The Best Gifts for Babies 0-18 months: Toys and Gifts 2023

The holidays are almost here! And gift buying for this young set depends if your buying for now or a few months ahead for we all know to well they grow pretty darn fast. So whether it’s a toy, baby skincare or book that doubles as a bath toy we have our favorite gift ideas that are worthy of making into your list for that special little in the family.

Here are 7 to check out and add to your gift list!

Luxe Bubbles: Apricot + Vanilla Gift Set, Tubby Todd

If you are looking for a luxe gift for a new mom or your favorite baby, some winter scents with this winter limited edition Apricot + Vanilla Gift Set from one of our favorite brands, Tubby Todd. The set includes an Apricot + Vanilla Hair + Body Wash, Everyday Lotion, and Bubble Bath. $78, Tubbytodd.com

Cry Babies Crawling Jenna Doll

At around 18 months, the toys start going from plushy to something a bit more interactive. While they may not be entirely ready for a complex puzzle, your baby may want something more at their speed as they head toward toddlerhood. With just a push of a button (at the back), this Cry Babies Crawling Jenna doll will crawl across the floor. So your baby can crawl along with the ‘baby’ or be encouraged to crawl. Jenna can also be given a pacifier, tickled and shake her rattle, and more. 18 months, $26.99, Target.com

I Love You, Baby – Waterproof Color Changing Magic Bath Book for Babies and Toddlers

Bath time is an excellent time to double up on reading with your little one. This compact I Love You, Baby Color Magic Bath Book from Mudpuppy will change into colors when in water, and not dull hues, bright and engaging, which is precisely the book that makes for a fun storytime -slash bath time. $8.49, Amazon.com.

Adora Potty Training Plush Set, Twinkle Star

It is never too early to get your babe in the potty frame of mind. This four-piece set includes all the plush one could want ( obviously, it is not an actual potty), such as a soft seat with three toys, such as a swirly-eyed poop, a laughing pee, and smiling toilet paper which helps to make the learning process of the potty train not so scary. &29.99, Ages 1+, adora.com.

Crawling learning time, but make it fun. This alligator toy will allow your baby to rest on top while learning gross motor skills and cognitive development by moving their arms and legs, making for fun tummy time and strength building. This is one of those toys that when we saw us editors had wish we had this when our kids were babies. Pretty genius. $90, Ages 4months +, walmart.com.

LeapFrog ABC’s & Activities Wooden Table

Toy Insider (toyinsider.com) knows their toys, and this is one of their top picks for babies. Your baby can spend hours with this activity table with the continuous learning fun it offers. There are touch-sensitive pictures, turning gears, a musical book page, and many opportunities to learn about letters, vocabulary, numbers, colors, and more. Best part maybe it will buy you some time to read, relax and sip on a latte while they play. $70, Ages 6 months +, target.com.

Bebe Fuerte Stack & Count Kettlebell Activity Toy

If your baby loves to work out with you, they will adore this soft and stackable ‘kettlebell’ toy. Not only will they learn to stack, which is an important gross motor skill, but they will get to learn the art of pretend play. $14.84, 6 months +, walmart.com.

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Super Soccer Stars

Soccer Stars is New York&rsquo;s most popular youth educational soccer program! With 24 years of experience under our cleats, we have positively impacted over one million kids in our local community by putting the FUN in FUNdamentals in our weekly classes and camps. At Soccer Stars, we use the soccer ball as a vehicle to help children not only improve their soccer skills, but develop self-confidence and physical literacy, improve gross motor skills, build teamwork, and hone socialization skills. Our highly trained coaches and early childhood experts lead an age-specific curriculum with a low kid-to-coach ratio so every child gets individual attention and can grow at their own pace. Kids ages 1-12+ can join our seasonal programs, including Parent &amp; Me, FUNdamentals, Development Training, and Travel Soccer. Join us at one of over 80 locations in neighborhoods across across Westchester County, Connecticut and New York, available 7 days-a-week: Connecticut: <ul> <li>Cos Cob</li> <li>Greenwich</li> <li>Port Chester</li> </ul> &nbsp; Westchester: <ul> <li>Briarcliff</li> <li>Eastchester</li> <li>Mt. Kisco</li> <li>New Rochelle</li> <li>Ridgefield</li> <li>Scarsdale</li> <li>White Plains</li> </ul> &nbsp; New York City: <ul> <li>Bronx</li> <li>Inwood</li> <li>Upper West Side</li> <li>Upper East Side</li> </ul> &nbsp; Can&rsquo;t find a class or location that fits your schedule? Soccer Stars also offers private classes for small groups or individual training. Let our coaches come to you with a completely customizable program, anytime, anywhere. Birthday parties are also available!&nbsp;

Gaga Madness

Gaga is the hottest new sport in NYC. We've taken the fun of GAGA and pushed it into overdrive. Energetic coaches, pumped up music, sideline commentary, gear giveaways and more. Stay active and keep fit with this new craze that's sweeping the city.

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;