New Born & Toys..
Hiya Sugars!
We have spoken quite a bit about what baby 'needs' & actually I think were pretty much sorted (in actual fact we have had to give some stuff away from sheerly having to much!) :roll:
I was thinking about sweet little extras, that would just be nice, Ive got him a tiny new born giraffe thats so soft you just want to spend the day rubbing it off your face lol (or is that just me!?? ) and I have got a little glow worn that plays lullabys.. as well as mobiles to hang over the cot and a jungle mat for the floor..
But thats it.. I know he prob wont be that intrested at first.. I did read something about getting black and white toys because at what stage there eyes have developed they seem to be more drawn to them..
I was just wondering really, has any one else bought toy's so far? if so what? is there something i'm missing out on (maybe teething rings or can they wait?)
Also about what toys you will be advokating and which you wont be allowing.. for example will you genderise balls and cars for boys? dolly's and princess things for girls?
I know its a bit early to think about but I personally WONT be allowing any toy guns in the house, I don't agree with them and think there is enough of a choice with other toys..
I discussed this with OH and he said he had them when he was little so he didn't really see the harm.. but that was 25 years ago... and I feel the diffrence is when kids played with them in the 80's it was fantasy.. where as I live in the middle of London and it's scarey how readily avaiable they are around.. I don't want them to be 'normal'..
That's not me being overly protective ...I don't think.. just before I gave up work.. I was working with street kids in south London doing adventure youth work, we worked with alot of gangs & a lot of 'normal' kids and I for one was surprised at how engaraded they were into every day life!
So any toy gun's will be going in the BIN! the only I may allow are super soakers water guns because Its about chasing & fun and the aim is to wet someone rather than 'BANG BANG your dead' but still not that sure?
I don't have a problem with girls playing with cars or boys playing with Dolly's tho I think it's quite good for rounded development!
what are everyone else thoughts on the matter?
xxx
We have spoken quite a bit about what baby 'needs' & actually I think were pretty much sorted (in actual fact we have had to give some stuff away from sheerly having to much!) :roll:
I was thinking about sweet little extras, that would just be nice, Ive got him a tiny new born giraffe thats so soft you just want to spend the day rubbing it off your face lol (or is that just me!?? ) and I have got a little glow worn that plays lullabys.. as well as mobiles to hang over the cot and a jungle mat for the floor..
But thats it.. I know he prob wont be that intrested at first.. I did read something about getting black and white toys because at what stage there eyes have developed they seem to be more drawn to them..
I was just wondering really, has any one else bought toy's so far? if so what? is there something i'm missing out on (maybe teething rings or can they wait?)
Also about what toys you will be advokating and which you wont be allowing.. for example will you genderise balls and cars for boys? dolly's and princess things for girls?
I know its a bit early to think about but I personally WONT be allowing any toy guns in the house, I don't agree with them and think there is enough of a choice with other toys..
I discussed this with OH and he said he had them when he was little so he didn't really see the harm.. but that was 25 years ago... and I feel the diffrence is when kids played with them in the 80's it was fantasy.. where as I live in the middle of London and it's scarey how readily avaiable they are around.. I don't want them to be 'normal'..
That's not me being overly protective ...I don't think.. just before I gave up work.. I was working with street kids in south London doing adventure youth work, we worked with alot of gangs & a lot of 'normal' kids and I for one was surprised at how engaraded they were into every day life!
So any toy gun's will be going in the BIN! the only I may allow are super soakers water guns because Its about chasing & fun and the aim is to wet someone rather than 'BANG BANG your dead' but still not that sure?
I don't have a problem with girls playing with cars or boys playing with Dolly's tho I think it's quite good for rounded development!
what are everyone else thoughts on the matter?
xxx
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As far as gender specific toys go, he's going to have a pretty good selection of 'girls' toys to play with if he wants (assuming his sister will share!) and Millie is already showing distinct tendancies towards 'boys' toys!
I'm still thinking about guns, I don't think that playing with toy guns occasionally does any harm but where do you draw the line? Personally kids playing cowboys and indians wouldn't bother me, but cops and robbers with guns would be a bit more worrying! I think things were different when we were growing up because there were more programs like the A-Team and The Dukes of Hazard, where there were lots of guns but no one actually got hurt!
Kerry xx
loving the idea of rattles on toes to 'find there feet' how sweet! where would you get them from?
I'm thinking of painting a farming scence on once wall of the nursery (start not it'll take me ages lol) and putting small pieces of felcro on the wall.. then making little people, farm animals, tractors, ect that he can stick and remove on and off the wall for when he is a toddler.. like 3 ducks in the pond.. but i'd hide them in the scence and he'd have to find them and put them in? maybe I'm really liking the idea anyways lol it's just getting round to doing it..
and I really would like to have a dressing up box with alsort of goodies... lol getting a head of myself here!
back to soft rattles any other ideas or will that be enough? x
My brother bought the sock rattles for his little girl, I'm not sure where from but I think it might have been babies'r'us.
xx