Best Newborn Toys for 0-6 Months

During the first six months of their life, newborn babies are rapidly growing and learning new interaction skills. It’s important for parents to find toys that will help their little ones learn to communicate with caregivers, share emotional connections through smiles and eye contact, sit on their own, coordinate hand and eye movements and explore their world with their five senses. Here at Pottery Barn Kids, we have a large collection of newborn baby toys that will boost a newborns natural skills and create a fun memories.

Tummy Time Toys

Tummy time is a good way to teach newborns important developmental skills. Play mats for soft tummy time are a great addition to the your newborn baby’s toys development box. Choose a mat or floor blanket that’s easy to clean and brightly colored to attract your baby’s attention. A tummy time mat with integrated intriguing toys, like attached plush animals or water-filled pockets, is a great way to inspire play time every day. You can even place a few soft toys just out of baby’s reach to encourage reaching and stretching.  

Bath Toys

Bath time is a wonderful opportunity for bonding between babies and caregivers. Develop a bath time routine that allows for a few extra minutes for play. Both baby and parents benefit from this relaxing addition. A set of animal-shaped bath squirties is a fun way to teach your baby the relationship between cause and effect. Or, choose a pull-string toy boat to encourage grabbing and develop hand-eye coordination.  

Books for Babies

Reading books is not only entertaining for your little one, but it helps build new developmental skills. Choose a book with colorful pictures, soft rhyming sounds and an entertaining storyline for both baby and parentyou and your baby. Your Blittle one will develop listening and language development skills, and caregivers will benefit from quiet bonding time. Consider building a small library of books on a child-sized bookcase that your baby can grow into.

Musical Toys

Baby toys that imitate musical instruments are an excellent introduction to music appreciation and and can encourage dancing and singing imitation. A simple plush rattle introduces your son or daughter to musical rhythm, and baby will delight your baby into in music-making. Play some baby-friendly tunes on the radio and dance together to the rhythm as your baby plays along. Electronic toys that simulate individual instruments playing together as a symphony are particularly engaging for babies who enjoy conducting their own orchestras.

Plush Toys

A baby-friendly “lovey,” or security blanket, is a thoughtful toy to keep handy on trips outside the home, or for other potentially over-stimulating experiences. A small soft plush or animal-shaped blanket can be easily be kept close at by to comfort your baby with a familiar face when anxious feelings arise. Choose a design that’s easy to clean and constructed without materials that can be accidentally pulled off by your baby’s hands.

Developmental Toys

Curious about themselves and the world around them, newborns are particularly entertained by mirrors. A baby-friendly mirror that can be set up at the edge of a tummy time mat or floor blanket can to provide hours of playtime fun while your baby makes silly faces. A set of plush or soft-sided stacking blocks is an excellent way to encourage your baby to grab and stack. Baby toys with interactive lights or sounds teach them the basics of cause and effect, while allowing your baby to make play decisions independently.

Newborns and babies aged from 0-6 months are natural explorers of the world around them and use toys to learn the developmental milestones of object permanence, cause and effect, hand-eye coordination and interacting with their caregivers. By selecting a wide variety of toys to surround them, parents can help their children reach these milestones while having fun.