Did you know that play gym carries several important developmental benefits for babies? Many therapists recommended them and here are the reasons why. ❤️ Benefits in visual perception: babies are born near sighted which means objects far away are blurry. Baby gyms are set up perfectly to accommodate visual skills. ❤️ Reaching skills: grasping and reaching skills of babies are dominated by reflexes which means they don`t have any control over it. Babies can grasp rattles or toys in the play gym and learn to hold objects and distinguish them. ❤️ Cognitive benefits: baby gym allows your baby to learn basics of cause and effect. This is very important because it`s the beginning of logic and understanding things around you. Play gym toys encourage babies to interact with them again and again. ❤️ Gross motor benefits: is the most obvious baby gym benefit for babies which encourages them to use and develop muscles in their arms, legs, tummy, neck and back. ❤️ Benefits in self-awareness: gyms are equipped with a small, non-breakable mirror so that babies can spend time looking at themselves in the mirror. Later they begin to notice that and by the end playfully respond to the image by laughing, patting and making faces.