For the first few months a baby's world is mostly blur and contrast. These cards are built for that window.

Five double-sided fabric cards give ten printed faces in strong graphic contrast, the kind of imagery a newborn can actually resolve. Six different textures are worked into them, micro-velvet, corduroy, suede, looped fabric, cotton muslin and felt, so there is something to find with fingertips as well as eyes.

A silicone ring holds them together as a first fabric book. Unclip them and they become tummy-time props, or lay them on the floor to encourage reaching and rolling. Because they are fabric rather than card, they can be mouthed, crumpled and washed.

Stimuli is Kaloo's early-development range, created with psychomotor therapists to give babies the right sensory input at the right stage. It is designed for 0 to 6 months in particular and stays useful up to around 24 months. Suitable from birth. Arrives in Kaloo's signature keepsake box with a message insert under the lid, so it is ready to give and easy to keep afterwards.

HIGH CONTRAST, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY SEE - Newborn vision reads bold contrast long before it reads pastel. These five double-sided cards are printed for that, giving ten faces of real visual stimulation from day one.

SIX TEXTURES TO FIND - Micro-velvet, corduroy, suede, looped fabric, cotton muslin and felt are worked into the cards, so touch develops alongside sight instead of separately.

THREE WAYS TO USE THEM - Clipped together on the silicone ring they read like a first fabric book. Detached and propped up, they work for tummy time. Spread on the floor, they encourage reaching and rolling.

FABRIC, NOT CARD - Soft, washable and safe to mouth, unlike the printed card sets sold for the same purpose. They survive being chewed, crumpled and dropped.

DEVELOPED WITH SPECIALISTS - Created with psychomotor therapists as part of Kaloo's Stimuli range and presented in the brand's keepsake gift box. A genuinely useful newborn gift.

0 months and above (suitable from birth)

14 x 14 x 4 cm

Micro-velvet, corduroy, suede, looped fabric, cotton muslin and felt; silicone connecting ring

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