| What is your main consideration when you are | | | | the baby becomes a toddler. Select an activity center |
| searching for gifts for a newborn baby or an | | | | that allows you to add your own material toys and to |
| infantWhen we are hunting for gift ideas for babies | | | | add on to it. Activity centers and gyms encourage the |
| and infants, one of the main consideration is to get a | | | | development of baby's motor reflexes and |
| gift that can stimulate the baby's development of the | | | | coordination,3. Mirrors- Get a plastic mirror for safety, |
| brain or his co-ordination of reflexes, and thus help him | | | | and not glass mirror. Your baby will be greatly |
| in the development of his 5 senses as a baby.Here | | | | entertained to see his own image, and his own |
| are some ideas that are helpful:1. Give the baby a gift | | | | movements.4. Books - When choosing books for |
| of "mobiles". Mobiles refers to those toys that you can | | | | babies and infants, choose those that have simple |
| dangle or hang from the ceiling or attached to a cot. | | | | pictures with very little or even no words. If you are |
| There are two predominant choice of colors for these | | | | making your own books, you can make a book of |
| mobile toys. You can either choose a combination of | | | | your family tree or with photographs of the brother or |
| colors to stimulate the brain or you can decide on a | | | | sister or the aunt or uncle who lives far away or |
| black and white theme which has been found to | | | | overseas. You can provide information on them when |
| provide opportunities for the baby to learn how to | | | | talking to your baby and showing him the |
| contrast shapes. Adding some ribbons that move | | | | photographs.You can also make a texture book. A |
| when blown by the wind is also an excellent idea, and | | | | texture book will contain cut ups of different materials |
| will look colorful and inviting to the baby. It is important | | | | that can be kept in a scrapbook for your baby to feel |
| that the mobile be out of reach of the baby though.2. | | | | and learn the different textures and shapes.Give gifts |
| Provide an activity center or activity gym for the baby | | | | that are useful and enjoy the laughter of the babies |
| during floor time. Activity centers do cost money but | | | | when they play with those gifts!Peter Lim is a Certified |
| they can be used for a longer period of time and until | | | | Financial Planner and webmaster. |