My daughter loves to play with the Kidzooie Spiral Play tower. She plays with this every day. And I love that it doesn't require batteries that need to be changed all the time.
She also likes to play with blocks although at this point she needs me to set them up and she mostly just knocks them down.
And she loves to walk around with her leap frog shopping cart.
After 2 years of TTC, our daughter was born on Oct 31, 2011! 7lbs 13oz 20 inches long ">
Ditto PPs that said that toys are largely ignored right now because she rather just be walking from place to play and never stopping to play. She also like the VTech walker though and I got her a Melissa and Doug tunnel that she likes to play in. Also this music set that I found at Target that has a drum and all sorts of noise maker thing inside (tambourine, etc.)
I second the V Tech walker (even though he's walking, he still uses the walker because it lets him RUN). Ultimately, though, he loves balls and blocks more than anything else. We bought a couple of big cheap rubber balls and picks it up, throws it, toddles after it and repeats that over and over again.
Re: Toys for 12 month old
My daughter loves to play with the Kidzooie Spiral Play tower. She plays with this every day. And I love that it doesn't require batteries that need to be changed all the time.
She also likes to play with blocks although at this point she needs me to set them up and she mostly just knocks them down.
And she loves to walk around with her leap frog shopping cart.
7lbs 13oz 20 inches long
A push toy was my son's favorite at this age, too. But besides that, here are some things he loved then and still plays with at 20 months:
Soft blocks: https://www.amazon.com/B-One-Two-Squeeze-Blocks/dp/B0030F67N6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1362026218&sr=8-2&keywords=soft+blocks (although he is becoming bored with these...)
Stack & Roll Cups: https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Brilliant-Basics-Stack-Roll/dp/B000LSZVJQ/ref=pd_sim_t_5
Poppin Pals: https://www.amazon.com/Playskool-Busy-Poppin-Pals-Colors/dp/B00005N9EE/ref=pd_sim_t_13
Bead maze: https://www.amazon.com/B-68636-A-Maze-Loopty-Loo/dp/B005DX7UES/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1362026394&sr=8-15&keywords=b.+toys
Sound Puzzle/Shape Sorter: https://www.amazon.com/Toysmith-Battat-Sound-Puzzle-Box/dp/B001FVGM6O/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=53UGDAEBJ1DB&coliid=I3INLI6FG8DV7V
Nest & Stack Buckets: https://www.amazon.com/i-play-G02082-Stack-Buckets/dp/B000CBSNBU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=53UGDAEBJ1DB&coliid=I1N5SGL3L84D46
LeapFrog Animal Farm: https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Fridge-Farm-Magnetic-Animal/dp/B0001X0DR6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=53UGDAEBJ1DB&coliid=I2TCIPDGT2YHES
Busy Gears: https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Playskool-Busy-Gears/dp/B000BCEJ86/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=53UGDAEBJ1DB&coliid=I2TEUP8KHYVKGP
Melissa & Doug chunky knob puzzles