Its been shown babies see black, white and red best when really little.

Did you buy the toys that are only these colors that are supposed to simulate brain development better? Or just buy whatever looked fun?

We have a few that were given to us, but i don't know that it really makes THAT much difference.

We just buy the toys that look like fun. I have also concentrated more on sound and feel rather than color when looking for toys. The new ribbon blankets seem to be really popular these days, and get carried around for years.

From what I have studied when I was in college, babies are more curious to put things in their mouths rather than on the color of that thing. So whatever the color maybe the toy, they don't mind it as long as they can put it in their mouth.

It is easier for babies to see B & W because of the contrast. And when their eyes become more focused. I found a page that might help to shed some light on this subject for new parents, its about half way down the page. I had to look it up myself when my mother told me to go buy a ton of toys that had alot of contrast in them. :)

"Are Black and White Toys Important For Visual Stimulation?" (http://www.ski.org/Vision/babyvision.html)

We didn't know these things when my kids were younger, but now they have all sorts of toys and mobiles specifically in these colors to be easier for the youngsters to see.

I’m always curious when I read that babies see black and white best. How do they know that? It’s not like they can ask the babies. Or look through baby eyes.

They can monitor how well babies respond to certain stimuli and objects. They also can (ugh) tell through autopsies and such how developed certain things like the eyes are at a certain age.

Yes they watch the response to objects shown and what they show more interest in. And use the same patterns, shapes and textures in different colors.

It always amazes me that they can tell that a child can or can not see things at such a young age also, but they show them things and watch their muscle control.

With the recent responses about colors, that means that doctors can foretell if a baby is colorblind or not just by observation?

Now with the black and white preferences of babies. I think what they do in researches is they place different colors of toys and babies will choose the colors that they like most. And in most cases, bases will choose black or white colored toys.

To begin with we did indeed buy high contrast colours. Other than that we didn't much worry.

The only one thing I really bought with that in mind was the book Olivia, which is all black, white, red and grey.

RBW...

Yep, I made sure that's on my list even before when I was out starting to shop for little Dana's clothes. I can't wait 'til she's all grown up and actually, really play.

It'll be fun!:)

When it comes to buying a gift for my daughter, I usually go for what I think she'll play with for a long time or at least will enjoy for longer then a day. Her favorite color is pink so I usually buy toys that have pink on them.