How Tinyvers Activity Kits Can Help Your Baby Thrive in the First Two Months
Are you a new parent navigating parenthood for the first time? Congratulations! You have welcomed a wonderful little bundle of joy into this new world. Parenthood is a wonderful journey where you learn something new every day. Such as, Yes your tiny little newborn needs toys too! Toys, especially educational toys, are an essential part of your baby’s development. While your newborn does spend a lot of time sleeping, feeding and pooping, you can introduce them to infant toys when they are alert and active. Baby toys can help promote your baby’s physical, mental, emotional, social, psychological and brain development.
What to expect?
At around 0 to 2 months you will notice some changes in your little one such as:
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Have reflexes such as sucking reflex and grasping reflexes
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Responds to stimuli such as light, sound and touch
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Crying is your newborn’s way of communicating their needs such as hunger, discomfort and tiredness
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Begin to lift their head slightly when kept on their stomach
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Shows interest in high-contrast objects
Is it normal?
Concern: My baby is crying a lot.
Verdict: Yes, it is normal. Your newborn’s only means of communicating with you are their cries. Therefore, your newborn is crying because they are hungry, sleepy, uncomfortable or just want your attention.
Concern: My baby is spitting up milk after feeding.
Verdict: Yes, it is normal. As your baby’s digestion system is still immature, it is normal for them to spit up a small amount of milk after feeding.
How can you support your baby’s development?
As new parents, you are most likely to receive a lot of information from the internet, your friends, families, peers and so on. When you have a lot of information pouring from all around, your parenting journey starts becoming a guessing game.
But! Not anymore. Tinyvers has worked with a team of pediatricians, educators and many more experts from various fields to design activity kits that cater to your child’s developmental needs and promotes screen-free learning. Tinyvers activity kit 1 has been designed specially for 0 to 2 month babies with best toys for newborns that foster exploration, visual, sensory, physical, emotional and overall development. Along with toys for infants, the kit also comes with a milestone brochure, activity booklet and DIY activity cards that help you navigate your baby’s early development journey with ease.
Let’s take a tiny peek into the developmental toys included in Tinyvers activity kit 1:
The hexagonal spiral mobile is a perfect toy to engage your newborn’s visual senses. At birth, a newborn’s vision is the least developed sense. The high contrast colour of the spiral engages your newborn’s vision and helps them in visual development. The slow and gradual movements of the mobile also allow your baby to develop focus and explore their environment.
Cradle arm is an easy to assemble tool that can be attached to a crib or any piece of furniture. The cradle arm makes it easier for you to hang the hexagonal spiral mobile or the batting ball for your baby.
At birth, a newborn's vision is blurry, and they can see high-contrast colours like black, white, and shades of grey, focusing best on objects 8-12 inches away. High-contrast flashcards are learning cards that engage your newborn’s visual senses. Holding a flashcard near your baby’s eyes for a couple of minutes allows your baby to learn to develop focus and promotes pattern Recognition and identification. The different patterns of the flashcards gives your baby something new to see and promotes screen-free learning.
It also allows you to spend some quality time with your newborn and form a beautiful bond with them.
To see or not to see? When it comes to showing mirrors to our babies there are various myths circulating in our Indian society. Myths such as souls can be trapped in it or the baby will have crooked teeth are very common. However, these are just myths. According to doctors, mirror play is excellent for visual development and recognition of self for babies. It also helps them in emotional and social development.
5. Grasping ring:
Have you noticed your newborn’s hand balled up in a fist? That is because of their primitive reflexes. Around 6 to 8 weeks, you might notice your baby beginning to voluntarily open and close their fist. This is an important step in the hand movement development. Giving your baby a grasping ring at this stage is really beneficial as it encourages your baby to try opening and closing their hands on their own. The wooden ring has smooth and rounded edges making it safer for your baby’s little hands to grab.
Your newborn can do a lot more than just sleeping, eating and pooping. Randomly moving their feet to kick is one of those things. Your newborn shows such movements due to their stepping reflex and random kicking reflex. A batting ball is a great activity toy to convert these involuntary kicking into voluntary leg movements. Hanging this above your baby’s leg and gently making them kick the ball will allow your baby to learn the art of kicking. The rattle inside the ball encourages them to make voluntary movements. Moreover, the high contrast colour of the ball also helps your baby develop the skill of visual tracking.
The early stages of parenthood can be overwhelming yet incredibly rewarding. It is okay to take one day at a time. Your baby’s development begins from the moment they are born and you play a major role in their developmental journey. As your baby is actively growing every single day, brain development toys and overall development toys such as hexagonal spiral mobile, cradle arm gazing mirror, grasping ring and batting ball are extremely beneficial in supporting their development. Activities such as going through high contrast black and white flashcards not only enhance your toddler’s visual development but also allow you to bond with your little one. Embrace the beautiful moments with your little one as you watch them grow little by little, each passing day with Tinyvers Activity Kit 1.