Hiya ladies well the little ladies birthday is nearing so starting to think of birthday present's.

So what did you all buy your little one's for their first birthday and did they get alot of use from it ? was is worth it's money ? help them learn etc i want to buy thing's she will play with get use from help her learn etc. Her birthday is in september so if it's any outside toy's they need to be inside too or she won't get much use from them.

Also not going to over board on toy's as xmas will be pretty soon after her birthday.


Gem xxx

erm , trying to remember , we spent her birthday down at grans so couldnt take much down ,,,, we got her this , waste of money IMO , it now lays at grans house
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this which resides behind the sofa

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she also got v tech microphone and something else v tech , we got her a #itng ball which she loved !
gran got her a dolls pram and doll , to this day that just gets tipped over and wheels spun !
danielle on her birthday

umm we got a few bits and pieces for elijah, he mostly loves: playballs, £3 paddling pool from tesco which we use indoors with the balls, bucket and spade set, dustpan and brush set (and i mean LOVES following us around with this!), any size/texture of ball, a wooden ark with animals that he can post into it (although they are now chipped from his teeth boo!), board books and a small bag of megabloks ohhhh and a grownup plate/bowl/metal toddler cutlery set!!!

i would try and keep it simple, we made the mistake of getting loads last christmas and have only just given it all to him

Callum got
ball pit with balls he loved it
Trike again he loved it
coupe police car we havent garden otherwise he would use it more
cookie shape sorter
mega blocks
ride on car

he played with everything really

Hmmmmmmm well she already had a trike mil bought it at xmas as it's one you can you from six month's.

And i bought her a ball pit for easter

Mega block's is deffo on the list

Thanks for suggestion's ladies xxx

a coupe car, even if it cant be used inside you will get years and years of use out of it, my neice is 5 and still loves them! x

Have to say Callum was 18months at christmas and he got the bounce and spin zebra and he loved it i think he woulda loved it if he had got it for his birthday earlier xx

Yep she has a bounce and spin zebra that was something on my list then got given one for free

this might sound really mean but if you do end up getting money from people it's well worth putting some aside or buying some giftcards so they aren't too easy to fritter away as you will find as she gets bigger you will see stuff you want and be able to buy it

Good idea but i doubt she will get money think most people would rather buy her a present

We're planning to get Jamie a paddling pool that he can also use as a ball pit and some balls

We went for a more sentimental pressie and bought Imogen a silver bracelet.

She got a dolly from my aunty and she absolutely loves it, it started her obsession with babies and dolls. In laws bought a little pushchair too which she loves too.

My other aunty bought her an aquadoodle thingy and she loved that too, altho we haven't had it out much recently as she started just throwing a cup of water all over it.

Tbh we were a bit boring last year and got practical gifts, my grandparents paid for the things to decorate her room, my mum bought one of those littlelife backpack reins - she actually loves this just as much as any toy.

A few other things she's had throughout the year and christmas and loved are cleaning set (can't stop her sweeping!), tea set, musical instruments.

hahaha what is it with sweeping??!! i had to get elijah the dustpan and brush just so i could use mine! the littlelife backpacks are great too, we don't use elijah's that much yet but he loves just carrying it around

I have no idea what is so exciting about sweeping, personally i hate doing it. Imogen will also get the mop out as soon as she drops even the smallest drop of water.

We didn't use the backpack much either when we first got it, but now it gets used all the time. Although the reins are a little pointless for Immi she just insists that she holds that.

mabye you should put the backpack on and let her hold the reins

we got tyler a smart trike, urm a pop up tent and tunnel, some puzzles, books, shape sorters them sort of things.

mariheartselijah wrote:

mabye you should put the backpack on and let her hold the reins

Yeah thats what happens. I look like a right knob walking along with her, people must be thinking does that idiot not know what reins are for!? Lucky for me she's pretty good at walk along with me, rather than running off so not a major need for the reins.

Um i have just got noah all his pressies.

We have got him:

Little people racing ramp garage.
Swimming pool and balls which i have given him now and loves
2 shape and animal jigsaw things
Babies first colouring pens and a big colouring book
An outside tent
A sketch thing
A pair of nike Trainers
An a birthday party

Char

Thank's for all your help ladies xxx