Best Baby Toys 2011

The best baby toys for 2011 have to meet the following criteria, keep them occupied and entertained, help babies development and are good value for money.

This article features my top picks of baby toys 2011. They have all been proven to be popular with babies and come highly recommended. There are toys to cover every stage of a babies development from baby gyms to activity tables.

Read on for suggestions of the best baby toys 2011.

Vuilli Sophie the Giraffe is of the time of writing the best selling baby toy on amazon.com. She is designed for babies who are teething but very young babies and older babies love Sophie toy. Sophie is so much more than a teether. She is designed to stimulate all baby's senses and help their development. The contrasting colors attract babies attention, stimulating visuals sense. She has a squeaker to teach cause and effect. She is soft to touch and babies will enjoy exploring her with their fingers as well as in their mouths. She is easy to grasp with long legs and a long neck so can be taken everywhere. She soothes sore gums and has nice ears, horns and legs which are great for chewing on. Is made of Made of 100% natural rubber and food paint so is 100% safe

The Baby Einsten TakeAlong Tunes is another bestseller on amazon.com with great reviews. Its a great toy to have in your bag and can be used to entertain baby when you're out and about. It has a low/high and off volume button. The toy has large buttons for babies to press and toggle through the 7 classical tunes. It has a screen with lights to engage babies too. The big handle is easy for babies to grasp and hold.

Baby Activity Tables make some of the best toys for babies as they're normally educational, have lots of activities and will keep babies learning into their toddler years.

One of the most popular activity tables is the Leapfrog Learn and Groove Musical Table. This has lots of activities to help introduce babies to music, numbers and colors. Its suitable for 6 months up and you can take the legs of the table and lay it on the floor until babies can pull themselves up to use the table standing. It will last until they area about 3 years old.

Stacking toys are my top choice of baby toy. My son used to love his stacking cups and in my opinion every baby household should have them. They are great because they are so inexpensive and simple yet have so many uses. From a young age, babies will bang them together, pass them from hand to hand and explore them with their mouths.

As they get older they will enjoy nesting the cups, knocking down towers and eventually building their own towers. They are great for teaching colors and number (count how many cups there are when building towers). They are also good water and bath toys.

The Fisher Price jumparoo is the best baby bouncer toy 2011 in my opinion. Babies just love bouncing in the jumparoo and parents love watching them. As they jump the activate the lights and music encouraging more movement. There's also a bobbing elephant, swinging monkey, spinning lizard.

Its an especially good toy for parents as you can place baby in the jumparoo and do some things in the same room while still keeping an eye on baby.

This baby gym is suitable from birth and up and has some great features. There's three different modes of play including a baby mode where baby's movements set off eight to 12 seconds of lights and music, which helps teach your child about the relationship between cause and effect. The two other modes play music or rainforest sounds for 20 minutes. There are lots of hooks to hang baby toys which babies can look at, grab and try to bat. You can hang your own toys on the links but there are also toys that come with the gym. The base is soft quilted so very comfortable for babies. 

This cloub b sleep sheep is another bestselling toy on amazon.com. Its a great comfort toy which is perfect for car trips or times when you need to calm baby such as before bedtime and naps. It has four different soothing sounds including Mother's Heartbeat, Spring Showers, Ocean Surf, and Whale Songs. There's a velcro tab to secure Sleep Sheep to the outside of a crib. You can remove the sound box if you wish. The soundbox has adjustable volume and on/off controls. There's an automatic time out after 23 minutes so you don't have to disturb your baby once they've drifted off to sleep.