In the first year there are some key baby toys that are guaranteed to delight little babies and help them to learn as well as entertain and amuse them.  A growing trend is for toys that combine a series of activities to stimulate a baby’s development.  They will include features that appeal to a baby’s developing senses.  Textures, colours, shapes and sounds are all intensely interesting to a curious baby explorer.  Here are some ideas for the types of activity baby toys available.

Activity tables will be appropriate to babies as they head into their ninth month.  At this stage they are becoming very curious about the world as they develop their ability to move and crawl, climb and stand up.  All things that they find of interest will be tasted, banged, thrown and felt.  An activity table will entertain a baby for long periods of time which will be greatly appreciated by many busy mums.  Musical baby toys play songs, have flashing lights, new sounds and different textures to explore.

From birth onwards, activity mats and play gyms will be a favourite place of exploration and fun for new babies.  From birth a baby can be lay down on its back to look at dangling toys and shapes or propped up on his tummy to develop important back muscles.  As the baby gets older they will start to reach out and grasp toys and feel the different textures.  Some play music and make sounds in response to touch and kicking.

At Born Gifted you will find a wide variety of activity baby toys to choose from.

There are so many baby toys available these days it can seem an overwhelming task to choose baby gifts that will be loved and cherished by the baby and its parents.  As a first step think about the age of the baby as all good quality toys will have a recommended age range.  This will help you to narrow down the field of choice.  If there still seems a lot to choose from, and here are more ideas for baby toys that are firm favourites in the first year.

Rattles are an all time classic and a baby can never have enough rattles!  They combine to important functions – shaking and creating noise and also providing a much needed teething ring for aching gums.  Babies are automatically drawn to the bright colours and wonderful noises that rattles make.  They will enjoy the fact that through their own movements they make the rattle make a noise.  Babies explore with their mouths so choose rattles that can be easily chewed.  You can even get varieties that can be cooled in the fridge to soothe sore gums, acting as multi-functional baby toys.

As babies grow, parents try desperately to remember old nursery rhymes and songs to sing to their little ones.  It is an important part of baby’s development and helps even at this early stage for babies to learn how to communicate.  Baby CDs provide lots of ideas for songs and rhymes to delight and entertain babies.  You can also get some wonderful lullaby CDs to help soothe a baby into slumber.

Born Gifted has baby toys to suit all occasions and stages in development.

When buying baby toys for the first year of a baby’s development, there is now a dizzying array of toys to choose from.  It can be quite a daunting task to choose something that will be appreciated and loved by both the baby and its parents.  So often baby toys can be ignored by babies and it is often the simpler more traditional ideas that capture their imaginations.

An old favourite that will always be a winner is stackable rings.  These toys can be found in many guises but have been a firm favourite with children for decades.  It is brilliant for developing expert hand-eye coordination in babies as they learn to take the rings off and put them back on the stack.  Initially, a baby may simply love to hold and chew the rings.  Some designs will have different textures for the baby to explore and rattles and noises to delight baby ears.  It will also teach the baby to notice colours and different sizes.

Musical toys are always a big hit with babies.  They will delight in pressing buttons that make noises and play music.  Lullabies will soothe and entertain babies and many musical toys also have motion features.  You can choose toys with the aim of lulling a baby to sleep with gentle music or ocean noises, for example.

Alternatively, you may choose baby toys to stimulate and excite a baby’s rapidly developing mind.

At Born Gifted we specialise in beautiful baby toys.