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Toy buying guide - 6 months to 1 year
June 6, 2005 02:52 PM EST | Consumer Info , Toys | Email to Friend | Comments (0)
In the second half of the first year, infants master the motor skills that enable them to play with toys in new and exciting ways. When babies can sit up, they enjoy playthings they can manipulate - to bang, drop, stack up, put in and take out, and open and shut. Once they can crawl, "cruise" (walk while holding furniture) and walk, they enjoy things that move along with them. Toys that show cause and effect are also thrilling at this age.
Toy Suggestions:
- Balls (1¾ inches and larger)
- Push-pull toys
- Busy boxes
- Nesting and stacking toys
- Simple shape sorters
- Pop-up toys
- Soft blocks
- Bath toys
- Teething toys
- Large, interlocking rings or keys
- Soft dolls
- Stuffed animals (with short pile fabric)
- Simple musical instruments
- Rattles
- Squeeze/squeak toys
- Cloth and cardboard picture books
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