Favorite Toys

So, we've had a pretty good rotation of toys around here, as things lose Gideon's interest and new more complicated toys take their place. The simple rattles or small toys with bells and chewy cellophane filled parts have mostly been put aside, and replaced by hard chewy rubber toys, and the texture and gripping toys have mostly grown uninteresting. A couple of toys, however, just keep entertaining at all stages. The Leapfrog activity table was great fun without legs, and more so now that he can stand over it. The wooden four wheeled activity cube with abacus, shape sorter, flipping picture things, etc. has also provided a lot of amusement and helped him learn to stand.

One toy seems to wind up moving from room to room more often than the others. That's Toby the Talkbot, which Tammy found before he was born, and we had as part of the theme in the nursery. It's not a terribly complex toy. It only has four buttons, which make the robot say or sing things about shapes and numbers. If it's on a flat solid surface, a sensor on the bottom turns on the motion part, which makes it sway and wave one arm and move it's eyes while talking. It also has a little 5x6 LED screen that lights up with shapes or letters or patterns. However, for a simple toy, it's been entertaining him since he could focus on the screen, and more so once he learned that bright colored shapes on bigger objects tend to be buttons. When we're getting ready in the morning, Toby goes in the playpen. When we're in his room, Toby goes on the floor. When we're in the living room, Toby goes on the fireplace. In the basement, Toby goes anywhere. Anyway, here's a video of Toby in action for you all to enjoy. :)



-Josh