Baby's First Christmas Gifts

Megan - posted on 12/15/2012

Another suggestion for your little one that is really a great investment is a top notch convertible car seat. One year olds are often outgrowing their infant seat. But keeping your little one rear facing til two is highly recommended as the safest! So get her a "convertible" for christmas or first birthday. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00834D...
This one is well rated in a side impact too. It is a gift that will last for years to come.

Megan - posted on 12/15/2012

Babies and toddlers love this in our church nursery http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005N...
Lots of toys half price on amazon right now.

Harriet - posted on 11/06/2011

For us it's quality not quantity where kids toys are concerned, when ours were little all too soon the house was full of stuff that wasn't played with for very long and often ended up broken! Classic toys last generations and because they are open ended kids really do play with them for years using them as their imagination sees fit. We'd suggest a wooden cooker, shape sorters, stacking cubes, wooden animals, and push along vehicles and building blocks take a look and see what you think.. www.ptolemytoys.co.uk

Ashlea - posted on 12/19/2009

My daughter just turned 10 months old a couple days ago. We bought her clothes to go into the new year. We also have family members who have sent us stuff for her her as well...toys, childrens dvd's, etc. My daughter is not interested in the traditional toys either. She is a very active, inquisitive little girl. We needed clothes for the new year as well as for now because she is wearing 12 month clothing.

Tiffany - posted on 12/19/2009

I've bought my son Plenty of clothes, Shoes, and books. Leap frog my pal scout, A big Truck, wooden blocks, stacking cups, bath toy, walk and ride, leap frog guitar, and some little things. My mother keeps telling me to stop buying him toys because he's so young and he's going to outgrow them quickly, but I just can't help it. I means a lot to me to know that I gave my son a good christmas this year and every year. I wanted to make sure I did everything for him and it was very hard on my part time income.

Alicia - posted on 12/18/2009

We got my son the Leap Frog musical table that was on sale black friday at Walmart, a busy popper train, Little People Nativity Set, Radio Flyer Red Wagon and some clothes.

Sally - posted on 12/18/2009

This is a very special Christmas, even though she won't remember it. We bought the Fisher Price musical table, baby CD player, books, clothes, hand held balls ( she carries balls around all the time), shape sorter. I can't remember everything I bought lol! It will be a wonderful Christmas.

Kimberly - posted on 12/18/2009

we are very poor this year.. I have 5 boys and a baby on the way. all i could get my baby was 2 little elmo toys that make noise and a turtle ride on toy..........I am going to get him more when my husband gets his taxes back in february.

Tiffany - posted on 12/18/2009

His "big" gift is a Handy Manny 3 in 1 ride on toy...it has a rocker base and safety seat for right now, handle for parents to push him around and then where he can ride by himself. We also got him a soft Tonka truck, a little people airplane, 3 different types of "shape" sorters, new pj's & clothes, new car seat, and a few more things.

I see everyone talking about the Leap Frog table...love it. We still had my daughters and my son loves it.

Kathleen - posted on 12/17/2009

We purchased some of the small plastic My Truck Chuck toys, the new hide n seek blocks, small balls, pj's, cd's for bedtime and long car rides. We had a ball popper from my daughter and we drug it out the other day and he LOVES it! I would highly recommend that toy. It is cheap and highly entertaining!

Dina - posted on 12/17/2009

I got my 10 month old daughter this Learn & Sort pelican that has the different colored shapes that fit into the pelican's mouth. It also says the shapes and colors in English, French and Spanish and plays music! Got her a 123 jigsaw puzzle book, a bubble maker for the bath tub, and clothes. Her birthday is in February and we're going to see relatives in Southern California so there will most likely be a trip to Disneyland and my relatives will give her stuff for her birthday. I also want to get her that puppy from LeapFrog called Scout that's a learning toy for children her age.

Amanda - posted on 12/17/2009

We got our little guy a ball pit, a crawl tunnel, the pop and drop train, some bath toys, some clothes, a big dump truck, a rocking tigger, and some balls. We have so many toys in the house already, I really didn't need to get so much, but I can't help but get my kids all that I can for the holidays and their birthdays. As for his first Birthday, he is getting a bog boy car seat and a few little toys.

Stacey - posted on 12/17/2009

We got our little boy lots of new story books, mega blocks, baby tad, stackable rings, pop and drop train, clothes, slippers, fisher price barn. For his birthday, we got him the fisher price learning barn!! We are so excited, it looks like so much fun! Merry Christmas!

Autumn - posted on 12/17/2009

i got my son a Learning Home, it has lots of different activites on it, lots of different music. alphabet, numbers, shapes, a door he can crawl through.i think he will love it. But i'm sure he will be more interested in the wrapping paper and box. I don't know what to get him for his first birthday. anyone have any suggestions?

Jemma - posted on 12/17/2009

my daughter will be 10 months christmas eve and shes got (from us and family) clothes, shoes, trike, activity table, ball pit, pushchair/walker, bubbbles, bath toys and lots of little toys to put out xmas morning, shes being really spoilt this xmas by all our families as well lol dont have a clue what we're going to get for her birthday!!

Vanessa - posted on 12/17/2009

i actually bought my son the leap frog table from walmart for christmas and gave it to him early...he LOVED it...already killed the batteries and he ahs only had it like 1.5 mths lol..we also got him the babies 1st laptop since he loves to beat on mine and we got him a rocking horse from walmart that isnt very high off the floor its plastic and i think he will love it..my son loves music so we also got him musical toys like a baby boombox and cell phone and then an elmo and leap frog bear plus some bathtime things..i know he doesnt understand what christmas is but he does like toys and i tried to buy him mostly educational toys since they are in a stage now where they are always learning =) cant wait to have his 1st christmas whether he understands or not it only comes once =)

Karla - posted on 12/16/2009

us to we got the same thing...i hear it was good and fun the table..!!!

Amanda - posted on 12/16/2009

We got our daughter clothes, shoes, a glow-worm, a leapfrog stand and play table, this little ball where you match the shapes with the wholes and put them through, a ball popper, and another ball like toy that teaches them different animals and the noises they make. My daughter absolutely loves balls and as of right now she doesn't have any but every time we go over to my friends house thats all she'll play with. I know some of these things most parents would hold off and get for their first birthdays but for her first birthday we are getting her more things to play outside. Two things we're getting for her birthday is a little tikes swing and slide and a sandbox!

Melanie - posted on 12/16/2009

We've told family members to put money in her bank account and buy something little for her from the $2 shop, sounds stingy I know but Emily's very happy playing with a roll of wrapping paper than $100 toys.

Megan - posted on 12/15/2009

We're not getting him anything for Christmas because everyone's gonna be getting him tons of stuff. Since he has no idea what Christmas is yet. I'm planning on making him a box of 'wipes' because he loves those so much. I'm going to take an old wipes box, wash it out, then put in baby face clothes. And that will be in a box with wrapping paper he can pull off.

Honestly, at this age, I think he's more likely to be excited by unwrapping and playing with the box.

In terms of what "he's asked for" from other family, bath toys and a bath scoop are high on the list. Mostly though, we have told people to just have fun and get what they wanna get, buying toys are fun!

Janey - posted on 12/14/2009

I posted on the other thread as to what I am actually getting...my problem is that my daughter is more active than most babies and isn't interested in the traditional baby toys. At this point (if she knew what Christmas was) she'd probably be wanting her own Wii remote and barbie dolls so that she could play with sissy...not going to happen, but her and my 10 year old are inseperable so she wants to do whatever sissy does. As for 1st birthday, I'm looking at more Little People even though we still have some from my older daughter...oh and a rocking horse, she loved them in the store now, but I am afraid she'll fall off with the rocking motion so we got her a ride on toy for Christmas instead and are saving the horse for her birthday.