Shop All Baby Sensory

Black and white visuals play a crucial role in infant development because they are among the easiest for a baby's still-developing eyes and brain to perceive. Research shows that high-contrast colours like black and white stimulate a baby's optic nerves, encouraging cognitive development and enhancing their visual perception. Bullabaloo offers an extensive range of black and white baby products designed to support your little one's early developmental milestones.

Babies can benefit from black and white high-contrast visuals for the first few months of their lives. Typically, the significance of black and white stimuli diminishes around 3 to 5 months of age as their colour vision and focus improve. Nonetheless, the early exposure to these high-contrast colours lays a solid foundation for future learning and development.

Babies start responding to black and white high-contrast visuals as early as their first few days of life. Newborns have limited vision, focusing best at objects 8 to 12 inches away from them. For the first 3 months, their vision is primarily grayscale as their colour vision has not fully developed yet. This is why Bullabaloo focuses on creating products that cater to this critical developmental stage.

In addition to black and white, red is another colour that is easier for babies to perceive due to its high wavelength. High-contrast colours like black, white, and red are beneficial for a baby’s visual development. They help in stimulating neural connections and improve a child's attention span, concentration, and memory retention. Bullabaloo integrates these fundamental colours into our products, supporting your baby's early development needs effectively.

A sensory muslin is a multi-purpose fabric designed to engage your baby’s senses. Bullabaloo’s sensory muslins are made of high-quality, breathable material that’s gentle on your baby’s skin. More than just a cloth, our sensory muslins are designed with high-contrast patterns like black and white graphics to stimulate visual perception, and sometimes incorporate textures to encourage tactile exploration. Research suggests that such multi-sensory experiences contribute significantly to a child's overall cognitive and physical development.