MON AMI Snowman Cupcake Baby Chime Toy by

A snowman shaped like a cupcake sounds like a mistake until you see one, and then it is the only snowman you want. This is a baby chime toy from Mon Ami, which is a useful thing to know, because it means the object was designed to be gripped, turned, and worked at by very small hands rather than set on a shelf and admired from a distance.

That is the argument for it over the usual snowman toy. Most are built as standing figures, wide at the base and detailed at the top, which is a shape made for a mantel. A cupcake silhouette is a different proposition, and the chime gives a baby a reason to keep going. It is a natural baby christmas gift and a good one to reach for in the stocking, and nothing about a chime toy stops being interesting in January, so it does not get retired with the decorations. For dimensions and materials, please see the product packaging.

When can a baby hold a rattle? Most babies begin to grasp and hold a lightweight rattle or chime toy at around three to four months, once they can close a hand around an object and bring it toward the midline. Before that stage they will still turn toward the sound and reach for it, so caregivers typically shake the toy for them.