Baby toys for curious little ones
Baby toys are all about stimulating your child’s natural curiosity. Babies are born curious and eager to explore and discover. That’s worth keeping in mind when choosing things like light-up toys, sound toys, or activity books for your baby. Great baby toys for the very youngest are simple and easy on the eyes, with clear shapes and strong contrasts, often black and white or a few bright colours. A newborn’s vision isn’t ready for visually complex toys just yet. In the beginning, their tiny eyes mostly see shadows. During the first months, it’s best to stick to high-contrast colours, and then gradually introduce more colours and patterns.
Above, you’ll find a selection of our most popular toys and activity books for babies. You’ll find even more baby toys in our Toys 0-1 Years category.
When is my baby ready for baby toys?
In the first couple of months after birth, your baby has plenty to focus on—mainly getting to know you and the world around them. But a couple of months in, toys with sound and movement start to catch their attention. From around 3 months, your baby is ready for baby toys that rattle, jingle, and crinkle.
What can my baby learn from toys with lights and sounds?
Baby toys with lights and sounds aren’t essential for your child’s development. But fun rattling noises, buttons that make sounds, or toys that light up when your baby interacts with them spark your little one's curiosity and invite them to explore and discover cause and effect.
If I press this button, does it make a sound? Yes, it does. What about this one? Yes, but that's a different sound. Aha! So if I press it again and again, does it make the same sound? Yup. Yay! The world is starting to make sense.
Entertaining baby toys with lights, sounds, or movement are great if you have a baby who thinks neck exercises are highly overrated. Bath toys can help your baby get used to the strange, and maybe slightly scary, experience of being plopped into a tub of water. Toys that light up and make sounds are a brilliant way to encourage your baby to reach, grab, and develop depth perception through play.