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The Best Toys For
Boys
Rainforest
Bouncer
We
currently have the Rainforest Bouncer for our baby boy and it is great. The rainforest
bouncer can vibrate, has toys attached, has a cool animal design and
plays music. I don't think a baby boy could ask for anything more. A bouncy seat is a
must have for any boy. Our oldest would sit in it for hours. Not
because I would leave Liam, but because it would always make him happy. I
could easily bring it to friends and relatives houses. Then I could use
it for feeding him and letting him sit up so I could play with him.
Before we had it he would cry kind of a lot with me. I don't know why,
he would always be fine with my wife. So it helped me out a lot. They
make tons of different bouncy seats. My friend has the Newborn-To-Toddler Rocker for his daughter and she loves it. Eventually you can also
turn the newborn-to-toddler one into a rocking chair.
Rainforest
Deluxe Gym
Tiny
Love Gymini
With my oldest boys we had the Tiny
Love Gymini - Black, White & Red and it was
great. A baby gym has all kinds of toys the baby can look up at and grab. I
would always attach more links to it. The Lively
Links
are cheap and it was one of Liam's favorite toys. They could easily be
attached to any stroller or toy. The Gymini is currently $85
at
Amazon. I know I paid less than that but I don't know what happened to
it. We either gave it to a friend or threw it away. The Gymini was
great
but you can find similar toys for a lot less money. We plan to buy the Rainforest Melodies & Lights Deluxe Gym for our new
baby boy. It looks great and is $25 cheaper.
Rainforest
Jumperoo
Galloping
Fun Jumperoo
We used to have a jumper that would hang from a doorway and
the
boys enjoyed it. Jakob liked it a lot more than Liam but it provided
them both with lots of fun. My niece has the Fisher-Price
Rainforest Jumperoo
and it looks so much better than the jumper we once had. The Jumperoo
has toys on it, along with flashing lights and music. The Jumperoo seems
safer by not being in the middle of the doorway where a baby could bounce
into the walls. Although we never had any accidents. I saw my niece
using hers a few times and she was bouncing all over the place and
having a great time with the toys. Our baby boy will be excited that he
can borrow it when my niece grows out of it. They also make some like
the Fisher-Price
Galloping Fun Jumperoo that are
shaped like a horse that seems cool. Just add your own cowboy hat.
Baby
Papasan Cradle Swing
A swing is perfect for a baby boy. For my first son Liam, a swing
quickly
became a neccesity. Liam would cry a lot. Well not for my wife of course, pretty
much just for me. Often times the only way I could get my baby to
stop was to swing him back and forth in his car seat. After hours of
exercise I quickly picked up a swing. Liam loved the swing but, I liked
it even more. We got our newest boy a cradle swing. Swings
like
every other new baby product have improved quite a bit in the past 5
years. Now they all add attachable toys, music and flashing lights. We bought our new baby boy the Nature's
Touch Baby Papasan Cradle Swing. It is
kind of expensive but my wife found it on sale at Target for $30 less
than usual. Another swing we considered was the Smart
Stages 3-in-1 Rocker Swing . It is
cheaper and more versatile by changing into seat and a
rocker. But it lacked features like vibrating to make a good baby seat.
As for being a swing my wife and I loved that the cradle swing can
swing side to side as well as back and forth.
Evenflo
ExerSaucer® Mega - Farmyard
An exersaucer is pretty much another necessity for
a baby boy. My boys always loved their exersaucer. The exersaucer has an
adjustable height and can even fold down the legs for storage and
travel. For us though once it is up it stays up because the boys always
wanted to be in it. It is great because once they can hold their head
up and move with their feet a little (I guess like 4 months) this toy
seems to give them a little more freedom. It is set up with toys all
around and they can turn and reach for whatever toy they want. I expect
our newest boy will love it as much as our first
two.
Ocean
Wonders Aquarium
Why make your baby cry themselves to sleep. Well I
can't think of a reason. Liam would cry a fair amount when
we put him to bed. It always got my wife and I to feel bad and pick him
up. He would either end up in our bed with us. Or I would rock him in
the glider until he fell asleep and I could attempt to put him back.
But not always successfully. Then we found this miracle toy. Actually
we had an older version that ran out of batteries every 3 weeks because
we used it so much. Best yet is that this one has a remote. I used to
need to sneak in if our old one turned off and our baby boy was still
awake. Liam could have woken up and started crying. But instead of
giving him a bottle when he got older I could turn this on and he would
stare and smile and sometimes evan go back to sleep. If you hope on
getting a good night sleep this is your best chance. Another helper for
us at night was some classical music and some lullaby's that we always
had playing. Some examples are Disney
Babies Lullaby , More
Songs From Pooh Corner, Mozart
Effect for Babies and Disney's
Lullaby Album
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