Saturday, June 1, 2013

Toys For Six-Month Old Babies

By Samantha Summer


The first 6 months of a baby's life is a crucial time for both the parents and baby, since it is the time that the babies need to develop and learn developmental skills that will mold their personality as they grow up. Thus choosing the best toys and things that best suit your baby's needs is also very significant.

Six-month old babies are known to be explorative and almost all things that they are able to get a hold of becomes their toy so it is a parent's role to make sure that they provide clean and safe things to play with. Safe meaning those toys and things that contain small parts that can potentially choke the baby and things that may contain harmful chemicals that may potentially give allergies to the baby should be avoided. It is important to remember to choose toys that is safe for babies to use and will give them a lot of benefit such as developing and improving their learning and developmental skill.

During the first 6 months of babies' lives, they start to develop and learn to use their 5 senses. Parents should be aware of this and pick out a toy that will enhance their ability to use their 5 senses. Here are some advisable toys that a parent could buy for their baby:

1. First on the list of suggested baby toys for a six-month old baby are hanging toys that also produce sounds. sense of hearing and sense of sight are the two senses that will be developed with the help of these kind of toys. Using this toy always catches a baby's interest since they are easily interested in moving and things that produce sounds. It is also recommended to choose toys that are colorful when buying this kind of toys.

2. Another kind of toy that a parent may provide for a six -month old baby are teethers. This is because babies usually starts teething at about the age of three months and most often than not, they experience pain and have the urge to relieve it by putting something into their mouth. Giving them teethers may help ease away the pain they experience in teething but be sure to keep this thing always clean.

3. Finger puppets are another kind of toys that is recommended for babies within the age of 6 months. This kind of toys helps the baby improve his/her sense of sight as well as sense of hearing since they will be able to interact with the finger puppet at the same time listen to someone who is using the finger puppet to talk to them.

4. At this age, babies are trying to discover new things and they want to not only look at things but also touch them. Other than ordinary toys, parents can make use of different things that has different texture and rub it to your baby's skin gently. This aids in developing their sense of touch and feeling.

5. Rattlers are toys that are typically provided for baby's to help them develop their sense of hearing as well as sense of sight. Not only that, it also helps in improving your baby's ability to hold and grasp things properly. Rattlers easily catches a baby's attention because of the sounds it make, but it is important to make sure that you choose a rattler that do not produce irritating sounds that may damage your baby's sense of hearing. Not only that, parents should also make sure to choose a rattler that is light enough for the baby to handle and has lots of colors for it to aid in developing the baby's sense of sight by enjoying the different colors of the rattler.

Choosing the best toys for your baby is one of a parent's fun responsibilities. You get to choose what toys could help mold your child's development and earliest learning. In personally choosing educational toys for your child, you can be assured that you have picked out what you think is the safest and most beneficial toy for your child.




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