Guide to Get The Most Out Of
Your Baby Rattle

Nevertheless, this infant toy can be used as source of sound, sight and touch stimulation for your newborn.

Maximising the use of infant rattle

Sight stimulation - To stimulate the sight, move the rattle slowly in front of your baby. She will try to focus on it and you will find that she will move her head according to the direction the rattle moves.

Tactile stimulation -If the infant rattle has different textures, you can let the baby feels it. When she's older, she may be interested in using mouth to explore it.

Hearing stimulation - You can stimulate your baby's hearing by placing the newborn rattle at different places. A newborn may respond by blinking, but by two months they should start searching for the sound.

If you can, get a couple of baby rattles with different sounds, and see which one your baby likes best. The plastic kinds usually have little beads in it, while the wooden ones have parts that can clap together. Many manufacturers also have infant rattles made of fabric with bells in it, so they are soft at the outside.

Motor stimulation

As your baby gets older, she will be able to grab and hold the rattles, and quickly realizes that she can produce a sound as she moves the rattle. For this stage, choose the baby rattle which are soft, so that it won't hurt if your baby bangs it on her head. You can get the one made of fabric or certain type of plastic.

Infant rattles are one of the most inexpensive educational toys around. Yet they can be used in several different ways and provide a much needed stimulation for your baby. Therefore, baby rattle is one of the infant toys you should consider purchasing.

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