Babies and toddlers will play with just about anything, whether it's the box a toy came in or your new water bottle. Before ...

Wave a scarf during tummy time, hand them a soft kitchen spatula to explore. You'll purchase toys, too, but it's helpful to know that you probably have many rich play materials right at home." ...

Toy subscription boxes, she said, “put the baby in a box. … It just says, ‘Here are the toys and here’s how to play with them’; it doesn’t evoke creativity, it ends the creativity.” ...