just wondering what toys /play things did you or do you have for your bub,what stands out in learning /what did they love/you love/ what kept them amused etc
It depends on what age but I'd day for a bub thats the same age as your one, the best thing we had was the playmat with things that hand down. It also had things in the mat that were nice and bright which made tummy time a bit more interesting.
Also a bouncer with things that hang above it. DD liked to hit the hanging things and it would keep her amused for a while at that age.
I agree with everything said, 1 thing i had NEVER thought of that DD1 loved was the LINKS for toys, they are so light she can't hurt herself, they have bright colors and different textures.
I think they are called link-a-do's or something like that.
LOVE our swing, DD1 loved it and DD2 uses it HEAPS...
One word: Exersaucer!!! He loves it and I love that I can pop him in it, know he is safe and quickly run around and get a load of washing on, get dinner started etc. It is honestly the only place I will leave him if I need to leave the room to do something quickly. Even with the Jolly Jumper, I feel that I need to stay with him while he is in it.
He also loves his long plush caterpillar. He can hug it with his arms and legs all at once - so it is definitely his favourite sleeping toy!
When he was little, we honestly could not have done without his bouncer.
He also has this cute little Fisher Price Birdbath thing that is educational and is a bit like a puzzle. You can Google it. This has been a real winner for the past couple of months.
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
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DD got a box of musical instruments since little and she still plays with them and she is 2. Different tamborines, drums, maraccas, egg shakers and bells
Firstly she would just suck on them (i made a maracca out of a plastic bottle with coloured rice). Then she started just playing with them and now she plays well sorta rhythmically with them.
My kids like stacking cups. They are great for chewing, building towers, and can be taken in the bath.
They have also chosen their favourite toys that they have become "attached" to. Natalie's is a puppet ****atoo and Phoebe loves a squeaking giraffe that she was given when she was born.
Don't forget, the whole house is filled with stuff you can use to occupy a little person! Mirrors are wonderful! Plastic containers and lids are also a hit in our house.
Books are brilliant for kids of any age.
Natalie has been playing with a cheap set of russian dolls lately (she is older though) - she enjoys naming them and role-playing with them. (Mainly they are called Daddy, Mummy, Natalie, Phoebe and 'the other one'.)
DS loved his playmat & bouncer when he was your bubs age. He also enjoyed looking into mirrors & us "reading" board books to him.
Some of his favs have included stacking cups, a blanket with different textures all over it, Fisher Price Stack Around Silly Town, those links either on their own or with things attached to them, balls particularly soft ones he can grip & shake, anything that makes a noise when he whacks it.
Now that he's nearly 8 months old he really likes things he can chase after. He has a Lamaze thing on wheels that when he knocks it it rolls away from him. It's got a mirror on it's side that he loves too. He loves the Roll Arounds balls that make noise too.
I remember before DD's first Christmas so she was about 6 months old she had like hardly any toys at all. A few second hand 'baby' toys and the rest of the stuff she loved was the wardrobe mirror, tupperware, plastic bottles filled with sand/rice/glitter. I went to a GFs house and her little guy had so many toys. Rooms and rooms they took up. I felt so bad for DD that for Christmas we bought heaps (it didn't look so bad being Christmas).....she still went back to the originals though.....
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what toys did you have for your bub
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