This mobile features the high-contrast black and white patterns that new babies can see and like to look at. Crib mobiles are usually made to appeal to parents and grandparents, and make things "cute" to fit the nursery, but don't offer anything a newborn can appreciate. Newborns cannot see pastel colors, and even primary colors do not have the contrast that is crucial for them to see patterns and shapes. This mobile has twenty vertical and horizontal surfaces a baby can see from any angle. Reversible graphic cards feature simple and complex patterns for engaging play at all stages of development. Encourages scanning, focusing, tracking, orienting, as well as pre-reaching hand movement. Four height-adjustment links for proper focal distance. Durable, washable plastic. Non-toxic materials. Non-glare finish. Birth to 5 months.
Stim-Mobile with upright. Comes with crib arm to attach mobile to crib rail. A84 $27.50
Stim-Mobile without upright. If you already have a crib mobile that has the arm that attaches to the crib rail, this package includes everything except the upright. Just hang the Stim-mobile from your own crib arm. B84 $21.00
The Stim-mobile is based on 30 years of recearch on infant vision.
But why is the Stim-mobile Black and White? New babies see very differently than adults. Not many of us imagine the unborn baby looking around before coming into the world, but in reality, that is when a baby begins to tell the difference between light and dark. At the moment of birth , the newborn can actually see an object held 10 to 13 inches away (roughly the distance between her eyes and her mother's face when nursing). In the 1960's, research done by Dr. Robert Franz showed that new babies not only see clearly, but actually prefer highly contrasted abstract patterns to plain surfaces. New babies are fascinated by faces, and will study each new face carefully. It is no wonder that mother's face is clearly recognized by the end of the first week of life. What about colors? The retinal rods and cones in a newborn baby's eyes haven't developed enough to distinguish anything but positive and negative images - black and white. Babies see by following the sharp edges where light and dark meet. Research shows that they prefer bold geometric patterns for that reason. When the infant is several weeks old he sees his first primary color, red. They can't appreciate the cute pastel pink and blue characters that we traditionally give them, until they are nearly a year old!
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