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Is it too early to think about learning toys for my baby?

Now that I am on the process of getting all the basics for my baby, one of the things I haven’t been thinking much about is the educational/learning aspect of a newborn. I guess this is normal, since for now I am focusing on getting the essentials and without nappies and wipes and it I can hardly think about anything else.

Nevertheless, children start learning since the moment they are born and, in their first months of life, they’ll absorb an incredible amount of information which will help them to interpret the environment around and guide their first steps in this world.

That is why I realized it’s so important to start thinking about learning toys for the baby that can somehow reinforce and facilitate their learning curve. After all, playing with baby learning toys is going to be absolutely crucial for my child development as it will determine how good and how fast the hand-eye coordination will evolve, and how the motor and visual skills will progress. And while it’s important to make sure that the baby is learning and growing, that can only be fully achieved if he or she is having fun at the same time while playing with the toys.

Paediatricians usually recommend parents to talk, sing and play as much as possible with their babies, saying that these basic activities will help them to develop the vocabulary and understand how to communicate, while helping the baby to build self-confidence and get emotional bonding with the parents. But they also emphasize that babies start developing speech, reading and thinking since they’re born.

The experts also say that in their first month’s babies and infants are better stimulated with toys which appeal more to their sight, hearing and touch. Recommend learning toys for newborn babies are balls, bath toys, soft books, plastic and robber toys with coloured pictures, etc… Later, when a baby is between 6 months and 1 year, mobiles and rattles should be placed around so that they can start picking things and develop their hand skills. After one year, the key of the game is really to stimulate the baby’s senses and curiosity with puzzles and games, musical instruments, educational games, and so on.