Baby Gift Guide: Late Infancy (10-12 Months)

As babies approach their first birthday, they are more mobile and beginning to develop more advanced motor and social skills. Toys should help them practice walking, language, and social interactions.

1. Push Toys: Push walkers or carts that help babies practice walking. They offer support as the baby gains confidence in taking steps.
2. Interactive Learning Toys: Toys that respond to touch or voice, such as buttons that produce sounds or lights, help encourage cause-and-effect learning.
3. Board Books: Books with simple, large pictures and basic words that can be used for early language development.

4. Nesting Toys: Toys with pieces that fit inside one another, such as nesting cups, help develop spatial awareness and fine motor skills.

5. Play Kitchen or Toy Phone: Pretend-play toys, like a toy phone or small kitchen set, encourage early social interaction and language development as the baby begins imitating adults.