If you’re going to order the best baby floor mat that money can buy, then you’re probably going to be interested in what baby floor mats can be used for. Aside from looking a million dollars – aka absolutely gorgeous – and making sure that your baby is comfortable and safe, they also have actual practical uses that aid your little ones developmental and physical growth too. Just some of their uses include:

Helping your babies motor development to progress with baby floor mats

One of the biggest benefits of using a baby floor mat is that they aid in the progression of your baby’s motor development. Putting your baby on one of the mats ensures that they have a comfortable, safe environment to learn to move around. They are encouraged to move themselves around on the infant play mat, and crawl to their heart’s content which in turn means that they are going to build up their muscles.

All of this develops your little one’s strengths. One of them being their grip strength and their reflexes, which allows your little bub to learn to control their arm movements. They are going to learn to deliberately reach and grab as opposed to the natural reflex of grabbing anything that their palm comes into contact with. As we said earlier, using one of our floor mats with your baby will also allow them to build up their muscles, and therefore their muscle tone.

Baby floor mats allow for safe and effective ‘tummy time’

Speaking of developing your little one’s strengths, another benefit of choosing  the best baby floor mat in Australia is that it allows you as a parent to rest easy in the knowledge that whilst your little one may despise tummy time, they will be able to do it safely and significantly more comfortably than they would otherwise.

For those of us who aren’t familiar with ‘tummy time,’ it is exactly as it sounds. It is supervised time for your baby to be on their stomach, and it is proven to have a multitude of uses. Choosing to allow your baby to have some tummy time helps to build your babies neck muscles, in turn giving them significantly better control of their head as time goes on. Eventually, with enough tummy time on one of our comfortable, soft, plush (need we go on?) floor mats, your little one will be able to see infinitely more of the world. They’ll be able to look up and around, and this, in turn, will develop their ability to track objects (or mummy, daddy, and Jess the cat) with their eyes, and also means they’ll be able to develop their coordination.

Before you rush ahead and buy the first baby floor mat that you see online, it is important that you do your research to ensure that you are not wasting your hard-earned money.

The first consideration to make before buying a mat is its comfort. You will want to make sure that you are buying a play mat that is sufficiently padded so they will be comfortable when playing on the hard floor. Not only that, this soft surface may even help them doze off before you put them back in their crib.

You will also want a thick baby play mat as these are safer for those tumbles and falls that your baby is most likely to take.

Another consideration to make when picking a baby mat is the colour of it. Do you want something that is more neutral? Or one with bright and vivid colours that will catch your baby’s attention? Bright colours may also even put you in a much better mood too!

When choosing a nursery play mat, think about how you are going to be using it. Are you going to be taking it around with you when leaving the house? If so, then a portable play mat may be a better option for you as these fold and can easily be transported with you anywhere such as going to visit family or even going to the park.

Baby Luno prides itself on offering an easy and convenient online shop where you can browse a huge number of baby items from many different businesses, so you can get exactly what you want and for the best price! Our baby floor mats can be shipped in Australia and you do not have to worry about extortionate postage fees.

If you have any questions about our delivery options for baby floor mats Australia wide, or about any of our products in general, we will be more than happy to assist you. The easiest way for you to get into contact with us is by filling out the contact form on our website. It is easy to find, as it is located under the ‘contact us’ tab that can be found at the bottom of our website. All you need to do is leave your name, enquiry, and an e-mail address so that we can get back to you and a member of our team will do just that.