The Lovevery play sets stretch between ages 0 months through 4 years. This play kit is unique because they don’t come with flashy lights, and don’t make sounds unless it’s a natural sound like the shake of a rattle.
Here, you will find my critique of this play kit as I describe my sons interaction to the toys that came with it. Some he loved, some he didn’t. Would I recommend these toy kits? Well, you will have to stick around to see.
Looker Play Kit (0-12 Weeks old)
His favorite item from this kit were the “Sensory Links.” When he was a newborn we would place his hand on the link with the grabber and over time he knew what is was for. He started to reach out to grab it on his own and just pull on it for the longest time.
Our son mostly just wanted to touch this little wooden book. I repeatedly said the name of each animal in this book to him almost everyday for a while.
This toy is called “The Mobile.” My son of course just pretty muck looked at these but he didn’t interact with them very much. I have a side by side picture here to demonstrate that there is a front and back side to this toy.
Even though this toy came in the newborn box. My little one didn’t start interacting with this until he started grabbing stuff. The ball in the middle of the teether is removable. By the time my son was 5 months he preferred to hold the little ball in his hands, and look at it without it being in the rubber holder.
The Charmer Play Kit (3-4 months)
My little guy LOVED LOVED LOVED this soft book. This was literally his favorite thing from age 3 months to 5 months. He lost interest in it when he started crawling and sitting up because by then, he could entertain hisself. While he was still a little potato, he loved to grab and touch on everything in this soft book. What I loved about this book was that everytime you turned to a new page, there was a different material and a different black and white picture of something. There was also crinkly paper throughout the soft book. There was one page of a pocket (like pants pocket). I would stick something in the pocket in front of my son so he could see what a “pocket” was for. I would put something in and take it right back out while talking to him. Your baby will love this.
My infant at the time had a hard time holding this particular teether because it was kinda on the heavy side. He started to like this teether when he got a little stronger. I would say once he started to rollover (5 months) on his own, he started using it.
This toy was off and on with my son. Sometimes he was into it and sometimes he wasn’t. He payed attention to it more when he became more mobile. Once he realized he could grab it and shake it he noticed it better.
If you baby is still, what I call “a potato” or in other words, non-moblie yet. Then I would 100% recommend a mirror. My son loved this mirror. He would stare at hisself and smile so hard. This mirror distracted him so strongly that it actually gave me time to eat or do chores. He cared absolutely nothing about the reverse side of the mirror.
My son had no interest in this toy. I would put it in his hand and he would just drop it. I did try to get him to use it several times and he just never got into the groove with this one.
My little one showed interest in this cloth because he wanted to suck on it mostly. If your baby uses this it will get soaked in baby drool.
I’m going to be honest with you. This toy kind of scared me because I felt that my son would hit himself with it, but that hasn’t happened yet. The reason why it didn’t happen is because he didn’t really interact with it to my surprise. I thought it was a neat little rattle but he didn’t care about it.
The Senser Play Kit (5-6 months)
The name for this toy fits perfectly with its purpose. When my son did tummy time, he had a blast with this toy. He would put his mouth on it and just wobble his head around on it. It also bounced around well in the water during bath time.
My son unfortunately didn’t really interact with these socks. So these socks are basically like a rattle but a rattle in socks. I thought they were adorable but the little guy didn’t care about them at all.
My son actually liked this ball in the beginning but lost interest after about a month. He would hold it with both hands and try biting on it. When he would do tummy time he would try to roll it with one hand.
Of course my little one has no idea what I am saying or even talking about when I read this book to him. I will however continue to read this book with him as he grows. This book demonstrates different parts of body (nose, feet, hair, etc.) He prefers to try to eat this book most of the time.
This has probably been my sons favorite toy out of the entire collection so far. At first my son seemed like he didn’t really like this toy. Over time this became his favorite thing in his play pen. This toy really increased his motor skills fairly quickly. He went from slowly putting his hand on this to make it spin. Then BOOM, out of no where, he started to spin this toy super fast very easily. It was clear to me that he started to realized what the toy did….it spinned. Once he realized “Oh, if I put my hand on this toy, it will spin really fast.” When he realized this, he became addicted to it.
My son liked to continuously pull the cloth tissues out of the wooden box. He didn’t really put the cloths back in the box but he did realize that there was something in it. After he would pull all of the cloths out, he would stick his hand in it to find more. He also liked to suck on the cloths, so I will warn you that your baby will probably get the cloths soaking wet from baby drool.
My overall take on these play kits…I have no regrets getting these boxes for my son. You never know what you’re going to get when it comes to toys and babies. I was pleased that my son did enjoy most of these toys, and I did see him gain strength from some. I also liked that each toy was gender neutral (for boys and girls alike). So yes, I would recommend buying these play kits for your little one.
Category: Motherhood
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