He is beginning to learn the meaning of a few of your simple words, like bye, bye or no . Loud noises and heights scare baby and baby gets upset when you leave. Baby is babbling more and more. Now is a good time to start sharing books with her. She is interested in turning pages and having you name the things on the page.
Pages tear easily so cloth or hard cardboard books are best.
Give her some old pots, pans, and a wooden spoon for playing with and banging on. Cut a large hole in the top of a shoe box or cardboard box. Let her drop a toy in and find it by looking for the toy in the box. Take an old photo album or scrapbook that has plastic covered pages. Place a picture inside each page and close.