When we think of babies, we often think of infants who don’t really have the coordination to play with toys.  There are a several great toys to entertain your infant right up until she’s about a year or so old. Rattles are probably the number one toy to introduce to your baby.  She will be mesmerized by the sound a rattle makes.

Babies have an automatic reflex to grasp anything that comes into contact with their fingers or palm of their hands.  Soft toys, like rag dolls, and floppy stuffed animals are easy for them to grasp and hang onto. Be sure to purchase those that do not have any loose parts because these toys will find their way into her mouth and you do not want to create a choking hazard.

Little Superstar Sing-Along Stage

As well, those popular rattles should be constructed of one solid piece.  Tracking toys, such as crib mobiles are great for holding your baby’s interest.  Many of them are made with bright colors, but large black and white patterns present the highest possible contrast to the eye and thus are the most visible and attractive to babies.  So mix it up.   Use bright colored objects as well as high contrast objects.

As your infant gets older and is sitting up and reaching for things, you can introduce activity toys. Fisher Price makes quite a few of these activity toys.  Select from stackable toys, push and pull toys that make noises when rolled and learning centers such as the Little Superstar Sing-Along Stage.

So you’ve got a baby in the house now and you want to keep him entertained while he’s in his crib.  Before suggesting the top crib toys for babies, you should take a couple of things into consideration. The age of your baby and the safety of the toy that you will choose to place in your child’s crib.

Safety precautions should be a no brainer. Any toy that you place in the crib should be free of loose parts that could find their way into the mouth of a baby.  As your baby becomes mobile you also want to make sure that those toys that are hard are fastened tightly to the crib so as to avoid possible injury if it should fall over on the child.

Ocean Wonders Aquarium

With that said, for very young infants, those crib toys that play music and display moving colorful images will provide your young one with many moments of awe and wonder.  As their eyes become better focused and they begin to notice motion further away, these types of crib toys are some of the best. The Ocean Wonders Aquarium is one such toy that is suitable for a baby from birth.

For the baby that is a bit older, who gets bored easily, and is somewhat mobile in the crib, activity centers are great crib toys.  Not only will they provide entertainment, they are designed to educate in a visual way.  Your baby will learn up and down and side to side.  He will learn a little problem solving with those activities that require interaction to hear sounds. The Fisher-Price Activity Center is an excellent crib toy to keep your baby occupied.