Top 10 baby toys

Top 10 baby toys

1. Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Home

This is an absolute favourite of mine! Two playing modes; learning and music. Everything is interactive in both modes: light switch, door bell, ball shoot, clock, post box, door, window, night time and daytime roller, and shape sorter and so many more activities for hours of fun!

2. Fisher Price Piggy Bank 

Simple concept for that teaches counting in a fun way with two modes; music and counting. 

The pig can sing too :o)

3. Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Fun Activity Table 

This is a very well constructed and sturdy activity table 

with lots of activities and it also is bi-lingual! 

It's got a phone, a laptop and mouse, a book, 

and piano keys. It has four modes of playing which 

include learning and music and comes in various 

different languages like french, spanish etc. 

4. B. Elemenosqueeze 

Love love love these soft alphabet blocks!

You can stack them, demolish them, or put them in the bath. 

You can chew them and squeeze them and hear them squeek.

Each has got a letter of the alphatet and a corresponding animal. Very weel made,  the pictures are so cute,

and best of all they are BPA and nasty chemicals free 

and come in a cute reusable bag! 

5. Leapfrog Potsy 

Love it! Nothing more to say 
about Potsy just look at the full review!

6. B. toys Parum Pum Pum Drum 

Another toys for B. toys, these are really good fun and can all fit inside the drum for storage. Very good quality and a must for those music babies out there!

7. Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo

Guaranteed hours of fun with the  rainforest jumperoo!
Suitable for babies that can fully support their own head up
until about 83cm or around 9 months. 
There are two modes of play: continuous music
and baby activated sounds and a good selection of rollers
and other activities to keep baby 
amused for a good fair while at a time.

8. ELC Magic Mirror Laptop

Pictures glow when baby pushes the buttons with some funky music playing. It also teaches numbers, shapes and colours. Only negative is that little fingers can get caught if baby closes the lid, but my baby enjoys playing with it so much and looking in the mirror that it made the list!

9.Ikea Stacking cups 

Simple, funky, and dead cheap stacking cups from Ikea. We ve had them for years and they stand strong as good as when first bought. They make very nice bath time toys too!

10. Vtech Walker 

This sturdy baby walker by Vtech introduces letters, numbers, animals, colours, and songs.

The activity centre can be detached from the walker and it is foldable too so perfect for those with lack of space for storage.

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Leapfrog Cook & Play Potsy Review

Leapfrog Cook & Play Potsy Review

We looooooooooooooooooooove Potsy!!! This is such a great, fun toy by Leapfrog aimed at toddlers from 12-36 months. Essentially it is a talking pot, with two settings (learning mode for counting and colours and cooking mode where it 's all about the food). It comes with 5 different types of food (corn on the cob, cheese, peas, tomato and broccoli) and a spoon which can carry the pieces of food. Potsy sings and says really funny phrases and the unique feature about this toy is that it has a male voice! In the annoying scale as talking toys go it is definitely a zero and you 'll find yourself smiling to the cute phrases and songs. The foods make bubbling sounds when they go in the pot and there is also a song about stirring them. The whole concept is based on that of healthy eating. One other cool feature is that it also teaches opposites when taking the lid off and putting it back on again.

Potsy can also be connected to the Leapfrog Connect application to get an idea of your child's learning path while playing with the pot. It can also be customised with songs through the Leapfrog Connect application although I have never tried to do this.

Although this toy is aimed at toddlers both my sons have loved this at ages 8 months (mostly for the stirring and putting the foods in and out) and 6 years old so you can get a lot from this toy at a very reasonable price.

The negatives? Virtually none. Oh, there is one... Although there are two volume settings due to the speaker being placed at the bottom of the pot even the loudest setting can be very quiet especially when played on a soft surface. But that's it.

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Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Cookie Shape Surprise

As most parents know shape sorters are very important for babies and toddlers development and had-eye coordination. This particular one has the benefit of sounds and music and will teach your baby numbers and colours as well as develop their sorting skills. It's got the the usual Fisher Price cute face and its nose is a light up red button which activates a couple of fun phrases like 'mmmmm yummy'. Each shape is a different colour and has a different number on it (from 1 to 5) and depending which of the two playing settings you have it on when the shape goes in, the cookie jar says either which shape has gone through or which number is on the shape.

Admittedly, the shapes are kinda hard to push through for a baby as the walls of the jar itself are quite thick and the shapes need to go in an angle. Is it too hard for a baby? Yes. For a toddler? Not so much.

The fun feature about this toy is that it has a lid which can be put on and taken off fairly easily by a baby and when baby puts their hand in to reach for a shape it has sensors which will detect the movement and a song will start playing. Again, depending which setting you have it on the song is different but there are only two songs and I do wish there were more as I find those two a bit annoying.

As most toys nowadays it has a volume control at the bottom of the jar with a loud and low setting.

Overall? It is a pretty good, fun, and cute shape shorter. Small babies will enjoy taking the shapes out and putting them back in as well as stirring them and playing with the lid while older babies and toddlers will probably make use of the full features of this product.

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