Prezzies for a 1 year old
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Topic: Prezzies for a 1 year old
Posted By: Roksana
Subject: Prezzies for a 1 year old
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 11:19am
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Hi guys...you might think I am a complete [8-}]...but I need ideas for prezzies. I want to spoilt my child so I wanna buy many many prezzies for her, as you can imagine cant afford to go and buy the whole lot at one go...so I am planning to start buying now....he he ha ha.
What did your child like at the age of 1? what was useless and what was loved? Or you can even tell me what you are planning to buy for your 1 year old. [:D] ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BridgettesMummy
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:29pm
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bridgette loved the wrapping paper and boxes lol! Books are good, or even a power touch/ leap pad jigsaw puzzles i got her a charm bracelet gonna put a charm on it every year, outside things liek a slide sure i will think of more
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:35pm
Awwww.....The charm Bracelet is such a great idea. Thanks!!!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:42pm
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jake is a l;ittle boy, of course - but this is what he likes
Books - he likes one where I have to sing to him. He's just started doing actions too. CDs - he's a big dancer. hammer and peg set plastic animals. - we have been getting him an animal a week from Toyworld - Schleich. they are realistic lokoing and really neat. the elephant is heavy as anything though and really hurts as it is thrown. shape sorters - he particulary likes the Fisher price snail thingy rocking horse - mum got from trademe. He LOVES it. a wooden train that he can build himself. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:44pm
I got my nephew a buzzy bee coz he had just started to walk and i thought that may encourage him a bit that and its a kiwi icon 
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Posted By: mamawendz
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:12pm
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My daughter was more interested in the balloons... haha
Actually good idea - fill a room up with her pessies surounded by balloons!! (Made a great picture of our girl sitting amoungst them all) We too bought her a bracelet with her name engraved on it. Most other pressies were clothes, books, video's and puzzles! Don't go overboard on the toys. They really do end up being a waste of money unless its something like a leappad? I think puzzles and blocks in bright colours are a great idea. Maybe a sandpit? We got Maddi one of those sea shells from the warehouse and half filled it with sand for her. ------------- mama_wendz  My Girls: Maddisyn Tylr & Layla-Mei Virginia
My Baby Boy: Noah Aotearoa
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Posted By: deharn
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:49pm
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Sam has just turned one and got loads of lovely toys however to be honest he is still more interested in the kitchen drawers!!!!
BUT he did get one of those kiddy flip out sofas with pooh Bear on it and he loves it. Apart from the novelty of it, it is very useful for him to drink his bottle on, sit and look at books etc. I used regular balloons and put double sided tape on them with curling ribbon tied on and stuck them all over the roof. He was in awe when he woke in the morning to the balloons and just loved pulling them all down. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:00pm
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Ohh yah..those small sofas....Ive seen some at Kmart....my hubby was quite impressed with them.....
I dont want to buy to many toys as such because I know the two set of grandparents will do that for me....but I will buy some. I want to buy odd things that I know people wont give her as pressies..... Thanks guys for all the ideas...once this tread is done I am going to print it out and keep it, cross each item when it is bought.....ohhhhh shopping!! he he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:30pm
| Lego have a great new duplo range that look really cool. they have a new thomas, and zoo set, as well as a farm set. I wouldn't look at that for a one yaer old though - maybe 2. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:46pm
Buying already!  ha ha. I have thought about Hannahs and so far have come up with Baby Einstein DVDs off Trade me, blocks, books and maybe sandpit or something. Want to get things that will last her for a long time------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:50pm
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Joey didn't like the Baby Einstein DVD that I got out of the library! weird child...
I haven't even started thinking about his 1st bday... maybe some blocks or something?? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:52pm
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Mum buys her books already...she has Barney and kids, baby animal, shapes and colors etc etc....tho she loves her books, she loves my womans weekly/day, cosmo etc etc...LOL
I am with you Aimee....want some thing that will last her. Hubby has plans for our back yard...which includes a lamb, tent, small house, slide, swing (so far) and we have a small back yard!!! he said he is going to remove my washline to make more space....I was like "yah right...over my....LOL  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 2:58pm
| newmum ill make him a shirt with "How YOU doin?" on it hehehe |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:02pm
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Ana, most of the Baby Einstein SUCK! The only good ones I've found are "World Animals" and "Neighbourhood Animals" - they are the only ones worth watching.. Ella has "World Animals" and watches it every day.. oops
The little couches are awesome and I asked another mum how long her kid used it, he was still using it at 6 :) Ella loves hers too.. Umm.. pegs !~! Ella was obsessed with them at 1.. cut holes in an icecream container for her to put them in.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bub
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:17pm
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hi there well Brianna got a doll and a pram and it was great the doll was a learning doll to learn how to use a zip, button up things and alsorts at first she thort she should be the one being pushed around in the pram then she got the right idea also those couches they are really good for them to watch t.v and alsorts.
she also got a magnic doodle which she really loved. I think its great you are starting to get things early it always helps so your not rushing out at the last minute and so its not a huge lump some. hope this helps. Rachel & Brianna ------------- mother to Brianna, Amelia & Mathew. http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: deharn
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:31pm
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We were given the entire set of the Baby Einstein DVDs and Sam couldn't be bothered at all with them - what a waste cause I think they are pretty expensive!!!!
I know a couple of bubs though that are just mesmerized by them.............. I guess it depends on the personality of the bub depending on being a bit of a TV watcher or not. Sam isn't interested at all, he's such a boy prefering to brmmmmm around his cars. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:40pm
deharn...its so funny re the TV watinging thing. Zaara does not pay much attention to TV but will watch rugby, soccer and cricket with Dad...and shortland street  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:47pm
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Ayja watches hi-5 with paris in the mornings - although usually not long enough to hold her attention and stop her gettingup to where paris is sitting and plungingh er hands into paris's brekkie. she's a bit of a hi-5 nut, dancing to it, but that's cos paris loves it so much that we can't escape it!
paris got little people - al of you know how much of alittle people nut i am - but they are great cos the one we got her for her 1st birthday, she has now kinda outgrown - the zoo one, and Ayja thinks it is just awesome so it's good that she is now at the level to play with it. we got paris that sorta thing, and blocks and heaps of people got her size 2 clothes, so we were set for the next winter, at her 2nd birthday they got her size 3's so it's nice that we don'th ave to buy her a heap of stuff very often cos other people do it for us and we can use it for ayja. since all the usual stuff, ie blocks shape sorters, rideons etc we already have from Paris, for ayja we have gotten a dolly - (ok, so Paris will probably play with it more, cos it's lifesized, and almost as big as ayja - and well, ayja is a bit obsessed with paris's doll so it will work out somehow..) and we got her a glow worm, and a baby tad, and a elmo silly faces toy and some bath stuff. baby tad and glow worm are kinda of incentives to distract her long enough for her to not need to roll over in bed and stand up - cos if she lies there long enough she just zonks out. lolol - talk about hidden agendas. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 4:04pm
I noticed from your ticker that he's only just one.. give him a few more months, Ella is almost 2 now
Also, maybe it depends on their personality but I am mum to one little girl who is not known to sit still for more than a millisecond.. ask anyone who knows us This used to be the only thing that meant she would sit still for a few mins while I rushed around doing things.. now she is older she is starting to enjoy books and will sometimes sit for half an hour while we read books.. so I think it is sometimes to do with how old they are too  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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deharn wrote:Posted By: james
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 5:46pm
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i got james a ball (baset ball), dvds old cartoons ones
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 8:25pm
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Mmmm lotsa good suggestions.
Buy her shoes. Lots of shoes. I may have a bit of a shoe fetish which Hannah has become my outlet for. I don't feel half as guilty when I am buying for her!
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 9:00pm
| Okay, so Nikki, where do you suggest getting jaske's next sneakers from. His adidas ones arew just about too small. |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 11:23pm
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oh bugger,i am such a procrastinator lmao.I have less than 1 monthish to decide wot to get Harmsfor her birthday.i have been more obsessed with her kool winnie the pooh cake that janines is hopefully still wanting to make for me(oh and i may have the kool thomas one i wanted originally too Janine).Ummm i am thinking maybe ummmm I actually have no idea.shes nto purposly honeing in on xanders thomas trains while he is playing with them,he says"no,mine.get away,go dat way no mine get awayyyyyyyyyy" lovely big brother he is. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:27am
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Hannah adores her Baby Einsteins so far. She sits mesmerised for the whole alf an hour, but she is quite a placcid baby ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 11:02am
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We've got Josiah the baby Leapfrog system (the one that goes from 6 - 36 months) and told people they can buy books for it for him... umm... some Quatro (next size up from duplo), a wooden puzzle, a push-n-go car, that sort of thing.
Kiya, I got her a ride-on (which Josiah is going to get for his birthday as well) and some books and soft toys. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 11:08am
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Leap frog System? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 12:53pm
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You can get Leapfrog, which is for kids aged 4 and up, which is a kindof tray that holds a special book (and the cartidge - tape - that goes with it) that encourages the child to read along, and learn basic math, spelling, pattern recognition and that sort of stuff. The child uses a stylus to point to parts of the page for activites and things.
The Baby Leapfrog is for ages 6 months to 3 years, and is the same sort of thing, but teaches shapes, colours, basic word and pattern recoginition, that sort of thing. The "tray" can be set to 3 different age levels, and the child touches the book to work it. They are in the Warehouse, as well as a few other toy stores if you want to have a look to see what I mean. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:07pm
| oh, the baby einstein dvds are FANTASTIC!!! Those who have met Jake know what a whirlwind he is,righ? Well, he actually sits and watches those dvds. he loves the baby noah,( animals), baby di vinci (body parts) and baby neptne (water). I got mine for about $15 each from trademe. I thoroughly recommend them. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:42pm
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When I worked at whitcoulls I saw the baby Einstein DVD, CD's and heard good things about them...and yet after so many years forgot all about them.....have to get some soon...I wont wait till her birthday.
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:46pm
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The basic system (for either age group) which is the "tray" thingy and one book is around $70. The book/cartridge sets are $25 to $35 each.
We like how this will grow with him, and then when he outgrows it completely in a few of years we'll look at getting him the next one up, and Baby will be using this one by then anyway! Also, people can buy the book sets for him for birthday/christmas presents. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:58pm
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You know what?!! I always wanted Zaara to start leaning early...I am now tempted to go out and buy it....but I think I might wait till her birthday.....or may be not!!he he ha ha.
If I buy it now...I can always buy the book thingie for her birthday....ohhhh here goes my money.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 5:28pm
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Hmmmmm Liz... I'm quite big on Clarks shoes. They are in most shoe shops. Just bought Hannah another pair today!!! Arghhhhh. I think I have to start shopping at the Warehouse from now on as I spend more on shoes for her than I do for myself!
Hrmmmm or buy him some baby chucks! they are soooo cute. (Pain in the butt to get on and off tho) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:41pm
| he has gumboots that are like that. |