Hello! I'm a FTM and I was wondering what toys I should put on my registry. Most of the big ticket items will be purchased by my husband and I or the grandparents. I know that bottles and such are an iffy thing to register for since we don't know LO's preferences yet. I would prefer not to even make a public registry but since some people prefer to have a list to go by I was thinking I'd fill with a variety of toys, clothes, blankets, and books. Any suggestions on toys and things to put on my registry? Thanks!
Re: Infant toys
This isn't a toy but will help you pick up the bath toys.
And now that DS is bigger he loves using it by himself to scoop his bath toys.
OP, in addition to the link I posted above for the Lamaze brand baby toys, have a look at the toys by:
- https://www.mybtoys.com/, we have some of the baby appropriate ones: Elemenosqueeze, Hugs Links, One Two Squeeze, FunKeys, etc and DD currently plays with some of their toys for older kids. They are well made, colourful and really nice toys that last well and come in a variety of price points.
- https://www.sassybaby.com/sassy-toys-for-all, really good toys for babies too that have a developmental rating/slant to them, come in a variety of price points and hold up really well. We had a variety of these too: rattles, crib/floor mirror, teethers, linking rings/letters, high chair toys etc and DD really enjoyed them all too.
All of the baby toys we had for DD will be passed on to DS (except for her Sophie, we need a new one for DS since she bit through one of the legs when teething her eye teeth).
-Scout/violet
-Sophie the giraffe
-Activity mat
-There's a spinning thing that has a suction cup on it that he loved - it looked like a carousel. Don't know the name but it's by sassy and we got it at target.
-Toys that you pull and they vibrate
-skwish classic (he had the winkel but this was more fun for him)
I also second the recommendation for Indestructible Books. DS loved those and still picks them up from time to time. They don't actually have words in them, but the pictures are gorgeous and are easy to adlib to.
Really, the first few months DS was clueless about what toys were. When he finally started to "get" them, he gravitated to things that made noise when he moved it (rattles, crinkly books and toys, blocks with bells in them). He also liked mirrors and black and white baby board books.