Technology toys for babies under 12 months

Are you looking for a cool technology gift for a baby or toddler? Do you want to find a great baby gadget for a christmas present?

If so, take a look at the Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn baby technology gadgets. Not only are they a great way of introducing your baby to technology and through that giving them an advantage later in life when they enter our technology fixated world, but they are also a neat way of protecting your own expensive iPhone, iTouch or iPhone, while still allowing your little one to be curious about moms or dads toys.

All parents know that when there is a baby in the house there will be drool on their iPhone or iPad. We say we wont let out babies and toddlers play with the expensive gadgets, but some way or another, they end up using them as teething toys anyway.

The Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn cases are great electronic learning tools for babies as young as 6 months and they will teach your child anything from numbers, shapes, letters to cause and effect.

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Will it hurt my child to play computer games?

One of the worries I hear from parents when it comes to the Laugh and Learn iPad and iPhone cases, is whether or not it is good for babies as young as 6 months to be playing games on a gadget.

This is I believe a valid concern. My take on it is, that as long as the playtime is limited and more importantly done together with a parent, then the act of playing with iPhones or iPads or even computers can be a great learning tool in developing the babies understanding of cause and effect and helping developing their fine motor skills.

We are living in a world where being a proficient technology user is ever more important, in fact not being comfortable using computers and other electronic gadgets is often a great disadvantage.

Furthermore, studies have shown that kids do in fact get smarter if they play video games as it develops their problem solving skills.

That being said if you as a parent utilize the gadgets, computer or even the TV as an electronic babysitter, then I believe that there is cause for concern.

The 3 first years of a childs life is crucial for their brain development and they need social interaction from grown ups as well as other children in order to stimulate them during this development.

As such my advice would be. Do buy one of the cute Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn cases and do let your baby and toddler play with your iPhone or iPad, but be present when they do and limit the time so there is room for ol'fashioned toys as well.

There is a great ongoing debate amongst parents on whether babies should play with technological gadgets. On one side it is argued that learning to handle technology gadgets early in life, will make them more proficient in navigating our ever more technology fixated world.

On the other side of the argument you have the concern that kids will lose the learning that comes from exploring physical toys. That if they don't spend time building their abilities with traditional toys like building blocks, they will be hampered later in life as the time spent staring at electronic gadgets is causing developmental damage.

What is your opinion?

Should Babies and Toddlers play with electronic gadgets?