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Lovevery has made a big splash in the market thanks to their subscription model of enrichment-focused play kits, which batch together eco-friendly, developmentally appropriate toys for your child. Each Lovevery installment, of which The Looker Kit is the first, is designed to cover a two or three month period (in this case, baby’s first 12 weeks). The Looker includes a range of newborn toys and a play guide that lays out developmental milestones to look for and activity recommendations to help your child reach them. It went down a storm with our tester Niki A-G. and her 10-week-old baby making it a clear winner of The Best of The Bump award for best newborn play kit. (See all of this year’s Best of The Bump winners.)The Looker Kit, as its name suggests, is meant to engage a newborn’s powers of observation. That means plenty of black and white imagery, including high-contrast cards and a tummy time-friendly gallery in which to display them. "The contents of this kit is almost entirely black and white and designed with a newborn's limited range of vision and movement," enthuses Niki. Coley suggests using the graphic silicone rattle to help develop visual tracking skills. She says to hold the rattle about 8 to 12 inches away from baby’s face and jiggle it a little to get their attention. "Once they are focused on the object, you can move it very slowly from left to right," says Coley, who recommends parents practice tracking from side to side for the first few weeks. The set also comes with black and white mittens meant to help your infant discover their hands and a trio of "sensory links" that crinkle, rattle and squeak. Niki told us that her baby "engages with the items in the kit on a daily