Newborn toys: second and third trimester

"A day in a child's life is big, filled with constant excitement. Children approach learning new skills with enthusiasm and eagerness, repeating until they completely master them."

At this age, children increasingly seek support, approval, boundaries. The parent shapes the child's behavior as much as the child shapes the parent's behavior; through mutual exchange, interaction and emotional connection, they grow and prosper together every day. Play is children's way of learning. All daily routines are an opportunity to play: feeding, dressing, undressing, changing diapers, taking off socks, grasping a spoon and putting hands in food bowls, bathing...

Daily routines are an opportunity for the child to use his hands more intensively. Use every opportunity for this, such as:

  • touching and getting acquainted with different materials and their textures
  • opening cream jars or wipe packs, removing lids, removing diapers from bags
  • opening and closing drawers, cabinets, throwing out everything found inside
  • feeling, scratching, tapping, turning, grasping cups, strainers, whiskers, stirring spoons, lids

At this age, "toys", i.e. objects for everyday use that the parent uses, are a real challenge to the child for research and imitation of activities. Children like to turn, spin, move, pull things, put their index finger into the openings, bang, take off, throw, put things in their mouths. Each toy undergoes a detailed "inspection". Children love:

  • blocks with different functions (pressing, opening, moving, rotating parts)
  • musical toys: drums, rattles, pianos
  • balls of various sizes, colors, shapes, textures
  • toys with attached strings that they can pull on
  • roller coasters (wires bent in different ways with balls that move from one side to the other)
  • toys that produce sound or light signals by pressing buttons
  • books
  • shape sorter toys (they will insert round items first, and later other shapes as well)
  • boxes in several sizes that can be put into one another: from the largest to the smallest
  • Rock-a-Stack with rings that are first removed, and then stacked back on the base.

The child's safety always comes first; all toys must have a safety certificate. They must not have sharp edges, be made of easily breakable plastic, with small parts that can be torn off easily because children put them in their mouths and/or throw them, which poses a risk of injury.

Once again: the most important toy for a child of this age is the quality time you spend playing together, in daily routines and activities, in interaction, laughter, imitation, sharing love.