Best Baby Toys
It’s so exciting introducing babies to the wonderful world of toys. That’s why those first special purchases have to be made really carefully.
As our understanding of how babies develop improves, baby toys are getting more and more clever, and choosing one is getting more and more difficult. We’ve had a good look at what’s out there, and narrowed it down to what we believe may be the best eight.
In alphabetical order, our pick of the best baby toys is as follows…
Blanket Teether Bunny
Rainbow Designs
This adorable rabbit has teethers for hands and squeaky feet with rattles attached to them. His body is a slippery soft blanket, divided up into sections with different patterns to attract and stimulate a baby.
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Coconut Tree Mirror
Manhattan Toy
Babies are narcissistic little creatures who just love to gaze upon their own beautiful reflections. If they become tired of that absorbing activity, this soft toy has other interesting features surrounding it, such as ribbon tags and a ring pull that makes it jiggle.
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Light and Sounds Walker
Early Learning Centre
A winner in the ToyTalk Awards 2011, this delightful walker packs in a huge array of stimulating features, including rotating cogs, turnable pages and piano keys. The activity ring section can also be removed from the walking frame.
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Newborn Gym
TAF Toys
Rather than just being a mat, the sides of this baby gym can fold up to make it more like a nest. Bright coloured panels and black and white contrasting patterns are designed to stimulate your baby, as are the toys and musical ball, and the fabric is soft and comfortable.
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Peter Rabbit Musical Mobile
Rainbow Designs
Lots of baby toys now feature bright colours and high contrast, and that’s great when you want to stimulate your baby. The last thing you want to do is stimulate them at bedtime, though, and that’s why we love the soft pastel colours of the familiar classic Peter Rabbit mobile, which plays Mozart to lull your baby off to sleep.
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Space Symphony Motion Gym
Lamaze
This very clever baby gym has a battery operated device that makes the arches sway and toys jiggle around all on their own while two different types of music play, depending on the mood you want to create. Packed with Lamaze’s typical soft fabrics, bright colours and other developmental features such as squeakers and rattles.
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Trotter the Pony
Lamaze
Like so many of the toys from baby specialists Lamaze, Trotter the Pony is made from bright fabrics in contrasting colours and is packed with developmental features such as ribbon tags and crinkly bits. He also has an electronic trotting noise when you pull his foot.
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WhooHoo
Manhattan Toy
Here’s a baby toy that will make you say ‘Whoo Hoo’. Partly because that’s his name, and partly because the happy little guy is the kind of mixture of rattles, teethers and soft snuggly fabric that your baby will love. He joins other popular toys such as Whoozit and Whatzat in the range.
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