Best toys for 9 month old baby

9 month old babies are just starting to move around, possible crawling of shuffling. Therefore some of the best toys for a 9 month old baby are ones that will encourage them to move such as crawl balls.

9 month old babies also love "noisy" toys which use simple language, nursery rhymes and other sounds to start encouraging baby to make noise and work towards saying their first words.

Toys that teach cause and effect are also good. There are lots of toys available for this group where something happens when they press a button or do another action. Activity tables, musical keyboard, baby laptops and other such toys are fascinating for this age group.

Read on to discover the specific examples of the best toys for 9 month old baby.

The colorfun ball by Gund is a great ball for 9 month old babies. It's very colorful to attract baby's attention and it makes a chiming sound when it rolls. 9 month old babies will love rolling it, throwing it and just put it out of their reach so they have to think about how to move to get it. It's soft so they will probably love to chew on it as well!

There are many toys which have huge educational value for 9 month old babies. Here is a list of some good ones.

• Activity tables such as the Leapfrog Learn and Groove table below
• Stacking toys - great for teaching counting, colors, about building, knocking down and hones fine motor skills.

Read on for more details.

This is such a great toy as it will be one they are still using until the are at least 2 and 1/2. The leapfrog activity table has lots of different learning activities for your child from a baby to toddler. At 9 months they will learn to press the buttons and listen to over 40 songs while they are learning. At this age the activity centre can just be laid on the floor.The table also has legs which you can put on it and contoured grips which they can use to pull themselves up and help them learn how to stand. At this age their little hands will reach to touch and explore all the things to spin, pull, push, roll, slide, open and close. Highly recommended.

Shopping from the UK? Check out the LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table for £22.49 on amazon.co.uk

 Sometimes the toys without the flashing lights and noise are the ones which keep 9 month old babies entertained the longest and I think this is very true of this set of nest and stack buckets. They seem so simple but this toy provides so many activities.

Babies of 9 months will develop their motor skills by picking up and handling the cups, knocking them together and knocking down towers (again teaching cause and effect). They are great toys for using in the bath, filling them up with water, letting them sink, pouring the water out etc. There are holes in the bottom of some of  these cups so baby will love watching the water come out of the bottom.

As their handling skills get better babies will love nesting the cups and then trying to stack them. It won't be long before they are building their own towers to knock down. My son is now 2 1/2 and he still builds towers with his stacking cups.

They are great for teaching colors. This set also comes with shapes to talk about too. The buckets are also a great toy for taking out and about as you can just nest the cups together and pop them in your bag.

Every baby should have a set of stacking/nesting cups/buckets. Highly recommended.

Stacking Toys are very popular with 9 month old babies. You can tell because there are so many stacking toys available with different variations. Check some more out below. 

Baby Einstein TakeAlong Tunes is a great toy to teach about cause and effect and develop an appreciation for music and to keep babies entertainted when you're out and about.

It's like an MP3 player for babies. It's easy for 9 month old babies to handle and hold. It has big chunky buttons that baby can press, will play the music and teach them about cause and effect. It plays baby versions of classical music including Mozart, Vivaldi, Chopin and Rossini.

it's small and lightweight so can just be popped in a bag ready to entertain baby at friend's houses or restaurant. It also makes a great travel toy to keep babies occupied and entertained on long journeys.

Shopping from the UK? Check out Baby Einstein - Take Along Tunes on amazon.co.uk

Baby Einstein do some great musical toys which are great for 9 month old babies. 

The Baby Einstein take along tunes is a bestselling toy on amazon.com. Babies will love pushing the buttons and hearing the classical tunes and watching the toy lights up. The best thing about this toy is its perfect for taking out and about (friends houses, the car, restaurants). Throw it in your bag to keep babies entertained anywhere. It has a easy to grip handle for babies to hold and pressing the chunky buttons teaches cause and effect. 

The Baby Einstein Count and Compose piano is another top toy. Again it attracts babies attention with colorful lights and encourages musical appreciation with classical melodies. Also introduces numbers from 1 to 5.