{"id":4346,"date":"2014-01-23T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2024-01-14T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T14:28:09","slug":"25-surprising-baby-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/25-surprising-baby-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Surprising Toys Your Baby Will Totally Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inside: Research shows what’s best for babies is a variety of simple toys. Save money and use these everyday household items to put your baby in a magical trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Christmas, we got our baby one present. That’s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. At 7 months old, she wouldn’t know what she was missing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. We thought her grandparents might do what grandparents do best. (They did.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. On the big day, her favorite people handed over a steady stream of colorful paper to crumple and tear and eat, not to mention the boxes. So many boxes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    But mostly, we stiffed Bailey on presents because babies are perfectly happy<\/strong> playing with everyday items around the house. They don’t need plastic, blinking, ringing toys designed especially for babies and for giving mom a truly spectacular migraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In fact, research shows<\/a> that simple toys are baby MUST haves<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    “Some active toys – the ones with the bells and whistles – prompt kids to sit back and be entertained by pushing buttons. But passive toys make for active kids. When the toy is simple, a child is forced to be creative, dynamic and engaged on an entirely different level, which enables and promotes development.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n