Bright Starts, 5-in-1 Your Way Ball Play Activity Gym and Ball Pit with 40 Balls - Totally Tropical, Play Gym with 20+ Minutes of Lights and Music, 7 Detachable Activity Toys, Ages Newborn +

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From the finding the best baby thermometer to the most engaging bath toys to keep them occupied in the tub, picking the right products for your baby can be tricky, and that includes selecting the right play mat. To start with, it was just somewhere to put her, but from about two weeks she'd quite happily stare at herself in the mirror for five or 10 minutes - just long enough for me to grab lunch . The Red Kite Baby Peppermint Trail Play Gym comes with five colourful toys with sensory features that clip to the overhead arches to engage your baby and encourage them to develop their motor skills by reaching for them. Other factors to consider when browsing baby play gyms include whether they will continue to provide amusement and excitement as your little one develops. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that playtime should begin on the first day a newborn comes home from the hospital.

Not only are they super cute and in keeping with the overall aesthetic of the gym, but they also allow for plenty of sensory play too. The toys will help them stay busy while increasing their understanding of the world around them and their place in it. There are plenty of features that will keep your child entertained for hours whilst developing their developmental skills simultaneously. There is one consistent moan here, and it's that the surface area of the activity centre is quite small once the piano and overhead arches have been added in.Now you can bring the joy of a ball pit right to your living room without exposing your little one to all the germs that are present in a public ball pit (oh, the horror stories you've heard! It is designed by a Mumsnet user trusted brand, and it comes with four ways to play: lay and play, tummy time, sit and play and take along. As a gym combining a piano and five hanging toys, it promises a genuine workout for your baby, accompanied by a musical accompaniment that is self-generated by their kicking feet against the keyboard’s keys – perfect for budding musicians. But the consensus is that, while this is a gym that really captures the imagination of newborns, there’s enough interest here to keep the baby coming back for more for at least six months.

It is possible to adjust the baby mat in the upward or downward direction for the creation of the walls. We love that this can be used as a play mat when laid flat, and then the edges can be folded up to create a ball pit for your little one. It also features an easy carry storage case for portability and comes with seven take-along toys that include an elephant music player, crinkle toy, mirror, flashcards, hanging leaf toy and bead rattle. Knowing what characteristics are the most educational and entertaining might make it easier to make the best selection.Look for activity gyms with a good balance of interactive features, with space to add to or change it up. Although learning how to play independently is valuable, babies under a year old should never be left completely alone while playing.

At the first signs of your baby becoming mobile, you can close one side of the gym to create a crawl tunnel.With its 3-in-1 design, your baby can grasp, bat and tug the toys, whilst its light-up toy bar teaches your child songs and words in English, Spanish and French. While this playtime only needs to last for three to five minutes for newborns, this amount should increase gradually until a little one spends about an hour per day enjoying time playing on their tummy.