These resources are brought to you by the Cooperative Extension System and your Local Institution

Parenting Home

Have a question? Try asking one of our Experts

Print Share/Bookmark

First Toys Are Rattles and Feely Toys

Last Updated: September 26, 2008

View as web page


Parenting Tips for Your 3 Month Old Baby

Rattles

Have three or four rattles available. A baby will play with rattles for about the next three months. See the safe playthings section for tips for picking safe rattles.

Feely Toys

Find safe, clean objects that are square, round, hard, soft, fuzzy, long, and short. Show them one at a time to your baby. Let her examine them with her hands and mouth.

Batting Practice

Your baby waves her arms and legs and enjoys batting at objects. She likes brightly colored, different-textured, lightweight objects. Use a cradle gym to help your baby practice these skills. Be sure objects are safe. Before you know it, this random batting will turn into reaching, then grasping, and then putting the objects into his mouth.


Learn more about Your 3 Month Old Baby from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.


Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

Browse related Articles by tag: parenting, 3 month old child


Have a specific question? Try asking one of our Experts

Unlike most other resources on the web, we have experts from Universities around the country ready to answer your questions.