Most babies love to listen to music. You have only to look at the huge range of musical mobiles to realize that even newborn babies will enjoy to be either soothed off to sleep or stimulated by these tuneful first toys, depending on the nature of the music of course! The Baby Einstein extensive range of baby musical toys is a good example of a leading manufacturer knowing just what makes babies happy and giving it to them!
The types of baby musical toys available is very diverse. You can expect to see every type of toy from balls, to rattles, to soft toy characters and to early walking aids decked out with all kinds of catchy ringing bell chimes and clicky cheerful tunes. The baby play mats also have a range of musical toys attached. This is all driven by the fact that babies really do seem to like them.
Quite often a discontented or bored baby can be distracted by the use of these toys and this makes them of great use for example, during long journeys in the car or whilst waiting somewhere with an impatient baby in the stroller! There are some small ones that you can pop in your bag to ring the changes all day long. There's nothing quite like "Pop Goes the Weasel" whilst checking out your weekly grocery shop or "The Teddy Bears Picnic" when you are queuing at the bank to put a smile on baby's face and it usually amuses everyone else too.
Baby musical toys have both an educational side and a fun side. It is a great benefit to baby to learn the range of sounds objects can make and how they string together to form tunes. The can recognize and have favorites at an early age. However, it is first and foremost a fun-filled activity that your young child can enjoy for a long time, well past the baby stage and into toddler years and beyond.
If you are wondering what toys to buy for your child or are looking for a baby shower gift for someone else, baby musical toys are very much worth the money spent in terms of all round satisfaction gained and the use they get over the first year or two. Most of them are very robustly made and can withstand being dropped and thrown about as your baby grows and treats them to the usual rough play - you may find they are still in perfect working order for your next child to use.
Just a last point to note concerning the issue of safety - be sure to buy reputable brands and not very cheap toys for baby. In particular with musical toys, be sure that the battery compartment is well sealed and the product is suitable for babies from birth onwards.
