20 Best Toys For Infant Development (2023 Updated)

The gift set was delivered in a plastic bag, so the box was smashed and broken. I bought it for myself, so it is okay to have a broken box. It could be a problem if someone bought it as a gift. Also, the toys I got doesn’t match the online picture.

I got a blue ball instead of a red one (it’s an ugly muted blue color), which is a disappointment for me. The texture of the doted balls inside the rattle and the ball are also different from what was shown online.

The ball, again it’s blue, not red, has a plastic ball inside rather than a fabric ball, and the rattle I got has several plastic beads inside instead. I will keep it anyway only because I hate to deal with exchanging or returning.

I’m not very satisfied with this purchase.

Def get this on your registry! My 3months old loves it! We’ve used these toys since he was a newborn and he recently started playing with them, specially the ball. He LOVES the ball. It’s so easy for him to play with since it’s squishy! The rattle is hard so I can’t really leave him along with it just yet, but he LOVES the noise it makes! This is a nice gift for someone who just had their baby, it is def worth the price!.

I bought this solely to replace the same exact ball that we had previously. The ball was blue, not red. The center rattle was a hard plastic end read of the soft black and white material as it was before and as it is pictured.

You can tel the quality decreased since the previous version. Price is good for everything you get though, but I still returned it since it wasn’t what I wanted.

We purchased this for our great grandson. Soft, and he can sit up in it and play while Mommy does chores. It’s not too tall, it’s padded nicely, plays music,and even has a horse. Good size. We found it at one of your high end stores for more money.

Very Pleased.

We strapped this onto the handle of the infant car seat. It kept the baby entertain during car rides. It held up well after I had washed/dried it many times in the washer and dryer. Only the reflective mirror came out burly after washing, but my baby didn’t seem to mind (he probably didn’t notice).

I recommend this for all new parents.

I bought this for my son when he was born and we used it for months, until he grew out of his infant car seat. It has been an absolute life saver. He loved looking at the toys and reaching up at them.

When he would get fussy in his seat we even had a fun little song that we would sing about the piggy and cow on the toy and it would always calm him down. Love it. So happy with it. Bought a different version for my second son because we were so happy with this one!.

My 5 month old couldn’t reach the toy when attached to her car seat or stroller. The toys seems to be on a very short extension. However, she loves this toy during “tummy-time”. I believe, this spiral toys rolls, it’s encourage her to make attempts at scooting/crawling.

I would have preferred the mirror attachment to have been in the middle instead of at the end. The product is well sewn and didn’t loose its color in the color water wash.

Twist the caterpillar’s body segments into new positions to pretend like it is moving. Shake the beads, spin the rings and press the light-up heart button to stimulate your baby’s sense of hearing and fine motor skills.

Pressing the light-up heart plays music and phrases about feelings so your toddler can begin to learn words to name their emotions. With multiple textures from rubbery antennae to nubby rings and ribbons, little fingers will have fun exploring all the ways this cute critter delights the senses.

My little one is in love with this toy, every time she sees it lite up she giggles with delight. It’s by far her favorite toy an is perfect for her little hands. Highly recommend for any little one an is gender neutral.

No small parts to worry about them choking on so that’s a plus too!.

My 18 month old really enjoys the Vtech Twist & Explore Caterpillar. The colors are bright and gender neutral. The product wiggles and shakes and is easy for a toddler to grasps. He really enjoys the sounds, blinking lights and interactive parts.

The toy is small enough to throw in a diaper bag and perfect for traveling. It can keep young ones entertained for some time with its sensory features. My little one used it as some teething support as well.

Perfect for little hands.

VTech always has the best learning toys and Twist & Explore Caterpillar is a great addition to the ones we already have. My little one loves all of the activities he can do with it from twisting and shaking it so the beads shake which he finds fascinating, but he really loves the sounds.

He doesn’t sing, but does try to dance to the songs and he loves buttons and the caterpillar has a heart button. It is very easy to use so he can do all of the activities by himself. It is a very engaging toy and we take it with us every where we go.

This toy has really helped my daughters development. My daughter has a rare congenital deformation of both hands that makes them clubbed. She can still use them though but it’s been so hard to find toys for her to grasp where she can’t open her hand up like a typical baby.

Cue the noggin stik. The center is thin enough it can fit in her hand and where it has the bumps, she gets the tactile stimulation she needs for her hands. The light at the top intrigues her and encourages her to track it and reach for it and the mirror on the bottom is actually really good quality.

My baby’s life is enriched by this toy I highly recommend it.

One of my sons favorite toys. I got this for him for Christmas and he absolutely loves it. He is fascinated by the light which changes colors and he loves looking at himself in the mirror on the bottom.

The only downside is it will run out of battery eventually and it’s kind of annoying to have to buy the special little battery that goes in it. Highly recommend for your little one. .

I bought this before having my baby and I wasn’t sure as to when my baby would be old enough to play with it, but I’m so glad I got it early for it has made diaper changes way better. My 1 month old baby would sometimes fuzz or cry whenever it came to diaper changes and it wouldn’t always be the same, but now I keep the rattle next to the changing pad station and whenever I’m changing her and notice she’s about to start crying I’ll just shake the rattle to get her attention and place it next to her on an elevated surface at eye level for her to see and it keeps her entertained the entire time and she’ll just stare at it and l can tell she enjoys it from her smiling and staring.

I’m sure in the future it’ll turn out to be one of her favorite toys.

And all I got was this stupid piece of plastic. It is uber dumb and uber boring. My grandson loves spinning things and he barely acknowledges this thing. Pumping the top is about like pushing a button, in fact they ought to just stick a button on this to push like every other brainless boring flashing-lights-and-noise toy out there.

They used to make a pump top that was large enough and appropriate for toddlers who couldn’t balance a regular top – this thing isn’t even close. The thing about tops is THEY SPIN – this does not spin.

Junk inside it spins. So what?.

This VTech® 3-in-1 Tummy Time Roll-a-Pillar™ is something I wish had been available when my adult sons were babies! It’s a well constructed, versatile, “every baby should have one” Item. The polyester material is soft and well stitched.

The Tummy Time bolster is approx. 5″ in diameter by 15″ wide. One end of the bolster conceals the battery operated music/voice box. It runs on 2 AAA batteries (Not Included) and features 50+ songs, melodies, sounds and phrases using cartoon-like voices.

Installing fresh batteries was the only difficult thing about assembly. Because V-Tech truly cares about the safety of our children, the battery compartment is secured shut with small screws. A screwdriver is needed to remove the cover so the batteries can be inserted.

I appreciate that there are 2 volume settings to choose from and I thought it quite clever that V-Tech chose to use Velcro, rather than a zipper to secure the fabric at the well padded end of the bolster where the sound mechanism is hidden.

There are 4 colorful icons on that end of the bolster which, when pushed, activate the different sound modes. A Music Note for Music, A Tree for Nature Sounds, A Caterpillar for engaging Phrases & Songs, and a Happy Face for Playful Sounds.

The unit automatically shuts off after 45 seconds without input. You can restart the sounds by pushing one of the icons. There is also a motion sensor built into the unit that allows it to respond when baby moves the bolster during “Rolling Play”.

The rest of the bolster is stuffed with soft polyester fiber batting that will conform to the baby’s body when used for Tummy Time play. The ears on the bolster make a crinkle noise when touched. The roll out portion used for “Crawling Play” is 8″ wide by 17″ long.

There is a piece of Velcro at the end of the mat, to which the peek a boo mirror attaches. The polyester material used for this roll out portion is soft and colorful. One side has numbers 1-4 against a colorful background, while the opposite side is designed to appear like a colorful caterpillar’s back.

V-Tech includes 2 “teething” accessories that can be attached to well secured fabric loops on either side of the mat. Each is approximately 6″ long. One offers a 4″ long x 3″ wide pendulum shaped rattle, while the other offers a 3″ x 3″ soft silicone textured “teether”.

Happy to give this VTech® 3-in-1 Tummy Time Roll-a-Pillar™ a well deserved 5 star rating.

I got is for our 4 month old grandson to help make tummy time a little more fun. It is a little bolster type pillow to prop baby on with a little mat attached that is about the width and length of a baby.

It comes with a mirror and 2 little toys (an owl teething type and leaf rattle type) an a that attach to either the pillow or the mat with a ring. The pillow has buttons on one side and it plays music and has different sounds and phrases about feelings and animals.

It also has motion detection to play music and sounds when rolled. The side with the buttons has a Velcro flap that you open to reveal the battery compartment with the on/off switch and volume control.

It is completely removable so you can wash it and takes 2 AA batteries. The pillow and mat are made out of polyester and the ends of the pillow have a soft almost fleece material. It is brightly colored and has great contrasting patterns to help catch a little ones eyes.

At the top of the pillow that little caterpillars head has 2 antenna that stick out and have crinkly fabric in it. Our little guy enjoys his time being propped up using this pillow and likes looking in the mirror at himself.

I am not sure how much it will get used as he gets bigger and doesn’t need to be propped as it doesn’t seem super exciting to a crawler, but we shall see.

I just received this 3-in-1 Tummy Time Roll-a-Pillar in the mail a few days ago. I love that this grows with baby from age birth to 24 months. The 3-in-1 Tummy Time Roll-a-Pillar offers 3 engaging was to play and encourage baby to crawl and walk.

Tummy time, crawling, and rolling the caterpillar encourages development of gross motor skills. Has colorful mode buttons reward curious baby with sounds, lights, music, and songs. Has 50+ melodies, sounds, playful songs, and endearing phrases that help develop language skills and enhance playtime.

I just love this set. So gorgeous, the colors are not bright, but just so eye catching, the material is amazing and the whole set is full with four different balls. My favourite sons favorite ball is the one that changing its colours.

You just throw it and it changes colours so beautifully. , like magic. I also love the ball that makes noise, as I can play hide and seek the ball with it. It’s super fun with the little toddler. Overall, different shapes, colours, noises, textures, all that makes this set unique and interesting to explore for my sons development.

My daughter loves these balls! My friends son who is younger than my daughter also loved playing with them as well so I feel like babies as well as toddlers can play with them. It’s great because each ball is different.

Her favorite is the ball that glows and the ball that has a tiny noisy ball inside of it. She likes to throw them and roll them around. I definitely recommend them and wish I had them when my daughter was a baby as well! They are well made, durable and seem like they will last.

Bought one of these this past weekend. Little disappointed. It just says the same thing over and over. Not 45+ plus phrases on mine. Little boring.

I read all about Lovevery while I was pregnant, but ultimately decided that it was going to be too expensive of an item to place on my registry, and I had planned on doing the play kits so that was good enough, right? I put a cheaper black-and-white play gym on instead and someone got it for us.

While it is cute and my baby enjoyed it, I quickly realized that I needed to invest in the Lovevery gym. The other gym was very short and small, and I was unable to really get down there to play with my little one due to the size.

The toys actually were almost directly in his face because of the height (or lack thereof) of the other gym. I decided to go ahead and get the Lovevery gym when he was a little over two months old. I am so glad I did! It is tall enough for me to get inside of it with him and play, and he loves looking up at the cards.

There are so many things for him to do with this play gym, even though it has fewer “hanging” items. He loves to kick his feet and make noises on that area of the mat! Even better that it is washable! I’m not sure how to describe this but if my baby spits up on the Lovevery gym, it kind of absorbs the liquid quickly so playtime can resume and I can throw it in the wash after.

The other gym was made of a different (though still “washable”) material, but if he spit up it all ended up in his hair and on the back of his clothes! It’s nice that he can stay dry on this one if he happens to spit up.

I also love that it comes with a cover to turn it into like a little tent for when he is older. I can see us having lots of fun with that! I will say that when my gym arrived, the black and white ball was kind of unraveled.

Like one little bunch of the sections was splayed open. Customer service was so great and put a replacement in the mail along with a prepaid label to send the other one back for review by their quality team.

It’s so great that they are considerate and intentional about finding out what caused the problem so they can do better! Lastly, get the sensory strands! I won’t review those on this post but my baby LOVES them and was interacting with them immediately.

I seriously cannot say enough good things about The Play Gym! I coveted it for my first child but never bought it because someone gave us a different play gym at our baby shower and I thought it seemed silly to buy another, especially at this price point.

When our second child was born, the first play gym was pretty worn out so I finally sprang for this one and we absolutely adore it! We literally use it all day every day. The variety of areas on the mat make it a fresh experience each time.

My favorite thing about it is that it’s large enough for our toddler to play on the mat with the baby– he comes running with excitement when it’s “tummy time”! And even the cat has gotten in on the fun when we add the “tent” cover.

I can see that the kids will play with it for years to come. Plus the quality is excellent (like all Lovevery products). I particularly appreciate the thick padding so that it is comfortable on hardwood floors/kitchen/bath (yes, we drag it all over the house) and that it holds up to washing beautifully.

In short, don’t be like me and wait for your second child to buy The Play Gym! It’s not a splurge, it’s a necessity.

I don’t normally provide reviews, but I wanted to for this item, since this is the most expensive baby play gym out there. I will start by saying that my baby absolutely loves the play gym. When we first received it, it was all smiles and kicking (7 weeks at time we received the gym).

The gym is easy to set up and clean, and has plenty of activities to grow with baby (love the activity guide, even with the overlap of information from the Looker Play Kit). With that said, there are definitely some things that Lovevery could improve: 1.

The Learn to Focus zone should be removable for washing. It survives washing machines, but it doesn’t stand up as well after. 2. This is easy to set up, but I worry about the velcro connectors for the frame.

I already see them fraying, since we do move the gym room to room, depending on where we are for the day. 3. There isn’t much padding, so it isn’t ideal for hardwood floors unless there is a thick rug or play mat underneath.

4. The cover seems like an afterthought. I would love to take it on and off, but have primarily left it off. Reason: you have to connect it via the velcro connectors for the frame.

Wonderful smart toy that I have bought several times for my own grandbaby and for gifts. Well made and keeps the little one interested from infant to toddler. Highly recommend.

The cube is good quality, brightly coloured and comes apart so the child can play with each individual piece if required or can be configured in different ways. My grandson loves it. The only issue I have is that one of the keys on the keyboard keeps sticking.

As this defect has occurred more than 2 months after I purchased it the company is not interested even though the product has developed a fault. This is why I have only given 3 stars.

It only took two days after ordered to get here thank you! My daughter loves this toy it has different sections where she can play on it. You can also make it shape you want and it stays together good.

I would recommend to others!.

This kit is great for older babies and toddlers too. It is such a great little developmental kit from Baby Einstein. My daughter loves all the details on each piece. The shaker and mirror are her favorite.

She is already learning to love and touch these. The colors of these toys are attractive and the designs are perfect for little hands. and mouths. Each item is wipeable for easy cleaning. I highly recommend this as it helps my daughter to explore and happy at same time.

Everything in this kit is gender neutral, so it works as a baby shower gift.

These are seriously the most perfect toys ever created! They’re soft so no head but accidents. They have visually stimulating pictures. They have ABCD and 1234 on them. They all have little rattles that make noise and them and I think 3? of them have that crinkly stuff babies go nuts after.

They all also have their own little tags or rings on them. My daughter loves them and so do I!.

Love this set it’s so cute and the whole thing can go in the washing machine! Lovely and soft shapes and lots of sensory on the car

I love this car- only downside is the wheels don’t turn that well as my son pushes it around. But it is super cute and he loves it.

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