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