Appropriateness for the 3- to 6-month age range.

Each toy on this list got overwhelmingly positive reviews for:.

We talked with four parents on the Bab圜enter editorial team with six children between them who told us what toys their own babies played with and liked from three to six months.

We used Bab圜enter's Community to find a consensus among 4 million caregivers on which toys babies 3 to 6 months old most enjoy, and what parents liked about these toys.

Cognitive skills (such as understanding cause and effect).

Gross motor skills (like sitting up and rolling over).

Fine motor skills (like grasping and shaking).

According to these experts, all the toys on this list help develop skills for babies 3 to 6 months such as:

We consulted expert sources such as Lohiser, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Corinne Eggleston, Opens a new window PhD, Associate Manager, Early Childhood Development Research at the Fisher-Price Play Lab.

How we chose the best toys for 3- to 6-month-olds And so our favorite toys are fun for both children and parents, giving them new ways to relate to each other and enjoy each other's company while children learn. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) considers parent-child play key to the development of children's brains, bodies, and social bonds, and encourages parents to interact with their babies as they play.

'Perhaps most important is a caregiver that will get down on baby’s level and play with them, helping them make all those big discoveries,' says Lohiser.

That's certainly what babies are doing as they pat, squeeze, bang, kick, and gnaw on the fascinating objects you give them. 'Think about toys that help them explore with their senses.' 'For babies, the focus should be on toys that encourage milestone development,' says Lisa Lohiser, Opens a new window Ed.D., Manager Early Childhood Development Research at the Fisher-Price Play Lab. But otherwise, with so many different toys to choose from, how do parents pick the right ones?

This is particularly important for 3- to 6-months-old, who tend to explore the world around them mouth-first toys for babies at this age should above all be free of choking hazards. A baby playing is actually hard at work making new connections in their brain and mastering gross and fine motor skills.īabies can and will play with anything around them, but toys specially designed for your baby's age will be appealing, as well as safe. Babies grow fast – you'll be bowled over by how quickly your baby develops skills like sitting up, rolling over, and grasping objects.

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