The 5 Best Crib Mobiles

Finding the perfect mobile for your baby's crib seems like such a small task, but it truly affects your child's development. You want to be sure you are finding one that will help your child learn and get used to colors, lights, and other elements while also relaxing them enough to sleep. To avoid some stress, we have compiled a list for you of the top five baby crib mobiles.

Tiny Love Meadow Days Soothe ‘n Groove Baby Mobile

Tiny Love Meadow Days Soothe 'n Groove Baby Mobile

The Tiny Love Meadow Days Soothe 'n Groove baby mobile offers several music choices and options to grow with your child making it the best overall.

Best Overall

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The Tiny Love Meadow Days Soothe ‘n Groove Baby Mobile offers 18 musical choices, a nightlight, and has the ability to grow with your child. With the expansive music choices and 40 minutes of uninterrupted music play, it will keep your child interested and you do not have to listen to the same song on repeat.

The mobile has the ability to grow with your child into the toddler ages to hook on their toddler crib or bed without the mobile section attached and just as a music box. In addition, the mobile also has a nightlight on the music box section to keep your child comforted in dark and quiet times.

Pros:

Has the ability to grow with your child
Lots of musical options
Has a nightlight on the mobile

Cons:

May make a slight clicking noise while animals turn
Could be too big with all the different components
Has a decent size price tag for a crib mobile

Fisher-Price Precious Planet Projection Mobile

The Fisher-Price Precious Planet Projection Mobile is a cute animal mobile with different sound features like music, heartbeat, nature, and womb sounds to choose from.

Runner-Up Overall

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The Fisher-Price Precious Planet Projection Mobile is exactly what you would picture when you think of a crib mobile. The mobile has cute, plush animals with a canopy over the top attached to a music box. In addition, the animals closer with a canopy attached so your baby can focus on the animal and the details, increasing the stimulation and sensory value of the mobile.

The mobile also has a music box that not only includes music, but nature, heartbeat, and womb sounds as well to comfort the baby with 20 minutes of playtime uninterrupted.

Pros:

Not gender-specific
Cute design with learning elements included
Choice of different sounds to play included in music box component

Cons:

Only 20 minutes of uninterrupted playtime for the music box
There is not a way to only turn on the mobile without music or sounds
Takes a lot of battery power

Tiny Love Meadow Days Mobile

This mobile is easy to travel with, easy to attach to different objects like cribs or strollers, and visually stimulating making the Tiny Love Meadow Days Mobile the Best on a Budget.

Best on a Budget

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This mobile received our Best on a Budget award because of its easy attachment feature and it is light weight to easily travel with. The easy attachment feature makes it easy to attach the Tiny Love Meadow Days Mobile to a crib, stroller, bassinet, pack ‘n play, carriers, and more. Most importantly, it is super light weight without the heavier musical box component which makes it easier to travel, but this mobile does come with 5 different melodies to choose from and 30 minutes of uninterrupted music time.

Pros:

Easy to travel with
Can attach multiple necessary items like cribs and strollers
Light weight

Cons:

Not a variety of music selection
May be a bit loud when spinning
May not be long lasting

KiddoLab Baby Crib Mobile

This mobile is super colorful and has a light show projection feature making the KiddoLab Baby Crib Mobile our Best Features Award Winner.

Best Features

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The KiddoLab Baby Crib Mobile has incredible features that your baby will love. The mobile is super colorful and has cute animals on it. It also projects a moon and stars on the ceiling when the overhead lights are turned off, making it even more visually stimulating for your child.

The KiddoLab Baby Crib Mobile also has several musical options, including lullabies and nature sounds to choose from. In addition, you can choose from a 15-minute play for the music or continuous playtime to ensure the music has your child in a relaxed state.

Pros:

Very colorful
Light projection of moon and starts
Musical options with sounds and time length to choose from

Cons:

May not be long lasting due to the manufacturing of the mobile
There is not a way to only turn on the mobile without music or sounds
Takes a lot of battery power

Manhattan Toy Stim-Mobile for Cribs

The Manhattan Toy Stim-Mobile for Cribs doubles as a developmental toy. The images on the mobile adapt to a baby's changes in visually development making this mobile Best for Sensory.

Best for Sensory

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The Stim-Mobile for Cribs from Manhattan Toy will introduce your baby to high contrast colors and images to promote early visual development while it is hung over their crib. This mobile was created to increase pattern recognition, as some research has show that babies are more attracted to high contrast images than a wide variety of color.

The mobile also has an adjustable cord so you can adjust the height as the baby grows and includes a labeled guide to assist you on when to adjust the height.

Pros:

Increases baby’s stimulation and visual sensory
Adjustable cord to adjust height of mobile
Includes high contrast images

Cons:

Not visually appealing in a room
Does not have any sound or music features
May not be long lasting

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to have a mobile and are mobiles safe on my child’s crib?

No, you do not need to have a mobile on your child’s crib. However research has proven that having a mobile on their crib or bassinet relaxes the baby to fall asleep, even on the tough times where it may be fighting sleep.

When it comes to safety, especially for babies and children, you always want to be sure you are getting the safest products possible. Mobiles are safe when manufactured and mounted onto the crib properly. If safety is your main concern, we recommend reading the reviews of the product to read about other buyer’s experiences with the mobile and once the mobile is mounted test to be sure it is mounted safely before putting your child in the crib.

Why would the mobile have a music box attached to it if a mobile is to assist a baby fall asleep?

Music and lullabies can be related to the white noise machines that even some adults use. It assists drowning out any outside noises for the baby to focus on falling asleep and the constant playing of the music. As a result, typically the child will fall into a relaxing and restful state.

Is a mobile on my child’s crib going to make that much of a difference to their sleeping pattern?

It could definitely not make a difference to your child’s sleeping pattern, however it also could. It all varies from child to child. Some children do not need a mobile to fall asleep and sleep comfortably. However, it is always a safer bet to have one just in case your baby needs one, especially as they grow and get adjusted to the mobile and sounds to assist their sleeping pattern.