Little man is almost four months old, and he loves anything that is brightly colored (loves, loves, loves). I couldn’t figure out why he lost interest in his cute mobile, until we started to offer him very vibrant toys. Then we realized his cute mobile with muted and pastel colored critters just bores him now. By three months, his eye sight was pretty much fully developed in terms of being able to see colors, and babies at this age and beyond want to see very vibrant colors and strong contrasts (this explains why he is fascinated with things like black and white fixtures, lol).
Enter Sassy toys. We received a package of colorful, fun toys a couple of weeks ago to try out, among them a Sassy Stim Gym Play Mat for tummy time. We’ve been really bad about tummy time because I can’t listen to little man cry, but when babies have something to entertain them or attract their attention, they don’t find tummy time so burdensome. When we first tried the playmat, we loved that he actually started to use his legs to kick the critters in order to get them to move.
Since then, he has been learning to reach out and manipulate toys as well. He is so curious, and enraptured by new things. This particular playmat has a padded pillow to prop baby up a bit, three really cute, bright little critters hanging from the toybar that make different noises, and a very bright mat. The bright colors attract his attention, and though the little critters make noises, little man doesn’t seem to get the cause and effect of this aspect yet. He is mainly fascinated by their colors and shapes (a red spider with spindly legs is his favorite, he loves to watch it jiggle around). The Stim Gym also comes with a ladybug-patterned mirror that entertains little man as he lounges around on his tummy. He seems to love not only seeing a little baby in the mirror, but the light reflecting qualities of the mirror. The Stim Gym has definately helped us make progress with tummy time.
Sassy, Inc. provided these products for my review free of charge.
I love sassy products!
So cute!!! We love Sassy here too!
Awwww, makes me wanna have another baby 😀 I love Sassy products!
Love Sassy products…so bright and colorful and really grab little one's attention with the contrasting white and black colors!
How cute is he kicking at those toys!!! We love Sassy products over here too!