New Mom Must-Haves Baby Gear Slideshow

For playtime fun, check out Manhattan Toy’s Find the Frog Activity Book, $15, a colorful, soft first book with simple phrases you can read together, manhattantoy.com.

Soft stacking toys, like Haba’s Wonder Dice fabric blocks, $29, encourage building, while each block offers a fun surprise, such as varied textures, mirrored surfaces, crinkles and jingles, maukilo.com.