Day 510 - New Developmental Toys Have Arrived

Tuesday, May 24th, 2022

Mom had ordered James three new developmental toys from Amazon courtesy of all of the lovely Amazon registry donations. ❤️

There is a very expensive monthly subscription that gets advertised to every new mom on every social media platform. They play off of mom guilt that you need to have this $120 monthly subscription to have the perfect toys in order for your baby to develop. "Lovevery" is outrageously priced, but the good news is that there are very similar toys on Amazon! The important part is understanding what is the toy trying to get accomplished and then you can get any toy that does that same task!

James is currently inspecting, exploring, and destroying! He is practicing nesting and stacking, learning about object permanence, learning fun lessons in cause and effect, building his fine motor skills, practicing two-handed coordination, building finger strength and dexterity. The idea is that we are promoting speech development and laying the foundation for memory development. You have to show them how the toys work, what they're supposed to do, and then let them figure it out. But you have to be there supporting them, a subscription service without the parent is just worthless.


P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like. Mom and Dad read these email to James as they come in. We all love them! JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com



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