Here are the best toys for 6-month-olds, whether you're looking for a gift or just want something new to entertain your baby.

To help, we’ve compiled a list of everything you can do and purchase for your 6- to 9-month-old baby. Being prepared will make ... But here are a few items you'll likely want to have: Picking toys for ...

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.

Your baby loves faces and movement, from the first few weeks. Let them look into a mirror and see their changing expressions and movements. They won’t realise it’s them in the mirror until they're ...

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 ...

You can show up with the best laid plan, but the first rule of the toy is they need to love it.” Many wooden or plastic “baby” rattles ... When my daughter was 9 months old, she loved ...

Instead, a few stationary hanging toys have to suffice ... I also had a third time mom try it with her new 3-month-old baby. She shared that her baby liked the swing, based on the fact that ...

I introduced My First Signs: American Sign Language (Baby Signing ... Pals back in her kids’ toy rotation after a brief retirement, and both her 6-month-old and 3-year-old couldn’t get ...

At 9 months old ... their toys, or by putting their toys around the room so that they are encouraged to move and "discover" them. Be sure you are regularly interacting with your baby as you ...

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.

This can happen as early as 9 months and as late as 18 months ... but so too is there a tinge of sadness: Your baby is moving on, farther and farther from you, less dependent on you, becoming ...