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The Best Early Learning Toys for Babies

| April 11, 2012

Early Learning is a time for play and discovery. It’s a great way to bond with your baby, toddler and child.

Take time to read to your baby daily and encourage exploration through the world around you.

I’m always on the lookout for the best early learning toys. I look for quality toys that encourage dexterity, provoke imagination, stimulate the senses and engage my baby.
 
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Best Baby Gifts

Best Baby Walker

| March 9, 2012

As your baby grows their muscles strengthen and coordination develops which will lead to crawling.

From crawling your baby will start to pull themselves up on to furniture to a standing position.

The next stage is to cruise the furniture, walking around and holding on to things that allow baby to achieve the balance that is still required before they can walk alone.

Baby walkers can be used when babies are learning to walk to help with their mobility and to provide the support they need to take their first steps.

The best baby walker is the VTech First Steps Baby Walkerwhich gives your baby the support they need to take their first steps.

Key features of the VTech First Steps Baby Walkerare textured wheels, easy grip handles for your baby to hold onto when walking and a sturdy frame.

The VTech First Steps Baby Walkerincorporates a detachable learning centre full of activities with shapes, musical keys that light up and introduce letters, words, numbers, animals, colours, songs and melodies. The learning centre also features a moving butterfly, discs and rollers to develop manipulative skills. And if your baby is like mine, they’ll love the role-play phone (which will hopefully keep your phone free from dribble)!

The VTech First Steps Baby Walkercan be stored in small spaces and is easily assembled.

Your baby will have plenty of fun and play time with the VTech First Steps Baby Walkerwhich is suitable from 6 – 30 months.

The Importance of Reading to Baby

| February 29, 2012

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It’s never too early to start reading to your baby.

Reading is a wonderful way to communicate and bond, as well as being a fun activity for both you and your baby.

As you read, your baby will listen to you talking and is comforted by your voice and being held close to you.

Reading encourages your baby to understand the different sounds of speech, the use of language and non-verbal communication through facial expressions and gestures.

Children whose parents read books to them when they are young often learn to talk, read and write more easily.

Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends can all share in the pleasures of reading to baby, making reading a varied and enjoyable learning experience.

Have fun reading to baby during playtime, in the bath and before bedtime:

Part of baby’s daily activity and play teaching baby about sound, texture, visual stimulus and music.

Have fun splishing about with bath time books suitable for water and lots of splish splash sploshing!

Help baby understand the routine of sleep with relaxation before slumber.