Comments on: What are some really good gifts for a one year old baby girl?

By: diapercakesbybecca

diapercakesbybecca — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

My daughter JUST had her 1st birthday a month ago. We asked everyone to get her board books….because she LOVES them. They are inexpensive and this is a great age to start introducing books!! My daughter just loves flipping through the pages and looking at the colorful pictures!!

Other great gifts are blocks to build towers (alphabet blocks are great…Target sells a huge set of them for around $10.00). There is a great learning toy put out by Leap frog called "LuLu The Letter Spinning Spider"….BOTH of my girls have adored this!!

Other things my daughter enjoys are things she can sort…..blocks (again), links, pop beads (the big plastic ones that pop into each other), and play food (she plays with my 2 year old’s play kitchen and play food way more than my 2 year old does!!)

Hope, maybe, that helped!!

By: mary m

mary m — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

i have a 8 month girl and having the same problem

try
dolls
clothes
movies ( kids movies barney bear in the big house ect )
cds (kids songs)
stuff toys
books

By: hrh_gracee

hrh_gracee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

I have 3 children and 2 of my nieces/nephews are at the same age your daughter is… I got the Bee Bop Band musical toy set for them at Target (19.99 on sale – also available on ebay, see below for pic/auction) for their 1st b-days and they LOVE them. Parents Magazine also makes a wooden activity cube in bright colors and a "popabead" animal chain that ALLLLL the kids love to play with. I put links to these 3 items on ebay below, but you can probably find them at Target or any store that carries Parents Magazine stuff… the sets I bought for the boys each came with a free 1 year subscription to Parents magazine, too. Cool stuff! Also, check out Little Tykes brand toys, they usually have neat litttle activity sets for toddlers.

Good luck & Happy Wishes to the Birthday Girl!

By: Jill T

Jill T — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

Sometimes people forget about the outdoor items that kids love. How about a picnic table and umbrella? My son is now 2 and still loves his! Also if you have enough room outside Step2 makes a cute little sliding board perfect for a 1 year old and a little water table where they can play boats and have lots of fun when it’s warmer in a few short months. Good Luck!

By: annabanana

annabanana — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

i got my neice some giant play tunnels… she loves them!

they have flaps on the ends and come in fun crazy colors!

plus, they are just like… giant cloth slinkys… they fold together easily for storage. each one is over 6 feet long and pretty cheap.

By: natasha rules the world

natasha rules the world — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

get her a doll or memorable gift such as an inexpensive teaset so that when she is older, she can look at it and be reminded of her first birthday. she can also play with it later in her life as well.

By: kelsey

kelsey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

My kids both loved a ball popper at that age. They hit the button and balls pop out of the top. some of the balls fall into the tray and go back through the popper, while others land on the floor for the child to pickup and put back in the popper. It’s in the price range you’re talking about too. Here is a link to one:
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1174575129/ref=sr_1_1/601-8030424-4298512?ie=UTF8&asin=B00007G39I

By: JordanB

JordanB — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

Around 9-10 months my daughter discovered board books. She loved them and still reads them to this day (she just turned 3). So, they are timeless, and since they are gender neutral they are ready to go for when my 4.5 month old son gets old enough. We can’t get too many books. Some board books have flaps that we didn’t pry open for the first time until she was old enough to not rip the flaps off. So eventually the book grows with them and has a whole new set of things to look at. We have gotten a lot of use out of the Fisher Price Little People flap board books. There is so much to look at the she will just sit and study them forever. Also the FP Little People toys (animals, people, zoos, barns, farms, ark, dinosaurs, etc) are for ages 1-5. So, they are years of fun. My daughter got her first ones at 1 and is still getting them now at 3. Finally, any Disney movie that is out of the vault. Even if your baby is not interested in them now you will be glad that you stocked up before they went back in the vault.

By: momma2jessa

momma2jessa — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

both of my girls LOVED peek-a-blocks and Roll-a-rounds at this age.

They are cheap ($5-6 for a 6 pack) and fun, and you can never have too many.
Board books are good too
Link-a-doo toys are fun (and attach to the stroller)
Bath toys would also be good.

By: chelsea v

chelsea v — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:34 +0000

things that light up and make a lot of noise and spin or shake or whatever on there own can get extremely annoying for the parents, also they are not very mentally or developmentally stimulating for the child, they’re not a good choice

But kids that age love to push or pull things, so maybe a lil wagon, or a baby doll with a stroller. One of those dolls that has buckles, buttons, zippers and velcro straps, are good to start teaching how to dress and undress. Play doh is messy at times but that would be good. They have machine washable teddy bears that come with special markers, so she can draw whatever she wants in it the bear goes in with the laundry and comes out a clean slate . Buy her something that makes her think and figure things out