Babies progress rapidly from an inability to play with toys to an inexhaustible fascination with them. Jenny Benjamin shows how to keep up
Most new babies are surrounded by toys from the moment they first touch down in their hospital cots. Teddies, teethers, rattles - even wooden bricks and racing cars - all emerge from the parcels donated by fond relatives and friends. But until a baby is three or four months old, most of these delightful items are just so much window dressing. The child will take an interest in them eventually, but for the moment, they are really there to create a heart-warming backdrop for the new dramas of family life.
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