Furnishing your baby with the right kind of toy to play with is very good for accelerating the growth of his body and his perception. For infants, the playground is the school ground and it is during their playtime that their mental and physical faculties are enhanced.
For developing muscles and bones, toys are indispensable tools
The energy of the infant is focused on the development of its organs, its muscles and its bones. This is plainly why babies grow at a faster rate than young children and adults. To help in this developmental stage, we should make sure that the baby gets all the nutrients that they need. Additionally, steps should also be taken to give the baby the tools (toys) that he can use for learning how to utilize and control his muscles and their associated bones.
At their age, babies do not yet have the mental abilities to device practice exercises for themselves. To compensate for that, they have been given an intense curiosity about everything they see around them. Babies will want to touch, feel and handle objects. That is part of getting accustomed to the environment as well as getting to know how to cope with the environment.
Choosing a safe toy shape
Contours that can harm the infant are definitely not appropriate for toys. Included in these are protrusions which are pointed and edges which are sharp. The toy's outline should also not be angular or pointed. It is best to confine your selection to toys with rounded shapes..
Balls, oblongs and round-shaped toys are the recommendable shapes and designs to look for. Box-y ones, especially if the corners are sharp, are not safe for baby during his first three years.
Safety considerations about coloring substances
Carefully consider the paint that was used on the baby toy. Inorganic paints have chemical ingredients which, even after the paint has dried, continue to discharge harmful chemicals into the air for some time. Also, the fact that babies are prone to put things in their mouths or to lick on their toys makes inorganic paints an unsafe choice. Besides inorganic dyes, you also need to look out for flammable ones. In that regard, most inorganic dyes are flammable.
Before purchasing any toy, you need to know from the vendor what sort of paint was used on the toy. Do not purchase if your vendor does not know. Look for something somewhere else or another person in the same store who knows. Choose toys painted with water-based dyes as these are the ones which are not poisonous and non-flammable.
Latex paint or mild paint are organic and non-toxic coloring substances.
Latex paints
Latex paints use latex (which is a kind of tree sap) as the substance that binds the pigment to the painted surface. Being a natural derivative, latex is not dangerous within its range of normal application. It neither poisons nor does it catch flame. However, some people are allergic to it.
What are milk paints?
Your safest option for painted toys for babies are those which were colored with milk paint. The dye consists of nothing more toxic than milk pigments, substances derived from the earth and earth pigments.
Of course, you have to be sure that the baby is allergic neither to latex nor to milk.