Babies enjoy playing with bright-coloured toys consisting of many textures. The best toys should be washable, non-breakable, and have no sharp edges that might cause cuts or scratches. Baby car seat toys should be large enough so they cannot be swallowed and they should have no small attached pieces (like sewn on button eyes on a stuffed animal or bells on a shaker) that could be pulled off and swallowed. At a young age, babies put everything into their mouths as part of exploring and getting to know their world. Therefore any toy that infants are given must be safe for them to chew on. They are interested in looking at toys, touching them with their hands and mouth, fitting pieces together and making sense of their world. Choose baby car seat toys for them to look at, feel, chew on, hold, and drop. As infants begin to walk or crawl, they also will be interested in push-pull toys and balls. Appropriate infant toys include: rattles, squeak toys, blocks, crib mobiles, stacking toys and rings, push-pull toys, stuffed animals or dolls, nested boxes or cups, books with rhymes, simple picture books, noise making toys, small soft toys for throwing and gripping, and music-making toys.

These types of toys can be hung over their car seats so that they can play in the car while you are driving. Keeping baby occupied while you are concentrating on the road is always a good thing if they are not ready to drift off to sleep. Bright coloured toys are a good choice for the development of their sight.  Toys with sounds or music can stimulate their ears but if you are in a car with them it may be a distraction for you and they might be better for home use! Different textured soft toys the fit into their hands, are washable and made from non-allergic materials are always good for car trips, as they will probably end up being thrown onto the floor or ground at some stage of the trip.

Baby car seat toys are usually easy to install. Some of them are specifically made to be attached in the harness of a car seat and some are made to be clipped along the sides of the car seat. These are great toys to avoid the above mentioned throwing on the floor and then searching for said lost toy at the traffic lights! Many toys are available now and there are a lot of variations to choose from.

Please remember to never buy toys that have small parts which can be detached especially as you will have your eyes on the road not on your baby while they are playing. The most important thing to consider when choosing baby car seat toys for your baby is safety, so keep this in mind so you can buy appropriate toys for your child’s age. Secondly, you can think about toys that will help your child’s development. Brain stimulation is very important for babies and makes their time in the car a lot more fun.