A snuggly soft toy - what could be more exciting? Your baby will want to hold it, squish it and put it in their mouth finding out how things look and feel develops your baby's senses. Cuddling toys helps your baby feel happy. Make animal sounds. Cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck! Give the toy a silly voice and talk to your baby about the toy.
Your baby will love this and It will help them learn new words. Peek-a-boo! Playing peek-a-boo is a great way to explore soft toys. This shows babies that just because they can't see something, doesn't mean it isn't there and they'll want to hold and cuddle the toy even more.
Teddies and soft toys can be great for babies' language development.
They're a good chance to introduce words for how toys feel as well as playing games like peek-a-boo.
Image caption, Your baby will want to hold a soft toy, squish it and put it in their mouth. Finding out how things look and feel develops your baby's senses.
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