Toy Recs

[SheilaTheTank]

K's favorite thing now is to sit at the kick and play piano and "play" it (bang the crap out of it). This keeps her entertained for at least 20 minutes, which is amazing. Any recommendations on toys that are similar that she can pound the crap out of?

Also, what toys do your LO love? 

[peachesncream]

She is loving the bouncer and big sister loves to help her bounce which is hilarious!! She usually stays entertained in there for quite a while.

[peachesncream]

By bouncer I mean the standing thing. I just realized the chair one is called a bouncer too. Hahaha. She is also loving that stupid Fisher Price puppy that sings obnoxiously.

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 10:08:35 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

By bouncer I mean the standing thing. I just realized the chair one is called a bouncer too. Hahaha. She is also loving that stupid Fisher Price puppy that sings obnoxiously.

is it the stuffed one? I was so set on getting her one, but then people told me they are possessed like furbies. DNW!

[peachesncream]

Aug 3, 2016 10:14:32 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Aug 3, 2016 10:08:35 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

By bouncer I mean the standing thing. I just realized the chair one is called a bouncer too. Hahaha. She is also loving that stupid Fisher Price puppy that sings obnoxiously.

is it the stuffed one? I was so set on getting her one, but then people told me they are possessed like furbies. DNW!

YES.  Ugh I hate that stupid thing.

[katespade]

J LOVES her o-balls. Loves them. Besides her lovey and Sophie they are the only thing she is super interested in.

[blackbird]

Aug 3, 2016 10:47:34 GMT -5 katespade said:

J LOVES her o-balls. Loves them. Besides her lovey and Sophie they are the only thing she is super interested in.

Oball is B's favorite too!

[SheilaTheTank]

K has something from baby einstein that's similar to the oball

www.amazon.com/dhnewsun-30974-Baby-Einstein-Bendy/dp/B001UF8BL4

[JoeLies]

Chase loves the O ball at school, and I've yet to give him the creepy puppy (our nickname for the FP singing puppy, which we got for DS1 from my Mom). At home he's either grabbing hanging toys on his play gym or too obsessed with his hands to notice much else. I'm convinced he'll never find his feet because of it.

[paloslee]

Jumperoo it's Fisher price. He loves small things little rattles teethers anything he can put in his mouth. I downloaded some Fisher price apps and those are entertaining. Tthey have a piano one and the puppy one and others the apps are free by the way!

[Deleted]

He likes a taggies blanket. It crinkles and has a squeaker and an elephant lovie. He likes anything that lights up or plays music and a couple of different rattles. He is bored with the kick and play so I just got him a jumperoo. Oh he also has Nuk dinosaur thing he likes to chew on. It's similar to Sophie, but much cheaper. He's into his mobile too

[sunshineshades]

Aug 3, 2016 9:49:17 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

K's favorite thing now is to sit at the kick and play piano and "play" it (bang the crap out of it). This keeps her entertained for at least 20 minutes, which is amazing. Any recommendations on toys that are similar that she can pound the crap out of?

Also, what toys do your LO love? 

She might be a little young. But there are some that can be used sitting too. An activity table. Lots of things to bang on to make noise and flashing lights.

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 14:29:16 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

Aug 3, 2016 9:49:17 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

K's favorite thing now is to sit at the kick and play piano and "play" it (bang the crap out of it). This keeps her entertained for at least 20 minutes, which is amazing. Any recommendations on toys that are similar that she can pound the crap out of?

Also, what toys do your LO love? 

She might be a little young. But there are some that can be used sitting too. An activity table. Lots of things to bang on to make noise and flashing lights.

I was looking at this one: www.amazon.com/Baby-Einstein-Discovering-Music-Activity/dp/B005P5D7G4/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1470252652&sr=8-6&keywords=activity+table

But I guess once the legs are on they can't come off, which would make it a problem for any subsequent children. 

[rachelilly23]

She loves things that vibrate- Bouncy seat, little pull string toys. Also crinkly books and butterfly that attaches to FP sit me up. She loves FanFan the fawn (same company that makes Sophie the Giraffe.) She's obsessed with putting FanFan in her mouth. Also likes swatting at the toy bar that velcros to her car seat.

[jewel441]

Thinking about getting a jumparoo/exusaucer thing. Those are ok, right? It's the ones that they can walk around the room that the doctors don't like?

[peachesncream]

Aug 3, 2016 16:02:14 GMT -5 jewel441 said:

Thinking about getting a jumparoo/exusaucer thing. Those are ok, right? It's the ones that they can walk around the room that the doctors don't like?

Yes, I think that's right!  That is what we use.

[sunshineshades]

Aug 3, 2016 16:02:14 GMT -5 jewel441 said:

Thinking about getting a jumparoo/exusaucer thing. Those are ok, right? It's the ones that they can walk around the room that the doctors don't like?

Yup. It's just not good to leave them in it for hours at a time.
We have the rainforest jumperoo. Haven't pulled it out yet for E but it's awesome.
I think a jumperoo is better than an exersaucer personally because they can jump a ton plus have all the toys to grab and play with. The exersaucer doesn't let them jump as much.

[jewel441]

Aug 3, 2016 16:28:16 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

Aug 3, 2016 16:02:14 GMT -5 jewel441 said:

Thinking about getting a jumparoo/exusaucer thing. Those are ok, right? It's the ones that they can walk around the room that the doctors don't like?

Yup. It's just not good to leave them in it for hours at a time.
We have the rainforest jumperoo. Haven't pulled it out yet for E but it's awesome.
I think a jumperoo is better than an exersaucer personally because they can jump a ton plus have all the toys to grab and play with. The exersaucer doesn't let them jump as much.

Lol to LO doing anything for hours... Thanks for the tip on the difference. We were at a play group thing at a toy store and they had one. I put her in it for a few min she looked happy, but she also looked super tiny in it.

[sunshineshades]

Aug 3, 2016 14:31:32 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Aug 3, 2016 14:29:16 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

She might be a little young. But there are some that can be used sitting too. An activity table. Lots of things to bang on to make noise and flashing lights.

I was looking at this one: www.amazon.com/Baby-Einstein-Discovering-Music-Activity/dp/B005P5D7G4/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1470252652&sr=8-6&keywords=activity+table

But I guess once the legs are on they can't come off, which would make it a problem for any subsequent children. 

looks like they are removable for this one
www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babytoys/products/Laugh-and-Learn-Puppy-and-Friends-Learning-Table

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 16:32:50 GMT -5 sunshineshades said:

Aug 3, 2016 14:31:32 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

I was looking at this one: www.amazon.com/Baby-Einstein-Discovering-Music-Activity/dp/B005P5D7G4/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1470252652&sr=8-6&keywords=activity+table

But I guess once the legs are on they can't come off, which would make it a problem for any subsequent children. 

looks like they are removable for this one
www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babytoys/products/Laugh-and-Learn-Puppy-and-Friends-Learning-Table

OI looked at that one too. Have you seen the video where they play the sounds. I wanted to claw my ears out after just a minute! I don't think it would last that long in my house. I may be being too picky. 

[carissa325]

Both of my kids have loved this.

Baby Einstein Baby Neptune Ocean Orchestra Musical Toy www.amazon.com/dp/B004G8QSY4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_X5MOxb3280NWW

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 17:22:41 GMT -5 carissa325 said:

Both of my kids have loved this.

Baby Einstein Baby Neptune Ocean Orchestra Musical Toy www.amazon.com/dp/B004G8QSY4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_X5MOxb3280NWW

SOLD! 

I just bought this on amazon. Hopefully she likes it. 

[kendraj426]

Generally, R doesn't want to be entertained by anything that isn't human. We have a bouncer which she likes well enough, but starts to whine after about 5 minutes in it. She pretty much just wants to be held.

V had a number of toys she liked. We have this Leap Frog table (it has removable legs and V never got her fingers stuck in any part of it): www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learn-Groove-Musical-Table/dp/B000ETRENI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470274178&sr=8-2&keywords=Leap+frog+play+table

Also, this Fisher Price Jumperoo: www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-DTL57-Go-Wild-Jumperoo/dp/B016XS2NIE/ref=sr_1_9_s_it?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1470274633&sr=1-9&keywords=Fisher+price+jumperoo

We also have an activity gym that appears to be discontinued, which sucks cause it's awesome - they both enjoyed playing with it. If you find it second hand, you should snatch it up! It's the Infantino Pop & Play Swap Gym.


For the most part, the more noise something has, the more my kids like it. Anything that squeaks or rattles is a delight.

[sctiger]

They're still a little young for this but this push toy was a big hit

www.amazon.com/VTech-80-077000-Sit-to-Stand-Learning-Walker/dp/B000NZQ010

My three year old is still entertained by it.

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 22:28:53 GMT -5 sctiger said:

They're still a little young for this but this push toy was a big hit

www.amazon.com/VTech-80-077000-Sit-to-Stand-Learning-Walker/dp/B000NZQ010

My three year old is still entertained by it.

We got something like this, but it's a train that she can pull and sit on as well. I may have been a little too eager when i bought it. It's a little too advanced for her, but it has tons of potential once she grows into it. 

[SheilaTheTank]

Aug 3, 2016 21:07:05 GMT -5 kendraj426 said:

Generally, R doesn't want to be entertained by anything that isn't human. We have a bouncer which she likes well enough, but starts to whine after about 5 minutes in it. She pretty much just wants to be held.

V had a number of toys she liked. We have this Leap Frog table (it has removable legs and V never got her fingers stuck in any part of it): www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learn-Groove-Musical-Table/dp/B000ETRENI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470274178&sr=8-2&keywords=Leap+frog+play+table

Also, this Fisher Price Jumperoo: www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-DTL57-Go-Wild-Jumperoo/dp/B016XS2NIE/ref=sr_1_9_s_it?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1470274633&sr=1-9&keywords=Fisher+price+jumperoo

We also have an activity gym that appears to be discontinued, which sucks cause it's awesome - they both enjoyed playing with it. If you find it second hand, you should snatch it up! It's the Infantino Pop & Play Swap Gym.


For the most part, the more noise something has, the more my kids like it. Anything that squeaks or rattles is a delight.

I was looking at that leapfrog table and I think we are going to get it once we move into the new house. It's the least annoying out of the ones out there. 

[arbe]

Loved this at PT so much I bought one

www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Toy-Sensory-Teether-Activity/dp/B000BNCA4K/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1470415730&sr=8-16&keywords=baby+toys

[sunshineshades]

www.summerinfant.com/deluxesuperseatislandgiggles?SKUID=774

I know most of you have the frog seat but E loves this. I bought it second hand though so significantly cheaper. It's like a bumbo on drugs lol.

[jewel441]

Aug 5, 2016 11:49:58 GMT -5 arbe said:

Loved this at PT so much I bought one

www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Toy-Sensory-Teether-Activity/dp/B000BNCA4K/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1470415730&sr=8-16&keywords=baby+toys

That's one of our favorites

[Deleted]

Aug 5, 2016 13:21:00 GMT -5 jewel441 said:

Aug 5, 2016 11:49:58 GMT -5 arbe said:

Loved this at PT so much I bought one

www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Toy-Sensory-Teether-Activity/dp/B000BNCA4K/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1470415730&sr=8-16&keywords=baby+toys

That's one of our favorites

Us too.