Comments on: Essential Toy Guide: 12 to 24 months

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:40:36 +0000

PS and the Busy poppin’ pals didn’t work for us. He can’t get the lids to pop up. They are too stiff. It may be something that will be fixed with time though because we’ve got an older one we bought at a garage sale that he loves (the 3 out of 4 he can operate. Even that one has 1 door he can’t operate on his own)

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:06 +0000

My son got the rocking blue puppy for his birthday and loves it. He’s on it at least twice a day, rocking, standing, etc. Patting the nose.

In fact, one of his earliest words (and one of the few things he has said so far) is “rockin blue puppa” referring to it!

By: Lara

Lara — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:58:05 +0000

An unusual ball such as the peacaboo balls were animal faces come out when rowlled, or a ball which makes a noise when rowlled. A dolls pram, to put a doll in, fill with ther toys sometimes ontop of the baby, use as a walker, or a charge toy with a battering ram.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:57:20 +0000

We had the Little TIkes walker for my son- that was a good one to push around the house, and the mail pieces were compatible with the Little Tikes mailbox- still a favorite. I don’t know what it is about mailboxes, but my son still loves and plays with the Fisher-Price Learning Home. As does every other kid who comes to the house (my son is now 2.5). Other than that- balls, balls, balls- it seems like we have a million…

By: Mary A.

Mary A. — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:18:02 +0000

Thanks for the great guide AJ, and I am glad to see that I am on the right track with my 16 month old, as he already has many of these toys.

For this Christmas, I purchased this rocker toy from Ikea:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80131629
It was super cheap at 9.99, and I like that it doesn’t “look” like an animal. I think it may be higher above ground than your example, but we only plan to use it inside on a carpeted surface for the time being. It also has rubber tracks on the bottom of the rockers so it won’t go sliding accross the carpet with heavy use. Also has hand grips on both ends so you don’t have to worry about your child mounting it correctly.

One question about the sit and spin. How do you “teach” your child how to use it? We have one (saved from our older child) and the baby can’t figure out how to make it work and falls all over it.