Top Toys For Babies
Our toys for babies list has been carefully selected by our expert Ruth ( primary school teacher, diploma and masters in Special Education and Educational studies and mother to two boys under the age of 5). The criteria for the best toys for babies to make the list meant that those chosen not only will delight your baby but also have some developmental/ educational benefit. Ruth chose toys that engage curiosity and provide high motivation for exploration, wonderful play and assured early learning! All of the listed toys are available instore and online at Cogs the Brain Shop.
InnyBin
InnyBin is an incredibly unique shape-exploration experience toy for babies.
A 2020 Toy of the Year Finalist! The six chunky shape blocks are each designed with fascinating textures that are sure to thrill the fingers. There’s a cube, a diamond, a sphere, a triangle, a flower, and the happy Fat Brain logo…
But the best part? As kids push the shapes through the elastic bands of the cube, curiosity is sparked and young minds can’t help but explore, experiment, and discover.
InnyBin is a great toy for ages 10 months and up.
See InnyBinHide and Squeek Eggs
The popular toddler’s educational toy comes with 6 different eggs and funny facial expressions. Crack them open to reveal 6 different colours that your little one can identify and match
This learning toy suits your baby needs as they grow. There isn’t just one way to play – play hide & seek, shape sorting, colour matching and more.
Give the gift of fun learning for Easter, your baby’s first Christmas or as a first birthday gift – you can’t ever go wrong with these.
Age: 6 Months+
Buy Hide And Squeek Eggs Now €24.95Whirly Squigz
Whirly Squigz are a set of three colourful silicone spinners that encourage fine motor skills, sensory exploration, cause-effect learning. Each one is made of 100% high quality silicone that’s colourful, pleasant to touch, and safe for teething.
Hold them, explore their unique contours, chomp on them and let them soothe sore gums…
Then, stick them to any smooth, flat, non-porous surface – like a bathtub wall, a table-top, or a window. Give them a spin, and… WHOOSH! – Around and around they go, faster than the eye can see!
Age: 6 months+
Buy Whirly Squigz NowFrog in a Box
Frog in a box is a soft fun version of the classic jack-in-a-box toy, with a difference - lift the lid and the frog jumps right out of the box. The game of peep-o can be repeated time and time again. The frog will squeak and rattle: the lily pad lid has crinkle petals and different textures to explore.An ideal gift for babies it is soft and safe with removable, machine washable box and lid covers.
Suitable for: 9 months to 2 years
Buy Frog in a BoxTummy Time Mirror
Delight your little one with this multi-sensory, double sided upright XL mirror book from Taf Toys. Featuring a huge baby-safe mirror & high contrast & colourful illustrations that stimulate baby’s senses & emotional intelligence. The XL mirror helps baby to learn self-awareness, visual observation and develop communication skills. Incorporating 2 developmental stages:
Side 1: High contrast colours. Simple visual stimulation. Helps develop baby’s senses and emotional intelligence.
Side 2: Rich colours and a huge baby-safe mirror that helps baby to learn self-awareness, visual observation and develop communication skills.
The mirror is covered by the flaps of the book which can be used for a great Peek-A-Boo game between parent and baby. Star shaped holes in the flaps that cover the mirror sparkle and capture baby’s attention. The book upright angle helps encourage tummy-time play
Suitable for 0m+ this is the perfect gift for babies, allowing them to dive straight into the world of play and learning.
Tummy Time MirrorMy First Bay Band
Introduce baby to the wonderful world of music with this specially selected set of musical instruments. Chosen especially for young babies. The set includes five popular shakers including the tube shaker, egg shaker, fun rattle, mini cage bell and baby maracas.
These musical toys are the perfect introduction to the sensory world of early year’s music-making and they also help to develop creativity, motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and teaches cause and effect.
Age 6 months +
Buy My First Bay Band NowTaf Toys Newborn Develop And Play Gift Set
In the first few months after birth, your newborn is just beginning to understand how to use their senses to process the world around them. Our newborn kit was specially designed to provide parents with the most needed developmental toys that will assure baby is getting all the needed support in a fun & healthy way.
The kit contains 12 must have newborn developmental products in 1 box, Great as a gift or for self-purchase. Comes with a developmental guide which provides newborn developmental tips and explains how using each toy inside this kit helps the baby.
Encourages and nurtures development in visual stimulation, tummy time, learning about cause & effect and transitional objects in emotional development. Engaging all.
Buy Taf Toys Newborn Develop And Play Gift SetSensory Rollers Sounds and Senses Balls
In the first few months after birth, your newborn is just beginning to understand how to use their senses to process the world around them. Our newborn kit was specially designed to provide parents with the most needed developmental toys that will assure baby is getting all the needed support in a fun & healthy way.
The kit contains 12 must have newborn developmental products in 1 box, Great as a gift or for self-purchase. Comes with a developmental guide which provides newborn developmental tips and explains how using each toy inside this kit helps the baby.
Encourages and nurtures development in visual stimulation, tummy time, learning about cause & effect and transitional objects in emotional development. Engaging all.
Buy Sensory Rollers Sounds and Senses BallsHape Rattle and Teether Collection
Roll, bounce, toss, and discover!
Each of these three, high-quality silicone spheres features a unique design that mesmerizes the eyes and captures the imagination.
Hands of all ages reflexively reach, grab, and explore their fascinating, rubbery textures before inevitably rolling them along a table or floor.
And when they do…
Ears perk up. Minds are soothed yet excited. Curiosity and wonder unravel as the charming chimes hidden inside sing beautifully with each and every movement.Enliven your child’s playtime expeditions with the cleverly captivating Sensory Rollers.
Hape Rattle and Teether Collection