Silicone Rattle/Teether

Regular price R 75.00 ZAR

Design

This little silicone rattle-teether does double duty for a busy, teething baby: a soft, easy-grip ring handle for little hands to hold and shake, topped with a gently textured flower-shaped nibbler for sore gums to chew on. The combination means it's just as happy being shaken for a satisfying rattle sound as it is being gummed during a teething flare-up.

The ring handle shape is deliberately generous, making it easy for even very young babies to grasp and hold onto, while the flower head's petals offer varied textures and edges for oral exploration. It's a toy that grows naturally out of a baby's earliest reflexive grasping and into more intentional shaking, holding, and mouthing as their hand control develops.

Made from soft, food-grade silicone and available in six charming flower-inspired designs, each with its own bloom shape and colour combination, this rattle-teether is a lovely, functional addition to any newborn or teething kit — practical enough for daily use, and pretty enough to make a sweet baby shower gift.

What's Included

  • 1 x Silicone rattle/teether (design of choice: Bloom Shake, Petal Jingle, Daisy Rattle, Flutter Bell, Blossom Buzz, or Sunny Sprout)

 What the OT Says

As an occupational therapist, a combined rattle-and-teether like this one is a lovely example of a toy doing two developmental jobs at once. The ring handle is shaped and sized for a baby's earliest grasp patterns,  first a reflexive palmar grasp, and gradually a more intentional, controlled hold as hand strength and coordination mature. Shaking the rattle also introduces an early auditory feedback loop: the baby moves their hand, hears a sound, and begins to connect the two, a foundational piece of cause-and-effect learning.

The flower-shaped nibbler head adds an important oral-motor and sensory dimension. Mouthing and chewing on the textured petals provides proprioceptive input to the jaw and gums, which can be genuinely soothing during teething, while also giving a baby varied tactile experiences that support broader sensory processing development. Moving the toy between hand and mouth repeatedly also builds hand-eye and hand-to-mouth coordination, a skill babies rely on well beyond this stage, right through to self-feeding.

I like that this toy doesn't ask a baby to choose between "rattle" and "teether", it simply meets them wherever they are in a session or a day, whether that's active, shaking play or quieter, soothing chewing.

I recommend this as a lovely, functional addition to a newborn or teething kit at home, and a useful, dual-purpose tool in early intervention sessions focused on grasp and oral-motor development.