Toys for Infants

[Shannon]

Does anyone have a suggestions on what kind of toys I should buy for her first stage of development?

So far all I have is a tummy time mat.

[Shannon]

Not for Infants mind you..but I don't care if even I stray off topic. :)

Here's something neat I found online:

Chocolate Pudding Finger Paint

Small children love to play with their food, and chocolate pudding lets young kids play, snack, and have fun.


When my children were younger, there would be times when I’d need to find something to keep them busy while I made dinner or balanced the checkbook. A quick solution was to open a pack of chocolate pudding and set two white dishes on the table. They would both sit at the kitchen table, content to doodle chocolate pictures on the plates.

To give your kids ideas, draw a funny face on a plate. See who can make the funniest, spookiest, or meanest face. You can also have them practice making basic shapes, such as circles, squares, and even stars. Polka dot plates are oodles of fun.

To “erase” the picture, show your children how to give the plate a quick rinse in the sink. On the other hand, if your children are too young to use the sink, or if you don’t have time to rinse the plates off after each drawing, let your children make their drawings on paper plates.

[J-Reed]

You know she won't really need many toys for a few months, but the best toys to start with are ratlles and things that make noise when they move them. It's how they begin to learn eye and hand coordination as well as grasping things. With Seven being premature, the doctor really emphasized that I make sure I played with him with ratlles and paid attention to whether or not his eyes followed the rattle, keys or whatever it was.

[Shannon]

She's just now beginning to get interested in gripping things. I'll have to pull out the rattles and see how well that goes over. Now that I have her here in my arms I can understand a few of my questions logically now. I know she is practically helpless and toys are useless at this point. She loves Daddy's face and my nose. Yeaaaaa for free stuff. :)