Yeaph... Princesses can have Down Syndrome too!: TOYS, TOYS, TOYS!!!

Toys can be the perfect helper when is time to help our kids to learn something, with my first daughter how is four now, we just bought tons of toys! Anything she want, anything we like (of course all mommy’s and daddy’s favorites when kids) they don’t even fit in the house! Like my husband said, we have a little fortune in toys! Like kindergarten teacher, I tend to look for educational toys, so most of them are good anyway!

Put getting to the point, with Camila, I change my strategy either reusing Laila’s toys or buying new ones, I always have a specific purpose with each toy Camila get; we always have specifics goals, and I buy the toys thinking in those specifics goals I’m working with, either sit, crawl, stand, eat solids, talk, etc.

Here is a list of some of my favorites!

FOR SITTING

leapfrog drum

This is one of my daughter’s favorites toys, and thanks to this drum Camila learn to sit, perfect size for be between the baby’s legs, lights and music, and is also a bilingual toy (Spanish and English) that in our case, being a bilingual family, is just more than perfect!

ball (22” – 25”)

try to use soft ball with bright colors, and help your baby sit hugging the ball, this position is easy when learning to sit because the ball give them support and security.

bumbo seat

vtech discovery nursery farm

This is a prize winning toy! At least with my girls! Laila’s favorite toy since she was 4 months (and she still play with her little piano like she named), and Camila’s favorite too! Is a very complete and versatile toy, lights, songs, animals, numbers, colors, and I can keep going (and no, I don’t get any commission for this haha).

FOR ROLLING AND CRAWLING

Fisher Price Baby Playzone Touch & crawls friend

This is my favorite! Complement of Camila’s godparents; the baby just have to touch the toy and this move and turn all over the place, surprising fast pretty good in carpets but even better in tile or linoleum floors (my home is 80% carpet and work just fine!), have lights and very happy songs.

vtech move and crawl ball

As the fisher price toy, this roll everywhere! But slower, giving time to the baby to get to the ball, was specially perfect when Camila was rolling or army crawling, also plays different songs and lights.

Balls

Balls are simple and always catch kids attention; is always good idea, have a few options, like sensory balls, fabric balls, hard ones, soft, heavy, light balls, homemade balls, oversize balls! Just make sure they are not choking size; I use them in so many different ways, Camila like to fallow an oversize yoga ball since she was rolling until now that she is an expert crawler, and I also use this ball for make all kind of exercises on Camila, really one of the most functional “tools” we get for our little princess. She also like to roll and fallow tiny little balls that make that have a bell inside.

earlyears toys Swirly Orb

yookidoo swap n go snail

This is another cute helping toy, as the others, this also moves and play music, and also have detachable pieces, is a pretty complete toy that you can use with different purposes.

FOR KNELLING AND STANDING

tumble forms raised rolls

I borrowed these from Camila’s teacher, and are great for different purposes unfortunately they take some space, I have them in different places on the living room, and she like to crawl over them, but before she was crawling I put camila in fourth over the roll, I help her climb over the roll, we also used like a bench she sit on the roll and plays in her activity tables; now for add complexity we put toys in each side of the roll, that she have to grave and put over her table.

Basic Play Set by Childrens Factory

I Love this toy! Great for introduce the stairs, which is always a good idea to teach specially if you have stairs in home, even if you "always" close the gate; plus climbing is always good for strength and the little slide will help the abdominal muscles.

vtech sit to stand walker

Like most of the vtech toys, very complete and entreterning learning toy.

chicco flip n play table

Zany Zoo Wooden Activity Cube

This toys help Camila to get on her knees, and specially the zany zoo, help her to stand.

Furniture

She is starting to cruise in the sofa, tables, chairs, and this is something that you already have in home! Encourage your baby to do it and help her. Stairs area other great tool.

Empty box of dippers
Blanket

I sit Camila inside the dipper box and I pulled with a scarf all around the house, she have so much fun! And in the same time she (fortaleze) her abdominal muscles. Now that the box of dippers isn’t that challenging any more; I changed for a blanket (occupational therapist suggestion, we sit Camila in the blanket and pull her everywhere.

FINE MOTOR TOYS

lamaze soft shape sorter

playskool toys busy poppin pals toy

Fisher Price Little Superstar Classical Stacker

sassy stacking cups

stacking cubes

early years toys stacking activity cubes

vtech count and learn school bus

Jumbo rope with wooden rings

OTHER GREAT TOYS

Bubbles

Bubbles are multiuse, the perfect incentive!

vtech record and learn photo album

This toy is wonderful! We put pictures of Camila, Laila, mom and dad, grandma and grandpa one of us in each page and we record our names or however we want her to call us, we also put a family picture as well; each time she turn the pages she can hear our names, in my case she ear mama, mama, mama; and she can press a button if she want to hear us again or just turn the page, it also have other activities, like songs, numbers and colors. Now that Camila know us we are thinking in put pictures of parts of her body, you can also use it with colors, shapes, animals, commun objects, etc! Practically you can put pictures and record anything you want your baby learn.