Babies love to be with you, observe you and at times imitate you. They are just so fascinated with you, what all you can do and what all is around them. And hence you might have spotted them being more fascinated by household things, they would grab it and then explore them in their own ways. Some tips to use your household items as baby toys: Tap your doors and say, “Knock Knock who's there?” Encourage your baby to repeat Shake bottle with beans filled inside them, they would love the sound and would want to keep trying it out Take your baby in your lap and switch on and off lights, you would love their surprised reaction to see their own actions have caused change around them Take a spoon and pot from the kitchen and use them as your musical instruments :) Use various textured fabrics to have your own sensory play Embrace the mess, let them squish that banana or avocado. These textures will help them to try more foods with various textures. Let them help you when you are watering your plants.