who talk with him every day, like you. (mom or dad)  He/she likes to stare at your eyes and lips that are moving back and forth.  We can say that mom's and dad's faces are considered as the first toy for newborn.

Your newborn needs time to adjust to the new world, he/she cannot see in a long distance.  Colorful mobile can help your newborn develop concentration and sight.  Meanwhile, the mobile should have contrasting colors such as black, red, white and move slowly.  These can help stimulate your newborn's interest.

Plush toys can stimulate your newborn's five senses that will help him/her learn new things.  Your newborn will be happy playing with his/her favorite toys and concentrate on playing toys toys for hours.

3-6 months

Soft cloth picture books will stimulate your baby's five senses.  Different texture surfaces will help your baby learn and remember well.

6-8 months

Drum or musical toys will help your baby concentrate to listen to the music.  This will bring him/her to good memory.

ฺBlock will be best toy that can help your baby develop his/her skills on solving solution; i.e. How to make the blocks higher and not let the blocks fall down. This will help your baby concentrate while thinking and have good solution to play with toy finally.

8-12 months

Sorting toys with various shapes will help your baby develop his/her skills on cause and effect.  If your baby practices it frequently, this will help him/her be wiser.

Pull toys will help your baby stimulate muscles on the balance because your baby can slightly walk with the toy.  This will also create a lot of fun while walking as well.

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