Shake, Rattle and Roll.
Hands down, the favorite rattle is the Clickety twist activity rattle with TAGGIES (soft satin tags babies love to clasp) and twisting parts with an easy to grab rattle ring on one end and a mirror on the other. This is an always-in the-diaper bag toy fav.
For Night-Night.
Chicco’s Night Light Soother is a cribside panel that allows mommy to record a voice message that baby can replay by hitting the heart button to reassure him. It also has soft colored lights to the rhythm of sweet classical music, a new age number, as well as relaxing nature sounds. Switch it to “sound detector” mode and soft music soothes a baby’s whimper. My son has never actually spent a night in his crib to know how well this works, but he seems to like the heart function when he’s supposed to be napping during the day. I’ve tried several recordings ranging from a soft “night-night Ames, time to go to sleep” to my infamous fake sneezes which guarantee a giggle every time.
Usborne’s book of lullabies and CD is a sweet quiet time book with a lovely soft music CD to induce baby into a peaceful slumber. Tunes include Rock-a-Bye-Baby, Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star, and Sleep Baby Sleep. The book includes the lyrics in case you’ve forgotten the words (like me).
So here are suggestions to create a toy box full of great toys. If your child is anything like mine, he’ll still prefer the telephone, remote control, and fax machine over any toy you give him!
Related review: Baby Gear
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Wilson
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