How To Choose Infant Rattle
Infant rattle is an inexpesive infant educational toys which has so many benefit. Therefore, this is a toy worth purchasing.
But how can you choose an ideal baby rattle ?
Choosing an ideal newborn rattle
Newborn do not have capabilities to grab and move the rattle by themselves. Therefore, they need another type of rattle designed specifically for very young babies which are called wrist rattles and boot rattles. These are soft rattles which go around a baby's wrist or ankle, respectively. Rattles like these allow your baby to control the production of the sound. Your baby will definitely be amused by the sound she produces as a result of her movement.
Choosing an ideal infant rattle
If you want to buy infant rattle which can be 'clutched', We suggest you to get the ones which are:
- bright
- soft, and
- having different kind of textures
This way, you can have a benefit of stimulating three senses (sound, sight, and touch/feel) at once. Being soft offers another advantage in that it can be used as a teething device and it won't hurt if your baby bangs it on her head.
Infant rattle can be made from either plastic or wood. Many moms like wooden baby rattle because they are made from natural resources, do not contain chemicals and are pleasing. However, many wooden baby rattle contains only single texture (i.e. wood) and are less attractive compared to the plastic baby rattle. While most plastic infant rattles are made from soft plastic only, there is also a minority of plastic infant rattles which have fabrics incorporated in them. Therefore, in addition to have a 'jingling' sound, they are attractive, soft, bright and have different textures.
We recommend ...
For newborn, we recommend you to buy wrist and boot rattles, in addition to ordinary infant rattle (the one which can be grabbed).
You can easily find wrist and boot rattles in any toy store. But, we particularly like the ones manufactured by Lamaze.
You can buy these rattles from our favorite online toy store, Genius Babies. This store carries a good selection of quality educational baby toys which can be hard to find locally and may delight you as a parent. They are competitively priced and they have good customer service.
The other newborn rattle which we recommend is Soft Safari Infant Rattle from Lamaze. This rattle literally has what we want from a baby rattle. It's light, bright, soft, has different textures (plastic and fabrics), and gives jingling sound like other rattles. The only thing which it can't be used for is as a teether. You can buy this also from Genius Babies.
And finally, as your child gets older (4-5 months), we recommend the one called Clutch the Cube by Lamaze. This is soft and brightly-colored cube which has different textures and sound. It also have attachments for babies to hold. This rattle will definitely provide your baby with a multi-sensory stimulation. However, this baby rattle is rather big compared to other rattles. Therefore, it is best suited for an older infant (4 months onwards). Again, this can be bought from Genius Babies or other vendors.
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