Wooden Rocking Horse with Sound (Assorted Designs, Sold as Single)Rocking Horses Create a Soothing Effect. Babies prefer to be rocked back and forth by their parents. Babies often fall asleep easily in our arms or in a swinging basket after some rocking movements. A soothing effect is somehow generated to calm down your little one in the process. Improve Kids' Balancing Ability. When play on a rocking horse or animal, the rocking movements help stimulate the vestibular system of kids, which is key part of our body