Toys!!

Starishna

My DD just turned 9 months and I want to get her new toys. What would you recommend? I purchased the Fisher Price Sit to Stand walker but I need new toys in 3 locations of the house so I can stop dragging things all over. She has almost outgrown her rainforest jumperoo. Any ideas on what comes next? She is almost 23 lbs.

pb_bride

Ds is 9.5 months and has started pulling up to stand.

I recently bought the b zany zoo activity cube for DS, and he is really enjoying it.  I also have the FP musical table, as well as FP laugh and learn home. He likes those 2 as well; the home keeps his interest longer.  He spends most of his day playing in the living room, while his nursery is on a different floor. I keep the L&L home in his room.

Fwiw, I bought all these second-hand via CL; paid $25 each for b zany zoo and L&L home, $10 for the table.  It would have cost me $200 for all 3 if bought new.

lem03

The Tolo rolling shape sorter. I got it for my LO when she was 9 months old and she loves it! It is her favorite toy, by far.

kjsmith9

DD will be 9 months old next week, so I'm lurking - but I've been wondering about new toys too since a lot of her stuff is "baby-ish" (rattles and whatnot).

I'm a big fan of educational toys, not just a bunch of things that have buttons that light up and play music.  I've been doing a little google research on toys for 1 year olds (I don't want to buy a whole new set of toys soon, so I'll probably just start buying things that are marked 9months+ or 1year+)...

*Blocks

*Push toys for walking

*Toy phone

*Nesting toys

*Pretend toys (i.e., safe kitchenware for them to explore with)

*DD has a cabbage patch doll that we just got out of the package last week, and she LOVES it (she is especially interested in her eyes that close when she lays down)

*Balls

*Musical instruments

I love Melissa & Doug toys too - we bought a 3 piece puzzle for her awhile ago - and while she doesn't get the concept of a puzzle yet, she loves to pull the pieces out (and it's nice and colorful).  I have my eyes on the Melissa & Doug Learn-to-Play Piano, because she loves to bang on real pianos, and this one would grow well with her (I don't want to invest money into something like the little 4-key baby einstein piano, only for her to be bored with it in a week).

And... books!  DH and I love to read to her - this child is going to need a separate room for her library.

LyndseylovesHugh

We just got my DD this play kitchen, it is amazing.  She also really loves her Hape Butterfly, this magnetic stack bear, her xylophone, and books.

alli84

O played with these at a friend's house and then I saw they had it at daycare too, so I got it for him to have at home. He doesn't put things through the cover yet, but he loves taking them in and out of the bucket and making noise.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fisher-Price-Brilliant-Basics-Baby-s-First-Blocks/6006715

jennygirlmt

Definitely aim for older so you don't need to buy more soon. I'm amazed at the things dd2 plays with. They got a kitchen to share and DD2 loves standing at it and playing with the dishes. Musical instruments are another favorite. Little People sets are played with a lot. And DD2 loves to dump out and put in. So any shape sorter, blocks, etc.

chricast

Her new favorite toy now that she is crawling is the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Home I bought it $5 used and she is in love!

izziebee

I don't think it's still in production but we have the Fisher-Price Go Baby Go! Crawl & Cruise Musical Jungle from DS1 and DS2 loves it (DS1 loved it too)!
I just googled it though and it's apparently in high demand and therefore priced pretty high (at quick glance) but look for something similar, FP probably has something that replaced it.

I would go with any of the laugh & learn Fisher Price stuff, we have a lot from when DS1 was a baby and they were always a hit.

Oh, and the VTech Sit to Stand Alphabet train was a big hit with DS1 also, I haven't gotten it out yet for DS2 but probably will soon. We just have so many darn toys in this house!