I need help on picking up a good baby toy for sister inlaw

[Hav0k99]

She is having her baby shower soon and I'm helping my wife get her something. It's hard we have no kids and we don't want to get something that will only be amusing for a while. We saw these like 3 stage toys where they are useful from baby to toddler. We also saw Leap Frog products and they look interesting since they make stuff educational.

Well any ideas are most appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Actaeon]

Doom3!

Oh wait, you said, amusing for a while.

... back to the drawing board.

 

[styrafoam]

Get something useful like a playpen or a swing. 90% of baby toys are never played with in the first place.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
Doom3!

Oh wait, you said, amusing for a while.

... back to the drawing board.

lol Awesome, only on ATOT can I find that kind of randomness and be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Chronoshock]

A security blanket or stuffed animal is nice, especially if it becomes something special to the kid. In terms of practical value, blocks are always good, maybe bath toys? If you don't particularly like your sister in law, get a musical instrument....like drums

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
A security blanket or stuffed animal is nice, especially if it becomes something special to the kid. In terms of practical value, blocks are always good, maybe bath toys? If you don't particularly like your sister in law, get a musical instrument....like drums

lol So true. I was thinking of buying my niece a drum set when she turns 5, just to piss off my sister.

 

[Hav0k99]

Brilliant!!! my wife can probably make her a fleece blanket. Keep them coming. Thanks agains ATOTers

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
A security blanket or stuffed animal is nice, especially if it becomes something special to the kid. In terms of practical value, blocks are always good, maybe bath toys? If you don't particularly like your sister in law, get a musical instrument....like drums

 

[nwfsnake]

If this is their first baby, I suggest some of the "classic" books.

Suggestions:

Good Night Moon
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Little Engine That Could

 

[Homerboy]

nwsfsnake and Chronoshock are right on the money.
we have 2 kids and 90% of the crap we got is wasted. But one of of 20 blankets becomes THE blanket. Bath toys are good too. And books.

Just read Brown Bear last nigth.... FOUR TIMES

 

[remagavon]

Harry potter broomstik

 

[badmouse]

"Stuff" is one of the biggest problems with kids. Even if it's wonderful stuff, it takes up room, it has to be taken care of, and there is TONS of it. What the kid/parents really need is love, practical help, and TIME - sorting "stuff" takes away from the time they really need.

A truly good gift is something that means a lot to you and to the baby. If you had a favorite toy as a kid, give them that but also write something about how important it was to you and how you want to share - if you have a pic of you as a kid with the toy, that helps too.

Or, if you have a hobby, share it - make a quilt if you sew, a wooden toy if you do that, etc.

An interesting gift would be a stock portfolio of companies that make baby stuff.

Etc.

 

[777php]

how old is the baby? Leap frog stuff is only good if they are old enough to use it.

How abou that new singing elmo doll?

BTW, you will never ever know which toy will be the best, you may think that you have just bought the best baby toy ever but they end up liking the box more than the toy.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

GTA:SA and a new PSTwo. Then come over to "babysit".

 

[ttown]

young kids are unimpressed with technology
The leapfrog stuff is overpriced, limited, and will see about an hours worth of use

stick with the open-ended classics... blocks, lego's, fingerpaints, etc.
About as high-tech as I would get would be a light-brite

As someone up above said, they'll have more fun with the box than they will with the toy.
One of the best "toys" i remember when I was a kid was the cardboard box a refrigerator came in.

One christmas I gave my neice a paper-doll book with punch-out Barbie figures and clothes...
It was obviously her favorite present -- above all the high-priced techy stuff she got.
She had hours and hours of fun with that -- and it was as low-tech as you can get.

 

[blackdogdeek]

the most useful things we had were:

swing
gym mat
exersaucer

pretty much anything where the baby could occupy herself for a few minutes.

 

[Homerboy]

we'll the leapfrog stuff is a little "old" for a newborn anyways.... but for older kids (1+) its amazing. Both my kids have fallen in love with and consistantly play with (and CERTAINLY learn from) the 5 or so Leap Frog toys they have... I would recommend them to anyone with a kid 1+ years old.

Boxes are great toys too... again we are talking about a NEW BORN here though

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

Get some baby einstein stuff. As for something really useful, go with a diaper genie, the baby won't be able to play with it but it will be a help to the parents