DS is just about 9 months and I think he's bored to death with the toys we have. I've been avoiding buying toys since we don't have much space, but we're moving soon and DS gets to have a play room! What are the hot toys among the older babies right now?

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Re: What toys are a hit?
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Hudson loves these:
Fisher-Price Lil' Zoomers Spinnin' Sounds Speedway
Vtech Infant Learning Rhyme and Discover Book
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board and fabric books with lift-the-flap or touch-and-feel
stacking cups
blocks
baby instruments - a small piano, bells, cymbals, etc.
I have a small space too, so I don't like a lot of giant plastic toys taking up space. DD will sit for 20-30 minutes just looking at her books, which were inexpensive, don't take up a lot of space, and don't make noise!
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Mason is loving musical instruments lately (especially drumsticks). He is also getting pretty good at his shape sorter (we have the Fisher Price Cookie Jar one). He loves anything with cars as well- the little boy at his sitters plays with cars so of course Mason wants to as well
DS is the same age but my friends with older babies recommended a few things: shape sorters, trucks, stacking blocks, push/pull toys, sand/water table. DS is starting to put things in/take things out. They sell toys like that but we're using a cardboard box and he goes for it every time. That or a tennis ball. He also likes his bead maze thing.
I prefer smaller toys to big things so DS has mostly small things. But we hope to get him a zany b cube and/or push walker thing (a cart/wagon) in the next few months.