what toys did your kid love from 6-12 months?

[sake]

I am going to a huge consignment sale tonight, with nothing in mind that I want to buy...

But I was wondering if there were any toys or baby equipment that you/ your baby loved from about 6 ish months to a year. We are stocked up on toys for now, but i wanted to check out things that he would like a little later.

We have an exersaucer, but other than that, not a lot of stuff for that age.

TIA!

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Activity cube

Musical instruments (especially this godforsaken drum (http://www.wayfair.com/Kidoozie-Kidoozie-Flash-Beat-Drum-G02084-L718-K~TLI1005.html?refid=GX21919234380-TLI1005&gclid=CKm06eeM-LYCFcud4AodvWQA8A)

Hmmm I'm trying to think -- from 6-8 months they were still using the play mat with some entertainment.....

OH also a ball popper. We have a dino but there's an elephant with airborne balls, too.

Walkers (the ones they push)

Any and all balls

[TrudyCampbell]

Blocks, empty/fill toys, anything that makes noise

[BAMFMrsB]

www.amazon.com/VTech--Stand-Learning-Frustration-Packaging/dp/B0053X62GK/ref=sr_1_4?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1367521035&sr=1-4

we just broke this out for DS and he loves it. He's not yet ready to 'walk' with the walker part, but that front piece comes off and he plays with it ALL. THE. TIME.

[sake]

I am DEFINITELY going to get some books, and also look at the music sets, with the drum and maracas or something

[luckyval]

Sorting blocks/shape blocks

Hart got this as a baby and to this day it's still one of his favorite toys


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[usuallylurking]

Anything that is his brother's, lol. Activity cube, things that are easy to hold onto and chew - we have a set of little people zoo animals that he loves right now, board books, crinkly/cloth books, anything with a tag, stacking cups are a hit right now too.

[lolly]

All the above - plus at that age we started using bath seats so they could play in the big tub.

[ering1115]

The B You drum was a huge hit in our house.

We had foam blocks for around that age too. He was also still into the Lamaze toys. DS didn't really get into toys until a little older than 1 yr.

[sake]

May 2, 2013 14:00:55 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Sorting blocks/shape blocks

Hart got this as a baby and to this day it's still one of his favorite toys

I have been thinking about these, but didn't know what age kids were when they really understood that the blocks fit in the different shaped holes, so I have been holding off buying one. 

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My sister just got them the B You drum and YES it's a huge hit. Those egg shakers?! Omg you'd think those were golden eggs, they carry them everywhere!

My kids aren't as interested in the shape sorter, it bums me out. They will take the pieces and do in/out with the sorter top off (in/out is their favorite game after open/close) but they don't care about sorting.

Also Sake the puzzles with like 3 large pieces? Get those for later b/c they're expensive and if you can get a deal you'll be happy later! The boys will play with them but I think closer to 15-18m is when they'll try to use them more. Though apparently sorting/etc isn't their forte, lol.

[ering1115]

Oh- that was also a big time for "cooking in the kitchen with mama". i.e. banging on pots and pans while I made dinner. If they have the metal ikea pots/pans- grab them. They are the noisiest and therefore the best.

[CurlyQ284]

At the daycare all the babies are obsessed with these homemade shakers. Water bottle without the label, put bells in it, coffee beans or beads, squares of colorful construction paper. All the babies in his class love these things and DS is the youngest at 5.5 months.

[luckyval]

May 2, 2013 14:06:27 GMT -5 sake said:

May 2, 2013 14:00:55 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Sorting blocks/shape blocks

Hart got this as a baby and to this day it's still one of his favorite toys

I have been thinking about these, but didn't know what age kids were when they really understood that the blocks fit in the different shaped holes, so I have been holding off buying one. 

It took him a long time to figure out he could sort them. At first I would (and then he learned to) stack them up on top of each other to make a big tower. Then I'd sing the Go Go Godzilla song and he'd hulk smash the tower down and we'd start all over again

Now he's all a beautiful mind obsessed with his baby shape blocks. He sleeps with the blue circle on occasion

My kid's weird

[usuallylurking]

May 2, 2013 14:07:12 GMT -5 ninjabridemom said:

My sister just got them the B You drum and YES it's a huge hit. Those egg shakers?! Omg you'd think those were golden eggs, they carry them everywhere!

My kids aren't as interested in the shape sorter, it bums me out. They will take the pieces and do in/out with the sorter top off (in/out is their favorite game after open/close) but they don't care about sorting.

Also Sake the puzzles with like 3 large pieces? Get those for later b/c they're expensive and if you can get a deal you'll be happy later! The boys will play with them but I think closer to 15-18m is when they'll try to use them more. Though apparently sorting/etc isn't their forte, lol.

DS1 started out just doing the in/out thing but he, at 3, still loves that shape sorter.  It actually impressed me with just how much he loved it from 18-24 months.

Ditto on the puzzles!  They are expensive but DS1 loved them and has progressed well through other puzzles.  I think Ninja is right that 15-18 months is about when he really got into the 3 piecers.  He didn't progress to larger, "real" board puzzles until 20 months or so and even then it requires a lot of guidance and interaction from us.

[luckyval]

Aww, that's so sweet tamb! You guys have the walker that takes the same shapes too!

Hart likes to fill the box with letter magnets and pretend it's his Wonder Words basket

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May 2, 2013 14:51:16 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Do you have that walker luckyval? J hasn't tried to use it yet, but the idea of her doing so kind of scares me. It move so fast! I'm afraid it would just roll away and she'd face plant. I am thinking about just turning it around and making it a wagon already.

eta: and yeah, we are big FP fans.

One of my favorite things was when the boys would push faster than they could walk and they'd just creeeep down while still hanging onto the thing.

It's a good reason to get a sturdy walker, though, lol.  The one my mom got them was too tippy, we have these ones from my aunt now: www.amazon.com/Step-Start-Walk-Ride-Colors/dp/B00004T2WP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367524962&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+walking+toy  MUCH sturdier.

[luckyval]

The FP one does move really fast. Thankfully, Hart was more interested in playing with the blocks and knobs than anything else

[fluffaluff]

Blocks, balls and shape sorters.

[bluetopaz]

W loved this thing starting at that age, and played with it for a long time. (LeapFrog Discovery House)

He also loved the Elephant Ball Shooter Thing.  He got that for his first birthday, and still plays with it now at 2.5.  I like it more now though, because those damn balls fly out and roll everywhere, and now he can go find them.


He loved the block/shape sorter too.  At that point he was happy as a clam to just play with the blocks and put them back in the basket.  Then he loved stacking and knocking them down.  Eventually he figured how to put them through the holes.  He also had a FP activity table that made a LOT of noise, but he loved it and it was definitely used.

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May 2, 2013 14:41:41 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

May 2, 2013 14:13:36 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

At the daycare all the babies are obsessed with these homemade shakers. Water bottle without the label, put bells in it, coffee beans or beads, squares of colorful construction paper. All the babies in his class love these things and DS is the youngest at 5.5 months.

We have these too! Add food coloring and glitter to a water bottle and it's magical!

I'm definitely going to do this!  Water bottles are their faaaaavorite.  Weird kids.

I also want to make little felt "scenes" for them to play with.  They like stickers, but don't necessarily like the "stick."  Marc especially.  So I am hoping that the felt-to-felt connectedness (lol) will make a sticker effect w/o them going "aaahh ah ah ah" as they shake their hand trying to get a sticker off.

(I know they are too young to use stickers "correctly" (hence the "ah ah ah!") but we had some lying around so I said why not.  They do this with them and move the stickers around wherever they want)

[jenna]

E loved the Leap Frog Discovery House posted by bluetopaz.

He also liked Stacking Cups

www.thewestviewshop.com/The-First-Years-Stack-N-Count-Cups_p_9967.html

Hisa play mat and play table were a big hit, too.

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Munchkin Caterpillar Stacking Cups - he liked the spinner in the last cup.

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ETA:  E didn't like the sensory bottles.  Those are the water bottles filled with beads, rice, water, etc.  I made a few, and he had no interest.