https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:12:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667842 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:58:51 +0000 loveisstrange 667842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C's favorites are her activity table (we have the LeapFrog music one too) and her picnic basket. She;s OBSESSED with it. Her and DH have picnics all the time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Shapes-Sharing-Picnic-Basket/dp/B004560BPY" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Shapes-Sharing-Picnic-Basket/dp/B004560BPY</a></p> <p>We got her these for her 1st birthday. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/B-Parum-Pum-Drum-Lime/dp/B003WE34HC/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364313503&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=parum+pum+pum+drum" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/B-Parum-Pum-Drum-Lime/dp/B003WE34HC/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364313503&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=parum+pum+pum+drum</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/B-68603-Zany-Zoo/dp/B002YIX0XA/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364313519&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=zany+zoo" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/B-68603-Zany-Zoo/dp/B002YIX0XA/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364313519&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=zany+zoo</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667839 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:58:40 +0000 mediagirl 667839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: M LOVES her house #1 on this post: <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/21/charlies-favorite-toys-12-months/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/21/charlies-favorite-toys-12-months/</a>. I bought it off craigslist for $35. She uses it as something to help her stand and walk around, she crawls through the door, plays with the cell phone, pushes buttons and plays with the different sections. She will sit on either side of it and play with balls the balls that go with it. She loves the music that plays when we drop the balls through it. My husband saw it as a "door" to a fort house when she gets older. :) I know it's kind of big but it really doesn't take up that much room. It's more long than anything else. </p> <p>Do you have one room where all of his toys are? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667835 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:56:45 +0000 littlek 667835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I saw it on the Today show around Christmas and knew I (I mean B) had to have it. :) B actually really likes it and it's really helped his hand/eye coordination. He also likes to play with the door on the side of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667825 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:54:51 +0000 winniebee 667825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: We do have a musical table and he loves it!</p> <p>@littlek: cool, i like the ball ramp!</p> <p>I need to look at these other options! I don't want to get him too much b/c first birthday is coming soon (yikes.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667818 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:50:27 +0000 littlek 667818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buffalove: Amazon</p> <p>He loves pulling up and standing and dropping a ball onto the ramps.. he then jumps while it spins down.. it also has awesome 80s roller skating rink like music that plays..</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Cruise-and-Groove-Ballapalooza/dp/B007J3FAJ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364312970&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=ballapoolza" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Cruise-and-Groove-Ballapalooza/dp/B007J3FAJ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364312970&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=ballapoolza</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667690 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:10:37 +0000 sorrycharlie 667690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: holy cow! that is cool.</p> <p>are you opposed to huge toys? the LOs I nannied loooved the fisher price laugh and learn learning home (from BRU). It's $89 - but with a 20% coupon not terrible.. they played with it from around 6m when they could sit, to toddler years when we built it into a fort with couch cushions! so cool to crawl through the door into a tent ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667633 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:50:29 +0000 buffalove 667633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: the ballapolloza is awesome! where did you get that? i've never seen one before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667632 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:50:00 +0000 Weagle 667632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is loving her Sit to Stand walker and wooden puzzles these days. She's also loving a bottle filled with dried beans :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667519 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:26:41 +0000 littlek 667519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, B loves his ballapolloza. He also loves his wagon. We are getting him a kitchen for his 1st birthday. Yes, there is a chihuhua in the wagon... </p> [attach=2163/13/mk9usi.600x449.ballapooloza.jpg] [attach=2163/13/mk9usj.450x600.brennan-wagon.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667461 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:14:28 +0000 Honeybee 667461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of the most used toys we have is the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn kitchen. DD got it at 6 months and she still plays with it, and DS has been super into for a while.</p> <p>DS also loves the Melissa and Doug shape sorter, balls, and cloth books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667444 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:10:00 +0000 Mrs. Bee 667444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both charlie and olive were obsessed with these alphabooks and flash cards. obsessed with taking them in and out of the boxes and they're educational too. olive still plays with them every day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Touch-Feel-Picture-Cards/dp/0756615186/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306975&#038;sr=8-1&#038;amp" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/First-Touch-Feel-Picture-Cards/dp/0756615186/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306975&#038;sr=8-1&#038;amp</a>;</p> <p><a href="http://www.diapers.com/p/baby-einstein-alphabooks-board-book-99045" rel="nofollow">http://www.diapers.com/p/baby-einstein-alphabooks-board-book-99045</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667440 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:07:24 +0000 BananaPancakes 667440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Do you have one of these? This has been my son's favorite toy for months now. He plays with it all day long. It's musical (also talking - shapes, colors, etc.), but since he can stand and use it, he plays with it way more than just a small musical toy. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learn-Groove-Musical-Table/dp/B003NX72D4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306666&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=leap+frog+table" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learn-Groove-Musical-Table/dp/B003NX72D4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306666&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=leap+frog+table</a></p> <p>He also really likes cars right now.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kid-O-KID10341-Car-Blue/dp/B0098UQQ4M/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306810&#038;sr=8-5&#038;keywords=kid+o+go+car" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Kid-O-KID10341-Car-Blue/dp/B0098UQQ4M/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1364306810&#038;sr=8-5&#038;keywords=kid+o+go+car</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667435 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:06:45 +0000 winniebee 667435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I love all of the toys in that posting - but we are so limited on space, ugh! I think he would love a play kitchen or one of the doors! Thanks for redirecting me to the other post! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667429 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:02:45 +0000 mrbee 667429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: We recently did a toy swap with a friend with kids around Charlie and Olive's age... it was a big hit! And it didn't cost us anything... we just swapped 3 of the kids' favorite toys, and the novelty factor got everyone all excited.</p> <p>Mrs. Stroller also posted about a neat toy rotation plan... that can make a big difference too when your LO gets bored of their toys!<br /> <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2013/02/11/toy-rotation-plan/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2013/02/11/toy-rotation-plan/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667421 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:59:56 +0000 winniebee 667421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I did see these! Thanks : ) Yep, he's standing and cruising but not walking. His favorite toys right now are activity tables/cubes and have been for a month or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667418 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:58:05 +0000 mrbee 667418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: You may have already seen these?</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/04/charlies-favorite-toys-9-months/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/04/charlies-favorite-toys-9-months/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/21/charlies-favorite-toys-12-months/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/10/21/charlies-favorite-toys-12-months/</a></p> <p>Is your LO standing and cruising yet? That was a big factor in Charlie's enjoyment of toys around that age... whether or not he could cruise with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-for-older-babies#post-667411 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:55:34 +0000 winniebee 667411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son seems bored with his toys lately. A lot of them are musical and I don't think we have enough puzzle type toys. What is your older baby's fave toy right now? (LO is 10.5 mos). </p>