Infantino Textured Multi Ball Set – Toy for Sensory Exploration and Engagement for Ages 6 Months and up, 6 Piece Set

Great sensory toy for baby.

+Non-compensated review.+

This Mom’s reasons for loving this particular toy:

The highest concentration of nerve endings that attach to pacinian corpuscles – feeling vibration – and Meissner corpuscles – feeling light touch – are located where? Lips and fingertips! No wonder they touch and chew on everything! 🙂
Since your baby has already begun to develop their sense of touch as early as 16 WEEKS gestation, and this region of the brain is the most significant in terms of all senses early in life (and in later life – think about it, you see blind and deaf elders, but very few who can no longer feel) it makes sense to offer toys with varying textures and complex structure. While these little toys may not be very durable, they sure serve their purpose with infants!

* Arrived in a bag, thankfully with no awful plastic stench!
* Very nice coloration. Not too blah, not too fluorescent.
* Size is perfect for gripping, and structural integrity is such that a smaller hand can collapse the ball (like the bigger purple one) enough to grab hold of it.
* Since they are lead-free and BPA-free, they are safe for little gummers.
* Light weight and easy to toss around to discover cause and effect. Try putting a ball in baby’s hand while you hold them and let it drop into/on to something that makes noise…the game never ends!
* Great for working on object permanence as well as color naming and recognition. We loved playing “Where’s the (color name) ball?” by hiding the balls under a box or blanket and squealing when little mister found the right one. 😊

Research proves that the more varied your child’s tactile experiences are, the more open they are to instruction (higher academic performance), their instances of anxiety dramatically reduce (fewer tantrums!), and their ability to maintain and build on the vast network of synapses they were given at birth is improved. So, in short, help your baby’s somatosensory system be all it can be by offering not just your affectionate touch, but a serious of fascinating new objects on a regular basis – like these fun, simple toys!

I hope you found this helpful and not too boring, lol! Unfortunately, by the time I got around to a review several months had passed and our puppy had eaten most of them. The photo is right out of the box.

My 8 month old doesn’t show very much interest the balls. Occasionally he will pick up and try to chew on the smaller ones, but they don’t seem to hold his attention for long.

I bought these balls for my 5 year old son. He has autism and has always liked things that are interesting to touch. Otherwise, he gets bored easily. Anyway, these caught my eye the other day when I was browsing Amazon. I noticed they were on sale so I bought them to see what they like.

Now, my son is kinda of picky when it comes to toys. Even if I think they’re cool, it doesn’t necessarily mean he thinks they’re cool. These however, were a big success. He loved them the second he opened the box! He went straight for the yellow one (he calls it the “star”) and started to squish it. He eventually did play with the other ones but it’s obvious that he has a favorite.

Like most children with sensory disorders, he can get a bit overwhelmed by loud noise. That’s why we gave him earplugs 

like this kind

 to wear when he’s in his play area. That’s the only way he’ll be able to relax and have a fun time.

Overall, I would give it 4 stars. The only reason why I’m taking one off is because there’s a hole in each of the balls so if you don’t clean them properly, all sorts of gross stuff will start to grow in it. I read that some people glued it shut with a hot glue gun and I’m seriously tempted to give that a try…

Pros:
– Balls are soft and easy to hold
– They are all different sizes
– They don’t have a plastic smell
– Very cheap and fair price

Cons:
– They have holes in them (it makes it hard to clean properly)
– They came in a big plastic bag
– They kind of look like dog toys (does this count as a pro? lol)

My daughter is 10 months and she loves these balls. She’s teething and I don’t have to worry about her chewing on them as they are of similar (if not the same) materials as her teethers . They are of good quality and are open ended toys that will grow with her. I wish I would have bought this sooner. Highly recommend as a staple for baby toys!