- If you're struggling to figure out a toy
that you can buy a zero to six month old baby,
then this video is exactly what you need
as I cover the must have toys for zero to six months,
which babies love playing with,
but most importantly continues to develop
their fine motor, gross motor and communication skills.
I'll also cover what toys
you definitely don't wanna be buying a baby at this age.
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Now, before we get into the must-have toys
for zero to six month old babies,
just wanna let you know,
there's a free PDF on Developmental Milestones
in the description box below,
which covers what your baby should be achieving
in their first year of life.
And if you're able to print it out and refer to it,
which will give you an invaluable piece of mind
as you'll know what your baby should be doing
and when to be concerned.
Now the best gift you can get a zero six month old baby
is a baby gym.
So if they don't already have one,
make sure you go out and get one right now.
This is a toy that they're going to use
for the first six months of their life.
And it's gonna be their main toy.
So what's really good about the baby gym
is that they have toys hanging from it
so you baby's going to reach out and grab it
and work on their fine motor skills,
initially they'll just be tracking it
when they're not able to quite reach out
and coordinate their arms
but at three months they're reaching out
and batting the toy,
six months, they're definitely holding it
and interacting with the toy.
The other great thing is that
it works on keeping them motivated for tummy time
because there's often things on the mats,
so tags or something that makes noises,
which they can kind of interact with
and it keeps them engaged in tummy time.
So this is definitely the must have toy
and the best gift you can ever give
a zero to six month old baby.
My next favorite gift is the Oball.
It's one that I give to everyone new baby.
And that's because it's really great
for their fine motor skills.
So it's a ball that's really lightweight
and they're able to hold it
and it's not gonna hurt them
if it accidentally falls on them.
So what's great is that you can actually give them the Oball
three months of age and they're able to grasp it.
And then they work on that transferring skills
in around five months,
but it is really the only toy I think
that's out there at the moment
that is light weight enough that they can actually hold
and interact with.
So it is my next go-to toy.
Then third gift that I really liked is a soft mirror.
This is a really great item to help encourage babies,
to continue to do tummy time
which is a really, really hard activity for babs.
So what's great is that there'll be able to,
when they're in their tummy,
see themselves in the mirror
and it'll keep them engaged in that task.
So they'll be able to see themselves and make noises
and then they'll enjoy tummy time hopefully.
So parents will love you if you buy this gift for them.
The first book that I really like at this age
are soft tactile books.
So these are great because they often make lots of noises
which interacting for the baby.
They're not gonna hurt themselves
if it accidentally falls on them
which will happen with those board books
and they can actually interact with it
and pull things out later on when they're a bit older.
But this is great
and often comes in high contrasting colors
so you can see the red and the white.
So it keeps the baby quite engaged
because when they're younger, they can see in color,
but they prefer high contrast items.
So a tactile book is amazing.
The next toy I really liked is a teether or some sort.
Parents are gonna love you
if you give them something like this.
So I prefer Sophie, she's lightweight, she's easy to clean
and kids are able to place it in their mouth,
so babies can actually place it in their mouth
when they're teething.
Teething can start really early,
definitely by six months there's gonna be some teeth there.
So if you give a baby this,
the parents are absolutely gonna love you to.
So at around three months
when your baby's able to hold items
or a baby is able to hold items,
often these kinds of items are fantastic then,
definitely by four, five, six, months,
they're starting to interact with it.
What's great about these kinds of toys,
so I do like the Lamaze, is that they come with tags,
they make lots of noise
and you can also hang these off a baby gym,
so it's another kind of toy
that you can switch out with your other items
on the baby gym.
So it keeps them engaged.
These are also good in the car if you hook them in there.
They're really, really great toys.
They are a bit more expensive,
but there's lots of versions out there.
I would only get one,
but the baby is gonna absolutely love them.
At this age, musical toys are awesome.
So babies really quite like them.
You can get lots of musical items at the moment
where you just hit it and it makes noise and lights up,
which the babies love.
So there are kind of a drum set one
and there's some flowers that sing songs.
So they're amazing
and any kind of musical toy which they kind of hit
and it reacts is perfect at this age.
And the last toys,
babies really love at this time are rattles.
So you can get lots of different varieties out there.
I prefer the circular ones because they're easy to grasp,
particularly when they're quite young.
So around five, six months,
they can work on that transferring skill as well.
But there are soft rattles that you can also get.
Initially they will only kind of last
until the first six months
and then the babies will be onto something else
but these are great as well,
cause they're not gonna hurt themselves.
So a toy to definitely avoid at this age
is a jolly jumper or a baby jumper.
And that's because they're being linked with safety,
increased safety risks for your baby
and also it has been linked with developmental delays
or placing the baby at risk of having developmental delays.
If you want more information
on why I wouldn't recommend a baby jumper or a jolly jumper,
then make sure you check out my video
which I've made on it.
So those are the must have toys that I recommend
at zero to six months of age
and the toy I recommend that you avoid at all costs.
Now, remember there's that free PDF
in the description box below on developmental milestones,
and make sure you click on it and print it out.
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and hopefully I'll see you next week
where I'll share more parenting tips and tricks.