A basket within reach
Touch is on Pathways' list for these months too, and the suggestion stays plain: different textured toys to play with. Setting a few of them out within reach, rather than handing them over one at a time, leaves the order, the pace and the ending to their hands instead of yours.
🧺 You need
- 3–4 textured things in a shallow basket — a knitted square, a folded flannel, a silicone trivet, a chunky board book
🛡️ Assume every single thing in the basket goes in the mouth: nothing that fits through a toilet-roll tube, and nothing with buttons, ribbons, loose threads or stitched-on parts that could come off. Sitting still topples sideways without a sound, so keep cushions behind and beside them and stay within arm's reach — on the floor, never on a bed, sofa or any raised surface. The fabrics go back in the drawer when you stop; loose cloth left with a baby is not a toy.
Source: Pathways — Sensory Development Activities for 7-9 Month Old Babies
🩺 Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice — for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.
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