In the first months of life the child develops and begins to follow the sight of large colorful objects. Often such a toy is hung over a crib, for example a mobile that is not only colorful, but also moves to music.
Some parents make a mobile on a crib with their own hands from large, bright toys and other items, others buy ready in the store. Now a very large selection of these toys, but for infants of the first year of life they are selected according to certain criteria.
The rules of choosing a toy when buying a mobile phone
The basic principles by which a child's mobile phone is chosen for a baby:
- The mobile should be easy to understand and assemble. Toys in its composition should not contain small parts and sharp corners, be easy to wash. Do not buy a mobile phone from felt or with villi, which is difficult to wash or handle disinfectant solutions.
- Toys should be multi-colored and large, with geometric shapes or patterns, including black and white or striped.
- Toys should be bright, do not merge with the ceiling or crib finish, the primary colors - red and yellow, white and black, yellow and green.
- The child should be able to look well at the shape of the toy, drawing on it, for this, the parts must be suspended so that they look good from below, if they are animals, they should not be suspended by the head, but only by the side.
- Music in the mobile should be pleasant, quiet and turn off at will of the mother.
- The mobile with the projector, which in the dark shows pictures on the ceiling, is not very suitable for a baby, he desires toys that he will consider in the afternoon. But if the structure of the mobile includes night lighting, then together with the projector they can soothe and lull the child at night.
- If you choose a mobile by the way the factory, then the mechanical is inferior to the toy on the batteries by the fact that it should often be started. He can stop at an inopportune moment, for example, when the baby falls asleep, and the plant can wake him up. Mobile battery works without a break for 15-25 minutes.
- For the convenience of the mother, you can recommend a mobile with a control panel that will turn off or turn on the toy when the baby falls asleep or wakes up, in the distance.
- In the first month of life the child still does not react to the toy, and therefore the mobile for children in the first year of life is set when he begins to follow the sight of objects - at 3 months, and most often - from the second half of the year.
- Height, which is each individual toy and the mobile phone from the child, should be at least 40 cm. Make sure to attach the mobile to the crib. Easy to use will be mobile phones with adjustable width and height of fasteners, which can be attached not only over the cradle , but also over the stroller or changing table.
Positive moments of mobile
Each toy should have a developing and positive effect on the nervous system on the child,
Mobile allows the child to constantly learn new subjects that are near him, and entertain himself, watching the movement and listening to pleasant music.
Some mobile phones can be disassembled, allowing the child to feel the object and play with it, especially after 4 months, when the baby is actively studying the surrounding objects by touch.
If the mother makes the mobile herself, then it is recommended to use materials that are pleasant to the touch for toys, but it is worth remembering that toys with a pile stuffed with cotton are difficult to wash and they collect a lot of dust.