[blparent] [Bulk] present idea

Fri Dec 16 06:53:16 UTC 2011

I agree with the general message of this post, but I do want to clarify on
the Push and Go cars as just push toys. My two oldest walked at 7 and 9
months. They both played actively with their Push and Go Cars for more than
two years. I can not really say when my youngest started playing with one
because he had access to his brothers before we gave him one for his first
birthday.

The big down side is that they take up some room. Often church nurseries and
other places have these and you can just let your little one play there.
Little ones really will play happily with empty boxes and stackable cups
from your kitchen.

Christmas does not have to be about presents either. There is something to
be said about raising a little one who just enjoys the day without
commercial purchases. We all jumped right on to answering about toys to buy
in response to the original post, as if no present at all was not a good
option too. Presents at this age are really just to please ourselves as the
little one will never know. My youngest received very practical gifts for
his first couple of years as his brothers expected him to have gifts, but he
was to little to know and had so many hand me down toys I was running out of
space. :) 

Jennifer
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:05 PM
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That's just it, what one parent might get for a child might not be the right

thing for another child.  My little one was walking and climbing at 
10-months so a push toy was not something he would have been interested in. 
However, he showed an interest in balls so we bought different ball things. 
The stacking cups and pans and spoons from Discovery toys are fantastic and 
if he shows no interest in them he soon will ... first just to throw them 
around, then to stack them, now my 18-month old pretends to pour and drink 
with them.  But every kid is different, he has an activity table and really 
doesn't play with it much, it's a climbing tool!!  Books are always a good 
investment because you can always read to your kids, we try to read to him 
at nap time and before bed and of course whenever he brings a book out.  And

if you buy him things and he shows no interest at all and wants the paper 
and boxes ... well then take pictures and remember the fun he had at his 
first Christmas and the interest in the toys will come.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
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My point is that your kid may not use it ever and you have to know your 
kid's personality to figure that out. At 10 months, you don't. By 18 you can

make a good guess.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Chad Allen
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I agree with waiting for the toddler table. My son is almost 18 months and
we are getting it for him this year but at ten months, he would have had no
use for it.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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I'd wait on the toddler table and chairs. Unless you have other kids around
or your kid likes being by himself your child won't use these. Mine would
have hated them because she knew we didn't use them so even if we'd be in
the same room, she'd view a toddler table and chairs as being "away" from
us. This means that you have something that takes up space that nobody in
the house can use.
If you do want a table of some kind, get a train table as even if your child
won't use it, it will give you a place to get all their crap off the floor.
Get one with storage space too.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Brandy W
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:57 PM
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Parents do all kinds of things, but some ideas may be a push to ride on toy,
large ball, first trucks, infant instruments, first fork and spoons,
children's music, new clothes, Toddler table and chair, activity table,
books for you to read to him like from NBP and Seedlings. You will want the
memories so I'd encourage you to get a few things.

2 of my favorite sites for infant and toddler products are
www.lakeshorelearning.com and my Discovery Toys page at
www.playtoachieve.com

Hope that helps some.

Bran

"When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping
them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things
we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in
our lives."
- Fred Rogers

Brandy Wojcik
Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team Leader
www.playtoachieve.com
(512) 689-5045

Looking for team members nation wide!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:38 PM
Subject: [Bulk] [blparent] present idea

> Hi Parents!
>
> What the heck does momma and da da get their little 10 month old baby
> for Christmas? Or, do they bother?
>
> Do we get him something practical like clothes or fun like a toy; and
> if a toy, what?
>
> If you need some guidance as to what he is able to do, Erik can:
> crawl, walk by pushing large objects in front of him, cruise around on
> the edges of furniture, eat solids ...
>
> Thanks for any ideas. seriously lacking inspiration here.
>
> LM
>
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