Toys for Little Movers, ages 6-9 months

What a FUN stage with littles! They are sitting up to play now, learning to crawl and then stand and cruise.....and so I have changed up the toys for this stage. I call this the "Parkour" stage--when I sit in the floor with them, they crawl all over me, over my legs as an obstacle, then pull up on me...I feel like a jungle gym! Everything is still going into their mouths right now, but they are really loving "bigger" items, things that will help them develop these gross motor skills. (Underlined products contain affiliate links --thank you for your support of Camp Granna!)

I have this Baby Einstein Dive and Discover 3 in 1 Submarine Baby Walker that at first mine just loved to sit in while I worked in the kitchen for a bit.....until they realized that they could move their feet and start exploring the hallway and move from the kitchen to the living room. We had races down the hallway and I could listen to those laughs forever:)

This Laugh and Learn 4 in 1 Table to Easel was a hit--it converts from a toy they can sit in front of and play with, to a table that they can stand to play with, and then an easel later when they can draw and paint. And the Fisher Price 2-Sided Steady Speed Walker has so many songs and sounds (they love to "drive" with the little steering wheel ) and is fun to just stand and play with, but also when they begin walking, they love to push it along.

If you're looking for a door jumper (my own kids LOVED this activity when they were little and I can still hear their squeals) , I love this Bright Starts Disney Baby Winnie the Pooh Baby Door Jumper. Super secure and safe and easy for me to clip onto the doorframe.

Baby Einstein Go Opus Go 4 in 1 Crawl and Chase, from Fisher Price, is a cute little octopus that encourages littles to "chase" him around the floor and there are different settings so they can dance as Opus calls out "move to the front" and "move to the left" , for example. At this age they just think it's fun to chase him around, but later we may use it when they are walking and dancing:)

This collection of 8 Farm Squirts bath toys from Munchkin seems like maybe not a toy for little movers, but I'll tell you how I used them: as motivation to cruise from one end of my couch to the other! I would put a few on the cushion on the end of the couch and put him at the opposite end and he loved them so much that he learned to cruise along until he reached them!

And what's a childhood without a set of these stacker rings? The classic toy that I imagine will always be a staple for infants. But rather than stack them onto the core, mine would take the rings and slide them along the floor and throw them out in front of them and then crawl to get them--SO much fun for them:)

Climbing blocks --I got this set of soft climbing blocks: Best Choice Products 4 Piece Kids Climb and Crawl Soft Foam Block Playset and we called it the "mountain", and around 8 and a half months, it became really fun to climb up the stair block and "slide" down the incline block. Again, I used a toy to motivate him to climb up, and then I showed him how to roll a ball down the slide, too, to practice the word "ball." So much fun, but I did stay close by while he learned to climb on these. I also love that they come in different color palettes--I got the white and blue ones because they were less "stimulating"-- my house already looks like a homeschool right now, so I didn't need more bright primary colors, if that makes sense?

This was also the time when I invested in the Harppa Wooden Playpen, so that there was a safe spot for my grands to play while I cleaned up after a meal, or when I ran to the bathroom, or answered the door for a delivery......and also handy when family members with dogs came to visit, so that both the baby and the toys were safe. Just remember to measure your area first, because this comes in different sizes! My daughter has this one that has mesh sides and is foldable: Babelio Foldable Baby Playpen with Mat.