Lamaze toys have been developed with the guidance of child development experts from Yale University. The result is the Lamaze Infant Development System, which is designed to make it easy for parents to select toys that are appropriate for each stage of baby's development. The philosophies of Lamaze International include:

• The experience of birth profoundly affects women and their families.
• Women's inner wisdom guides them through birth.
• Good parenting is vital to the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of our children, ourselves, and our society.
• Babies and children thrive in close, consistent interaction with their parents.
• Parenting is a learned art; our most important teachers are our own parent, our family, and our children.