She continues: "By 3 or 4 months, when your baby is able to grab and grasp (sometimes more by accident than design), toys with different fabrics or knobbly textures to feel and chew are great buys for ...

You may notice that your ... of toys, but less is more. Children are more engaged and play more creatively with their toys ...

Other popular choices are toys that encourage your baby to work on specific skills. Look for ones that encourage your little ...

From the age of 6 months, your baby is almost daily becoming ... a plastic spatula, a small soft toy, a pine cone, a wooden or plastic bangle. Give the basket to your baby and they'll keep themselves ...

How responding to baby's babble is great for early language learning. 6-9 months: Can you get your baby to babble more? A look at whether there are ways to boost babble in The Speech Lab.

Sure, watching your little one discover their hands and fingers all those months ... your baby will learn to talk by keeping the TV on all day (nothing but Sesame Street and Baby Einstein, etc ...

After testing 10 baby swings over several months with my fifth baby ... Instead, a few stationary hanging toys have to suffice. The swing can also rotate to face a different direction, letting ...

Playing with teddy Try talking through how your baby is playing with their favourite toy. Rhymes to sing at any time All sorts of everyday activities can make for songs to sing to your baby.

Here's my month 9 caution: Don't worry if you are "stimulating" your baby enough to ensure they'll ... you must fill in the holes with tricks and toys and videos and tapes. The competitive aspect ...