Benefits of Cot Mobiles for Babies

From deciding on whether to buy a bassinet or a cot for your little one, to the décor to include, there's a lot of thought process that goes into creating a nursery space that’s beautiful, welcoming and comfortable for your new bundle of joy to sleep & stay in.

 

 Importance of Cot Mobiles

Cot Mobiles aren't only decorative pieces designed for a nursery space. Instead, mobiles are interestingly designed to entice newborns to focus on colours and shapes, promoting their mental & visual development.

 

 

  

 The Benefits of Using Cot Mobiles

1. Motor Skill Development 

Choosing to hang a mobile over your baby's crib helps enhance motor skill development over time. When placed at a safe distance, the movement of the mobile toys help your little one build hand-eye coordination, understand distances as well as gain spatial awareness as they continuously look towards the moving toys. 

Did you know?
In the first 3 months, babies can focus on objects that are 8 to 11 inches away, hence making cot mobiles a must have in the nursery!

 

2. Visual Stimulation 

Another beneficial use of a baby crib mobile is the extensive use of colour on the mobile toys. Since your little one spends most of their time within the nursery, choosing a mobile with brighter hues and soothing palettes enhances visual stimulation. 


P.S. a black & white cot mobile makes a perfect option to start with because a newborn's colour perception is limited to white, black and shades of grey. Hence, high contrasting black & white patterns and toys stand out, attracting most of their attention. 

3. Musical Mobiles are Soothing

An added advantage to baby crib mobiles are musical boxes which play soothing tunes & lullabies, stimulating their sense of hearing. The colours & movement of the mobile toys can provide a distraction from external things happening around the baby, helping them relax & drift off to sleep. In addition to this, once your little one becomes accustomed to hearing the same tune, it can also help develop a bedtime routine.

4. Brain Development

A good musical mobile also helps nurture growth & brain development of a newborn. As the baby continuously looks towards the mobile, he/she tends to follow the movement of the toys, which indirectly teaches them that the mobile will move once the music starts playing.

 

 

Browse our cot mobiles and garlands section for more.

We'd love for you to share images of your little one's space with us! Drop us an e-mail at sonali@newlinegroup.in