Toys for 3-8month olds...

Toy for 3-8 month olds...or beyond

Here is a picture of a few toys that my child likes playing with.

The links he started playing with between 1m and 2.5 when hanging from an activity gym. He still picks these up though. He would reach out for them. Then around 3 months he would hold them in his hand and bring them closer to his mouth.

Teething ring - He likes to have a ring to look at and bite. His favorite isn't shown here though.

Little birds that he can hold in his tiny hands and round balls that make various noises. He started using these around 6 or 7 months and still uses these today. We have some of the balls in the car too.

The contraption on the right is one of his favorites (or was for a long time). He played with that around 4-7months. I can't remember the exact time frame might have been around 5 months. I would not have bought something that looked like this but my sister gave it to me and he has one at daycare that is similar. He loved it for so long.

The frog was hanging from his activity gym - not his favorite, but we still use it to distract him or some of the other items that hung from his activity gym.

He liked his teething keys around 4-7months. He didn't always hold them in his hand, but did like to look at them. He started the teething process around 3.5-4 months, but didn't get his first tooth until 7 months (or just over). The drool lasts forever...

I'm posting this 'toy post' because some items I would have not thought to buy. But all babies are different and show interest in different items. I have bought a ton of toys that he just doesn't find interest in. Others may like those toys, but they didn't work from my child. I try to go to target or other stores and give him something to play with while I shop to see if he will like it - before I end up buying it. I will say that standard items that really help with development are small items like the balls, birds and links -I'm sure most babies would love. As they get older, their interests take over in what they want to play with. Right now at almost 9 months, my son leaves his toys and crawls to the wires in my computer. I bought a toy (on extreme clearance) that was supposed to help promote crawling....not so much. He crawled when he wanted to and he doesn't crawl while trying to chase that toy. You have to experiment with toys and always take other people's handmedowns. (as long as they are safe and in tact).