• The Symphony Light & Motion Mobile develops baby’s hearing and sooths her with classical music specially selected for babies.
• During her first 3-4 weeks, baby faces sideways. Because her neck muscles are still weak, she cannot look forward. Therefore, it isn’t necessary to assemble the entire mobile at this stage and it is sufficient to only play the music box.
• The rest of the mobile should be assembled by the third week. The movement above her will encourage baby to straighten her head in order to see.

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• As babies only face sideways, you can connect the music box alone, without the rest of the mobile. At about the fourth week, you should connect the rest of the mobile, thereby stimulating baby to look up.

• Baby looks up and enjoys watching the objects moving above her and following them with her eyes, thereby developing sight and strengthening her eye muscles. Her improved vision allows her to discover more of the mobile elements.
• The classical music stimulates baby to listen and develops her hearing.

• The Symphony Light & Motion Mobile develops depth perception, in other words baby’s eyes become coordinated enabling three-dimensional perception, and allowing her to see various distances.
• Now she can enjoy the entire mobile, gazing with interest at the colored water generating a fascinating and alternating visual experience.
• She will discover the falling beads and will be able to follow the captivating motions, seeing how the objects are spatially arranged on a vertical plane (from top to bottom) and on a horizontal plane (to the sides) thereby developing her spatial perception.
• Her developing memory allows baby to recognize the various objects and to continue enjoying them.
  

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• Darken the room slightly, switch the light on and off from time to time while saying “here’s the light!” or “no light!”. Babies are drawn to light, and the motion of the colorful liquid shapes, with and without light, fascinates them.
• Sit next to your baby so that you can point to the various objects with your hand. Point to the approaching animal and call it by name, or point to the colorful liquid and say its color. In this way you give meaning to the various objects.
  
  

• The mobile can now be removed leaving only the music box for baby to use as a musical activity center.
  At this stage, baby is learning to understand the world around her by trial and error.
• Baby activates objects and discovers the link between her actions and the effect caused by her action. So, as she sits or stands in her bed, she pushes the buttons activating the music box, learning how to operate it, how to change the tunes and even how to switch it off, thereby learning cause and effect and developing control of her fingers (fine motor skills).

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• After the sixth month babies often lie on their backs in their beds and lift their legs, leaning them on the bars. In this position, your baby could unintentionally activate the music box. This unintentional action may gradually become intentional and teach her about the link between cause and effect.
• Show your baby how to activate the music box and encourage her to try.