Red and White
High contrast colors and toys are great visual stimulation for babies. The vision is the last to develop in infants because inside the womb it was pitch black except for those times when we put the flashlight close to my tummy. We did that flashlight to get Ate to turn around when she was still in breech position.
We found this toy rattle and bought it for Ate for her 1st month birthday. We named this soft rattle Pupu. Not very creative but that's what Ate seemed to be doing all the time -- poopoo!
Inspired to find more infant visual stimulation toys I went around looking for a mobile with these colors. I couldn't find any locally so I ended up making my own blocks. The photos are the personalized touch. And of course, letters forming her name. These blocks were placed randomly beside her crib because before 1 month, she was looking mostly to her side. Eventually she was able to look up at the mobile.
Using the mobile given to us during a baby shower, I placed the blocks I made using red ribbons. I simply tied it to where the other mobile toys were. The mobile turns too! Manual though. And it lasts for 3 minutes so I have to wind it up again.
It was good visual stimulation for Ate, I think. Eventually she started looking up. Sometimes I would put a flashlight beside her and let the light point to the black and white images. She really looked up then.
The downside is these are just printed on photo paper and I assembled them so they're not very durable. But they're very light weight so if they did fall on Ate it wouldn't hurt. Plus, I couldn't put heavy weight blocks anyway.
This is Ate's daddy's crib when he was a baby. It's that old. Ate's grandma also used the same crib when she was a baby. It's really that old!!! Call it a family heirloom. We used it for a while but eventually we got a Graco Pack & Play when she was able to move around more.
Ate had the same color theme for her baptism. These chocolate cupcakes had white frosting with red sprinkles and mini-oreos. My sister in law helped me prepare these.
And even her cake was black white and red. We got a plain white cake and did the decorations ourselves. We used Hershey's chocolates chopped up, mini Oreos and red Gummy Bears!
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