After six months, children begin to change dramatically. These are no longer helpless babies who just do what they lie in the crib. Starting from 7 months, they become more inquisitive and active. During this period, it is important to give them not simple, but useful presentations that will help develop basic skills.
What to consider when choosing?
On the eve of a holiday, everyone cares about buying gifts. Particular attention is paid to the selection of children's gifts. On the one hand, it seems that choosing a present for a baby up to a year is easy. But on the other hand, this is not such an easy task as it seems at first glance. When choosing a present for a child of 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 months, it is important to take into account the peculiarity of age and the changes that occur with them.
Starting from the age of seven months, children are already sitting steadily, begin to crawl actively and explore the world around them. This feature of kids should definitely be considered when choosing a gift.
Children up to a year already skillfully grab various objects, study them, try to crack or dismantle. Therefore, if you choose a gift for a nine- or ten-month-old baby, then remember that it must be safe.
You can not choose those toys and objects that have small parts. The baby can swallow them, which will lead to negative consequences. Besides, Toys must be made exclusively of high quality and safe materials. Children up to a year pull in the mouth all those objects that fall into their arm. And if the toy is of poor quality, it can cause serious poisoning. Besides, don't give small children of this age soft toys. In particular, shaggy bears or long-haired bunnies.
If you choose a present for the baby of your relatives or friends, it is best to consult with your parents to make the right choice and buy the right thing.
Do not buy kids of this age too expensive toys from world famous brands. Children at this age very quickly break everything, and it will be a shame if an expensive thing breaks on the first day.
Top best gifts
So, you are faced with a choice and do not know what to give your child for the holiday? We made a small rating of the most popular gifts that are perfect not only for the girl, but also for the boy.
A bright and large pyramid is exactly what attracts all kids up to a year. As a rule, such toys are made of high quality and safe plastic. A gift will be interesting to a baby of seven or even nine months. In addition, it is not just a bright, but also a useful toy.
Thanks to such a pyramid, children develop motor skills, logic, and begin to learn colors. The kid can long and enthusiastically disassemble and assemble the pyramid. Besides, cubes are great too. Just choose options without sharp corners so that your child can play safely.
Children under one year old are very inquisitive, they are interested in looking at bright pictures and learning something new. therefore As a presentation, a music book is perfect. As a rule, this is a large and colorful book with bright pictures. There are options with illustrations of famous fairy tales, and there are books depicting various animals. It will be interesting for the child to study animals with his mom or dad, to see and remember how they look. And since the book is musical, the baby will also hear the sounds of animals.
Choose a book with thick and durable pages.
In addition, such soft books that are made of special waterproof material. Thanks to this, such books can be taken with you to the bathroom while bathing. You can choose a book with images of animals or objects, or you can opt for a famous fairy tale. Such a book will become your baby’s favorite toy, and you can take it with you everywhere.
Its surface is easily cleaned if the child spills juice on it or stains it with porridge.
A developing music mat is another popular gift that girls and boys like. Since children are actively crawling at this age, they will definitely like such a gift. Today you can find a variety of options for such rugs. There are options with the alphabet, with animals or just with bright pictures. The child will be happy to spend time on such a rug.
Babies from seven to eleven months are not indifferent to everything that is noisy, rustling and ringing. In addition, they are very fond of checking everything for strength and love to knock with all those objects that come into their hands. Therefore, you can give the baby Bright and beautiful hammer. With each stroke, he will squeak, which will give the child real pleasure. In addition, there are such options where in the kit a special panel with pegs is attached to the hammer. The child will be able to hammer them during the game.
Surely you noticed that starting from the age of seven months, children show interest in door handles, locks, buttons and so on. They like everything that can be opened, closed, rotated or unscrewed. Therefore, a very useful and relevant gift for the baby will be a business board or, in other words, an interactive whiteboard. Such a board is easily mounted on the wall, or it can be kept on the floor. On such a board is everything that your heart desires. Namely, these are latches, abacus, switches, hooks, locks, door chains, telephone disks and so on.
Such a board will captivate every child, so he will play on his own for a long time.
And also at this age, the child will be pleased to receive as a gift clockwork toy. It can be a typewriter or some fairy-tale character who will move, walk, sing songs or make sounds. In addition, the modern version of the tumbler is perfect. Today you can find a musical version of such a familiar toy.
Try to choose a quality option, as children like to test such toys for durability.
Any musical toy can be a great gift for a child up to a year. It could be compact pianoon which you can play tunes, and also it still knows how to make animal sounds. You can also choose musical ball. Such a soft ball is equipped with buttons in the form of animals and, when pressed, makes sounds of birds and animals. You can also select baby phone who tells fairy tales and sings songs.
Practical gifts
It is quite possible to give the child something that is useful not only to him, but also will pleasantly please his parents. For example, it could be comfortable walker. Choose those models that provide the child with maximum safety and comfort during movement.
Pay attention that the walkers are equipped with removable covers, as the soft seat gets dirty very quickly. In addition, you can choose the option with a music panel, which is disconnected if necessary. Thanks to this, the panel turns into a table and it will be easy to feed your child fruit puree or cereal right in the walker.
An option like a car seat is perfect. Parents will be grateful for such a practical present for their baby. Choose only the model of the child seat that is suitable for the current age of the child.
Both parents and the child will be happy with such a gift as hanging swing. They can be installed in any doorway, and if necessary it will be possible to remove and remove. The child will be able to have fun, and parents will be able to go about their business.
Choose the safest option - without sharp corners, with seat belts and a soft panel in front. Remember that children at this age are very active.
Sledges can be a useful and long-awaited gift for a child. Today you can find the most unusual options. Pay attention to those that are equipped with a special pusher handle, so that parents can easily carry the baby in the snow. As well as sledges for children up to a year, they should be equipped with a bag for additional warming of the legs, a strong and high back, seat belts and armrests.
A musical carousel that easily attaches to the side of the crib - This is a great option for a gift. Toys can be soft, plastic or rubber. Choose the mobile version that is equipped with a volume control and has the ability to additionally record melodies. In addition, the baby will like such a carousel, the toys of which can be easily removed and hooked back.
About what toys the baby will be interested in at 11 months, see the video below.