She lasts about 10-15 minutes at a time, but she seems really into it.
Since she can really only see high contrast/black and white right now, I got these few things, and as you may have seen on my Instagram, she's completely enthralled when I expose her to them. Who knows what she can really see, but I knew right away that I needed some things for her to focus on because she really wanted to. Lo and behold, while still at the hospital, she almost immediately started lifting her head right off my chest eager and ready to look around. I figured she can barely even see at first, let's wait on the toys.
A few objects as they get older can be placed near them, but aside from that, I really didn't plan on, or have, many toys for Tess when I got home from the hospital. I believe in Magda Gerber’s Educaring® Approach, where babies don't need much to be stimulated and we should let them notice what is around them on their own. I thought to make a list here of some stimulating products for newborns that I wish I had right away (I got them 1-2 days after when I realized who my baby was and what she was ready for!). Anyway, I couldn't recommend these products more for the beginning stages of babyhood, meaning RIGHT away.īlack and White toys: I am a minimalist when it comes to toys for young babies. There are some toys that I am SO happy I got for my newborn baby that I didn't know to have right away.
