Best Toys for 0-6mo

Lamaze Freddie the Firefly

You are never too little for toys! At least as long as they're age appropriate. When searching for toys for the 0-6mo range, there are a few things to keep in mind. At this age the most fascinating things to a baby are human faces - babies are the best at staring contests. They also like big, bold, contrasting patterns in black, white, and red at first, but after a few months they will prefer bright colors. The fan is mesmerizing, and they can spend hours staring at light fixtures. Your house is already filled with baby fun, but a few (not fifty) toys are nice to have. Also, do not forget to read to your baby! Babies love to hear your voice, and they are too little to care whether what you read is a baby book, the sports section, or People magazine. 

Here is my list of the best toys for 0-6mo:

• Links and Link-able Toys: links can hold other toys, act as teethers, and are rattles. Bright Starts Lots of Links, Freddie the Firefly, Jacques the Peacock, and My Friend Emily, are just a few that I really love.
• Car Seat Toys: meant to keep baby occupied while you can't reach them. For safety reasons, car seat toys should be soft and attach well to the seat. Sassy Go Go Bugs
• Activity Gym: a colorful mat with arches over it, dangling, often detachable, toys enticingly over baby. Double as tummy time mats. Fisher Price Rainforest, Tiny Love Move and Play, Lamaze Motion Gym
• Mobile:
• Crib, wall, or ceiling mounted. Some have wind ups, some have buttons and remote controls, and some simply sway in the breeze.
• Mobiles are great to hang over cribs to soothe baby to sleep, or for playtime 
• Stimulating mobiles can save your diaper changes when hung over changing table 
• Many nursery sets come with matching mobiles. These are usually wind ups, and many are not visually stimulating for baby 
• Mobiles should be taken down once baby can sit up
• Fisher Price Precious Planet, Wimmer-Ferguson Infant Stim, Goki Dragons, Flensted Sheep. 
• Soft Rattles: Many rattles are made of hard plastic, which makes no sense for the 0-6mo range. Save hard rattles for when baby is less likely to hit themselves in the eye with it. Lamaze Flip-Flop, Lamaze Panda.
• Mirror: Babies love to look in mirrors, just get one that can't break. Sassy Crib and Floor Mirror.