Music can do so much for an infant. It can help them sleep. It can help them calm down. It can even make them smile. Here are 4 great ideas to give a unique musical infant gift.



Musical Crib Toys

Sleep can be a difficult time for both infants and parents. Some soft music can be just the thing to help an infant get to sleep.

They now have toys that are safe for cribs, they hang on the side, that play soft music. There are different kinds of music, some classical, so lullabies and different babies may reacte differently to different types of music, but most will calm down and go to sleep with some soft music.

Sleep CD

A sleep music CD works great. It can be soft nature sounds with music in the background or it can be soft classical music.

You can have a small CD player in the infants room. If you begin when the baby is an infant it will become an association for sleep. When they hear the music it will help them quickly fall asleep.

A sleep music CD is a great because you can take music with you. This makes getting your baby to sleep easier when you are away from home.

Muical Mobiles

Mobiles are great for infants. They help them with their eyesight, and focus. They also may be the one and only thing that makes an infant happy while in their crib.

Mobiles come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Big bold black and white patterns are best for young infants. As your baby gets older you may want to change your mobile to a more interesting and colorful pattern.

Musical Toys

Musical toys are great for babies. They usually have to be touched, or pushed to turn on which helps your baby learn about cause and affect.

This is an important developmental milestone. There are so many different kinds of musical toys you may have to try a few different kinds before you find one your infant really connects with. It takes a little work but it's worth it once you have a toy your infant really enjoys.

As you can see your options for musical infant gifts is vast. You could make an entire basket filled with music, CD, a mobile and some toys. What a musical house that will be.