Baby Interaction

• To encourage your baby to crawl, put a favourite toy a short distance in front of her.

• Hide a wound up musical toy under a blanket and see if your baby can find it.

• Play ‘follow my leader’ – bang on a drum, clap your hands etc. and see if your baby copies your actions.

• Loosely wrap some toys in newspaper and colourful paper and put them in a large carrier bag. See if your child can figure out how to unwrap them and find out what is inside.

Building Bricks - these are great for developing hand and finger control. Soft building bricks are best for young babies, but at first your baby will only be able to knock them down.

Stacking Toys - stacking rings or beakers help your baby learn about size and you can have fun hiding toys under one of the beakers.

Activity Centre - look for one with buttons to press, knobs to turn, spinners to spin etc.

Books - expand your range to include lift-the-flap, textural, plastic, board and those that make noises.

Toy - telephone your baby will love to mimic you on the telephone and some come with lights and sounds.