There are lot of soft toys around for babies, but these two from Tomy are a bit special.
First let’s talk about the Lamaze Grab & Hide Ball. This is great for the active baby who’s really keen to explore his environment but is still young enough to need something soft. This toy has different levels of interest. It’s quite big and makes a great ball for the crawling baby to push along, and it tinkles as it rolls. The individual struts of the ball allow Baby to grab hold easily too. Each strut is covered in different coloured and patterned fabrics, of differing textures too for added stimulation.
But that’s not all – definitely not. The small lion face and elephant are attached to each other from within the ball, so if you pull on one, the other disappears into the ball, and vice versa. Great for exploring Piaget’s ‘Object Permanence’ (when babies realise (around 8-9 months old`) that even though something is hidden, it’s still there. Sorry, I’m getting carried away, but this ball actually covers a wide number of developmental milestones – vision, hearing, fine touch and gross motor skills. In fact it would be a very useful toy for any professional who performs developmental assessments.
But let’s not take the fun away – it’s fundamentally a really pleasing, stimulating toy for your baby to play with.
Recommended from six months old upwards.
RSP £24.99 Stockists include; Argos, Amazon, Hamleys and Entertainer , but hunt around – there are some great offers out there.
And how about Super Soft Molong? Probably the softest, soft toy I have ever held. In fact I keep having the urge to hug it and stroke it – and I’m sure your child will too. Quite large and chunky, it makes a lovely night-time toy to cuddle up with. It’s recommended from three years old upwards.
If your kids love watching Molang, that rather eccentric rabbit and his cute friends on the Molang TV series, they’ll love this toy. And the good news – there are lots of other soft toys in the Molang series for your little ones to collect.
RSP £16.99 Stockists include; Tesco, Amazon, Harrods, Hamleys, Toymaster and Argos
By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows
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