Co-Sleeper: Co-sleeper is another baby furniture gift registry item which is favorite of every mother. It allows mothers to hold baby close to them when sleeping, or feeding them. They are built in such a way that baby is at close proximity to them and there is a small partition which joins mama-papa’s bed with baby’s bed.

Night stands: Night stands are baby’s shelf. Here you can put all your baby’s daily products like clothes, bottles and diapers. When choosing a night stand or a baby dresser from baby gift registry, make sure that color of night stand intermingles with color of room and is also close to its bed and changing table.

Baby crib: This is one of best buys in baby furniture gift registry. Since baby crib is an ideal bed for baby to sleep comfortably till it is about 2 yrs old, you have to see that crib which you choose is best one for your baby. The crib has to be strong and durable, from a reputed company. It should be free from rough edges or unnecessary protrusions. The cribs could be standard ones with single or double sided openings, or ones which look cradles (having a rocking motion to put it to sleep comfortably). The cribs which are on expensive sides are convertible ones and theme oriented metal built canopy cribs, with beautiful fabric. For example, you could have a canopy crib which could look like a baby princess bed.

So while choosing baby furniture from baby gift registry, choose one which is safe, secure and easy on baby.

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But wait, research has also shown that newborn can only focus their eyes on objects between 8-12 inches away from them. Therefore, try to stay within that boundary when you interact with your baby.

Beyond newborn.

Around 2 months, your baby will be able to move from highly contrasting colors to bright bold colors. Your baby will also enjoy faces and is ready to see a moving object in addition to stationary one.

Here are some activities to try:

- Activity with play gym or baby mobiles: place your baby on her back and put play gym or baby mobile on her. Move toys like a pendulum. - Activity with rattle or other objects: move baby rattle from left to right, or up and down. - Mirror: show your baby her face. Enhance this activity by pointing her facial features and talk about them.

When your baby’s around 5 months, train your baby’s eyes to focus even more.

These following exercises will assist your baby to develop concentration and enhance curiousity . - Play peekaboo with your baby. - Play with a yo yo and encourage your baby to see yo yo movement. - Dribble or throw a ball. Encourage your baby to follow ball's movement. . - Follow-a-spool activity: roll a spool of thread towards your baby and then move it to opposite direction (i.e. farther from her). Let your baby's eyes follow movement. - Put a little ball or marble inside a big bowl. Tilt bowl and move it around, so that ball moves around bowl. Show this to your baby and let your baby's eyes follow movement. - Play a simple hide and seek game with your baby.

If your baby has been properly visually stimulated, by 8 months, your baby should have completed her visual development and has a good vision.