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Your eleven-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 08/07/2004 14:31:00
Parallel play and growing independence
won't want to play with the same toy at the same time, and it's quite usual for a parallel-playing baby to grab a toy from another child. If your baby does this, or if someone else's baby does this to your baby, she isn't being mean. Developmentally
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Brain-storming t-shirts for mums
By Laura Lee Davies on 11/04/2006 15:21:34
Groebaby have come up with the simple but brilliant idea of putting bold, stimulating images on t-shirts for babies to gaze at.
Laughlin, who came up with the idea, was a new mum herself and, being interested in the theories about certain contrasting shapes and colours helping to stimulate young brains, went out and bought lots of 'developmental' toys. However, her son (now two) was more
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Nature Sensations Cotside Gallery
By Sarah Lawson on 29/09/2006 01:47:34
Stimulating pictures to amuse your baby while she drifts off to sleep.
A lot of research has been done into the early visual stimulants that babies respond to, and many parents are now familiar with the bold patterns and contrasting colours of many toys suitable from birth.The First Years have a Nature Sensations range
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Fab baby chairs from M&P
By Laura Lee Davies on 18/10/2009 21:32:54
Mamas & Papas have a gorgeous range of snug baby rockers and cosy chairs this autumn
an interchangeable 'Magic cards' library which is wonderful for early developmental play. The toy arch lights and sound bursts can also be activated by the kick pad built into the seat unit for younger babies. There is also a plug and play Mp3 function for your own
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Baby development: Your twenty-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 20/09/2007 10:58:20
Let's pretend
that your toddler is becoming bored with some of her toys, but before you rush out to buy her a long list of the next set of age-appropriate developmental toys, there are a few things that you can do to make what toys you have go further. For a start you can
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Tomy's new Discovery Dome
By Laura Lee Davies on 21/07/2006 08:34:46
A fun-packed activity centre that's a play tent that the same time - ideal to keep one-year-olds and their toddler friends amused for hours.
Even if you're not bound by school holidays yet, holiday visits to grandparents, rented cottages and friends-who-don't-have-kids can bring with them the hassle of having to load up your car with toys and other things that'll keep your child amused
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Your four-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 03/02/2005 09:21:43
On a developmental roll
at his new achievement and coaxing him to repeat the feat with toys dangled or placed at his side.By the time he’s four months old he’s realised that his hands belong to him, a discovery that will fascinate and delight him and he’ll probably spend minutes
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Soft Play Zone’s Developmental Play Mat
By Louise Rogers on 07/07/2006 11:01:09
A soft play mat that's practical and stimulating as well as fun for your baby.
There has been much research into what colours your baby can and can’t see from birth, and the general consensus is that black and white, with its strong contrast, makes the perfect combination for many first toys. This monochrome marvel takes
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Your nine-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 07/09/2004 14:06:45
What goes up...
steps. By now your baby is getting a good sense of the way smaller objects fit inside bigger ones, she might not be able to manage the intricacies of a posting box just yet, but she'll enjoy putting smaller toys in and out of bigger toys, a box or a
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Your eight-month-old
By ThinkBaby on 06/10/2004 12:01:21
Little fingers like to explore
to lift up flaps and parts of toys and move objects like balls along a string. Having discovered his index finger he might start pointing now too and looking towards you as if to ask a question at the same time. If he's doing this then try and resist
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