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Daily Archives: September 21, 2016

5 toys for your three month old baby

I am extremely lucky to enjoy a long maternity leave.  I get to be home with my first born for six months.  Six. months.  How amazing is that?  I am loving every moment of it.  It’s hard.  It is really, really hard.  But I am trying to savor every milestone he has no matter how small because I know I’ll miss some of these when I go back to work.  For example, he is three months old and yesterday his hands opened and he started grabbing for some of his toys. How cool is that?  According to BabyCenter, the part of his brain that is in charge of his hand-eye coordination is developing this month.  He is becoming so fun to play with, but I have to admit as a newbie to this whole parenting thing I wasn’t exactly sure how to play with a baby.  So I did a bunch of research and I purchased every toy that was ever made (…or at least it feels like it) and put together a list of my favorites for his current age. Manhattan Toy Winkel Rattle and Sensory Teether Activity ( 1):  This toy…