My youngest son recently celebrated his first birthday. I took my eldest son out shopping with me to buy the baby his birthday gift. After reiterating that we were buying the baby a gift, my eldest son picked out My Pal Scout.My Pal Scout is a cute plush puppy dog made by Leap Frog. It is so much more than just a stuffed animal. My Pal Scout is green and white and super soft and cuddly. He has ...

The Baby Einstein Lights and Melodies Caterpillar Bouncer was the bouncy seat we used with both my babies.  The chair gently vibrates and helps to calm baby and put them to sleep.  It has an arm that is detachable that has lights and plays 6 classical melodies (these are very soothing).  Little toys hang from the overhanging arm, and older infants can reach out for those.There ar...

My son recently received the VTech Sort & Spin Blender for his first birthday. It is a big hit in our house and both him and his 3-year-old brother enjoy playing with this toy.This toy actually simulates and actual blender and you can push a button and "blend" (spin) the shapes. There are three different songs that play when the toy is on. There is a sound effects button, a blendi...

My 3 month old loves this.  He's been playing with it since he was 2 months old.  It made him learn how to reach for things.  All of the little toys on it spin around the bar so he likes hitting them and making them go around the bar over and over again.  It's so cute!  The little turtle has tiny balls in it like a rattle so whenever he hits it, it makes a noise...

The Incrediblock has provided hours of fun play for my daughter. Eight Peek-a-Blocks are included and when placed on the top of the Incrediblock, it says the name of the item, its sound, and plays a song. The blocks included are a horn, cat, car, dog, boat, cow, guitar, and drum. The four bright and colorful sides of the activity block include a stack and release side, a mirror, a drop and tumb...

This dinosaur is such a fun toy! My daughter enjoyed playing with this when she was younger. The Drop and Roar Dinosaur is bright green with colorful accents of purple, yellow, orange, and blue. It lights up, makes many different sounds like silly roaring, and plays different fun tunes when the Roll-a-Rounds go through the holes, down the dino's tail, and out of the dino's mouth! &...

The Sparkling Symphony Rock and Play Piano was fun for my daughter when she was younger, but now that she is two she isn't as interested. I think she is too big for it now. It is best for children 8 months to 2 years old. The sound is very good. When you hit the keys it plays many different symphony songs and there are cool lights that flash on and off. There is a flip book t...

I recieved this toy at my daughters baby shower.  I honestly thought about returning it to Babies R Us.  I didn't remember registering for it, and it just looked annoying.One day I broke it out of the box and started playing around with it with my child.  Much to my suprise it was actually entertaining.  My daughter loved pulling on the little handles that make the panda...

While in Target, I wanted to pick up a little something for my five month old great-neice. I found this "chewable" photo album in the infant section. This is a Disney brand Baby Einstein Baby Photo Album. It is made of vinyl and best of all, (but this remains to be tested in time), the baby can slobber all over and chew on this photo album without getting the photos wet.This albu...

We got this for our son as a gift for his first birthday. We were orginally looking for a set of blocks and came across the Imaginarium Lights and Sound Train. This toy has 22 pieces-in a variety of shapes and colors, some of the blocks even have patterns All of the pieces are wooden. There are 3 base train cars, each has wooden "pegs" and the blocks have holes in them to fit the...

My daughter can walk with the help of a walker.  She loves this toy because it makes her feel grown up.  She loves the fact that with this little walker she can go across the room with ease.The downside of this toy is the assembly.  It required some screws and a little more patience then I am used to having when it comes to putting together a toy.The plus size is that once this t...

This is a must have toy for your baby. It lights up and plays music and is just like a gumball machine!! The balls have different things inside, such as, a sucker, a little bear, and even a diamond ring and are just the right size for a babies little hands and very safe to play with. You take the balls and put them in the in the top of the gumball machine and then your baby has to press down on...

Last time, I shared that my baby has enjoyed the Safety First Lights and Sound Discovery Walker. But now that she is 7 something months old, we realized that we wanted more freedom in movement. She pushed around a plastic container with wheels while she was being held secure by a diaper tied around her chest.So my husband and I scouted around for a walker that she can push around. We saw many k...

Evenflo's Johnny Jump Up helps babies strengthen their leg muscles so they can pratice standing on their own. My daughter was scared of this toy at first. She use to cry until I took her out. It took a long time for her to get use to it. It hangs from a doorway. She loves it now. Whenever I get it out she is excited to see it. It helped her to be able to walk and it will help her siste...

My daughter absolutely loves this little toy. It is hard to find toys that a 5 month old can play with. They need something small, safe, and easy for them to interact with. This is perfect for that! I have always loved Carter's toys. They are very baby-friendly. One day I went to the Carter's store and they happened to have some toys on clearance. This one is originally $14.00 and I got...

This little guy is cute! He ia a soft plushie style alligator with a few different "extras" to grab a little ones attention.Al is very bright and silly looking...and measures about 16 inches from nose to tail.My Pal Al has the basic alligator shape, a green head and tail... and a caterpillar shaped body. Each of the body "sections" is a different color (blue, green,yellow) t...

This was a gift from my sister-in-law who had seen her other niece grow up and love this toy. It is essentially a plastic cookie jar toy that teaches babies shapes and numbers. What I love most about it though its its ability to engage children as young as 6 months even though at that age they are too young to use the shape sort funtion, they still enjoy throwing the objects into the top of the...

My toddler son is fascinated with phones. ANY kind of phone, cell, cordless or corded. He has even 'hidden' one of our cordless telephones and to this day we cannot locate it! Well, afraid that he would 'hide' my husband's or my cell phone, I decided he needed to get his own. I was in WalMart and was this cute cell phone for infants 6 months and up called Friendly Flip Phone...

I bought this cute electronic toy for my friend's 4 month old grandbaby boy. I was pleased by the small size and weight. This little "radio" fits into the baby's little hands easily. The player comes with batteries.This player plays the familiar classical music tunes that are popular in the Baby Einstein videos. The only drawback is that the songs are not very long. ...

My 1 year old daughter received the Sesame Street Elmo vaccum cleaner for her birthday.  Now I know it's a baby/toddler toy but it's not the greatest.  It is very hard for a newly walking toddler to push the vaccum.  When pushing it you have to actually hold it more upright than a normal sized toddler can accomplish.  This results in no talking or noise coming from t...