Benefits Of Activity Blankets For Babies

Babies communicate with the world through their senses. During the first months of life, they explore the world only through their senses. Hearing, feeling and sight are their most important senses when it comes to exploring the environment. Activity blankets are great aids for developing children’s senses.

With the help of activity blankets, they have the opportunity to discover new structures, sounds and colors in one place at the same time.

Some activity blankets are made for cribs, but blankets that are made for use on the floor are more beneficial for children’s development. These blankets have colorful and moving accessories for play and learning.  

These activity blankets provide various toys that hang down from a bar. They encourage babies to practice and explore their surroundings.

Activity blankets for babies have different definite shapes within their reach. When you lay the child on his stomach on the floor, he learns to gradually lift his head and thus achieve more mobility in his hands.

Benefits of activity blankets for babies

Babies must be allowed to move freely to get to know their bodies. From a very early age, you should put your child on his stomach on the activity blanket. This will strengthen the muscles and the back, which is important when the child later learns to sit.

Colorful objects, shapes and various textiles motivate children to learn and discover new things. Bit rings, mirrors and rattles are objects that entertain and stimulate your child.

So-called baby gyms strengthen arms and joints. They have a soft rib over the blanket that encourages the child to stretch their joints. This benefits coordination while using all the muscles in the body.

When children use the toys on the blanket, they learn about the causes and consequences. Their mental development goes hand in hand with the cognitive development. Learning increases their independence.

We want to emphasize that by placing the baby on its stomach , you prevent plagiocephaly – oblique skull deformity in infants.  

If the child is constantly lying on its back, it can lead to a flat back head. This can be prevented by the baby lying on his stomach.

Which model should I choose?

When it comes time to choose an activity blanket, there are a number of options to choose from:

• Activity blankets for babies from the age of three months: During this time period, children begin to feel a need to explore their surroundings. Although they still cannot distinguish colors, they can differ in different shapes.

• Blankets with toys for babies up to six months of age: It is wonderful to see how babies adapt their own movements to their surroundings. When they reach out to grab an object, they use several different senses: sight, hearing, and touch. If an object catches the children’s interest, they will repeat the game several times. Eventually, they will recognize and choose their favorite toys.
• Activity blankets from seven to eight months of age and up: At this time, it is ideal to choose activity blankets that consist of different pieces of fabric: smooth, fuzzy, wrinkled and more. The children are now aware of and can control their fingers, which means that they can distinguish between different surface layers.

• Between the seventh and eighth month of a child’s life, the gray matter in the brain increases. They begin to reflect on their surroundings, which causes them to develop their mental ability to categorize and structure. They can easily distinguish sounds, colors or textiles that they like or do not like. Activity blankets are great to use as they can stimulate several senses at the same time.
• Up to two years of age: Even if the children have a natural aptitude for playing on the floor, do not underestimate the activity blankets. They are good aids even when the children have already learned to walk. Unlike many other toys, the blankets do not take up much space and the children feel safe knowing that they have their own little creep.

In summary, we would like to add that activity blankets have many benefits for the little ones. From three months of age up to two years of age and even later. The activity blankets’ composition of colors, textiles and shapes follows every step in your child’s development.