Cot Mobiles Benefit Babies in Multiple Ways

[Prapti Chauhan]

There are so many things to entertain a baby these days. Cot mobiles are among them for sure. But they are way more than just cute, decorative pieces that adorn your baby’s cot. Cot mobiles are designed interestingly to tempt newborns to focus on colors, shapes, and movement. They help promote mental and visual development in infants. They also help your baby develop muscle strength and motor skills.

Benefits of Cot Mobiles

Provides Visual Stimulation

Cot mobiles are made attractive and colorful to provide visual stimulation to your baby. Babies spend most of their time lying in the cot. Their eyes have little visual range at this phase. Therefore, they keep their eyes fixed on one area. Try to hang the cot mobile at a point where the baby fixes their eyes. It is advisable to select a cot mobile in bright hues. A bright color palette will provide the best visual stimulation.

However, you can also choose black and white cot mobiles in the beginning. An infant recognizes the black and white hues before other colors. Later, gradually, you can move to brighter hues. However, some parents prefer to begin with a bright-colored cot mobile. That is fine as well.

Motor Skill Development

When infants keep looking at the cot mobile, they gradually start to notice how it is moving. Babies start moving their eyes and head to follow the movement of the cot mobile. This not only improves their visual stimulation, but also their motor skills. As your baby grows, they may try to move their hands and legs to grab the cot mobile. This movement will help them master hand-eye coordination and feet-eye coordination. Their brain will start sending signals to their eyes and limbs to coordinate. This is a huge milestone in the development of their fine and gross motor skills. Cot mobiles also allow your baby to judge distance and space when they try to make a grab. They begin to understand when the cot mobile is near or far from them.

Helps Fall Asleep

A musical cot mobile plays soothing music that helps your baby fall asleep fast. The soothing music is white music that makes the baby feel safe and comfortable. If you play the cot mobile during sleep time, then your baby will know that whenever the music starts playing, they need to sleep. Cot mobiles are an effective tool to create a sleep routine for babies.

Prevents Boredom

Infants don’t have much to do. Unlike toddlers, they are not explorers searching for new adventures. Infants spend most of their day and night sleeping in the cot. Hence, a cot mobile can entertain them while they are awake. They can follow the movement of the cot mobile with their tiny eyes and giggle.

Helps Develop Consistency and Accuracy

As your baby keeps trying to reach for the cot mobile, they gain accuracy. The cot mobile helps your baby to practice accuracy in reaching objects. As they repeat the movements of reaching for and grasping objects, they develop muscle strength and eyesight too. Gradually, they learn to differentiate various colors, objects, and sounds.

All in all, cot mobiles have multiple benefits for babies, especially newborns, as discussed above. So, pick one today to give your little one a great start in life.

Author Bio: Prapti Chauhan is a professor of Genetics in Bangalore. She has contributed to several online research papers. However, she passionately develops contents on pregnancy, childbirth, childcare baby cord blood banking, umbilical cord lining and more.