Okay. Tomorrow is Little Christmas. I'm heading to the store today to buy Ana's crissie pressie.

[conuly]

I'd buy for Seth, but, y'know, don't know where he is and all. Jenn is getting free babysitting, again, and Mommy's getting me cleaning.

Quick, run through the wishlist, tell me what toys make the most sense for Ana at 18 months. I already have an idea of what I want to get her (and, in fact, will probably go to several stores to make sure that I don't fail) but I do like to have input from others. Ignore the blocks, she has enough of those for right now. If you go nuts and decide you want to buy her something, feel free, but tell me so I don't get it.

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[feathered.livejournal.com]

*tilts* Did I miss the post about you not knowing where Seth is?

[conuly]

Nope. We don't know where Lizziey is, so we don't know where Seth is.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ana would probably enjoy something really noisy, with bright flashing lights. Her mother would probably prefer that she didn't get it. In that case I reccomend one of those toys where you hammer balls through holes, and watch them come sliding down. There are some cool variations on that theme as well...one where you put them at the top of a tower and they spiral all the way down, another kinda like a slot machine--you load balls in the top, and pull a handle. Kaching! a ball comes out, like from a gumball machine. My sister had that one.

[conuly]

Ana would probably enjoy something really noisy, with bright flashing lights.

Heaven forfend. You haven't heard my theory on toys with bright flashing lights yet, have you?

Here it is:

A very small number of toys is improved through batteries. For example, toy phones.

Most toys are better off without batteries. This includes farm toys, toy houses, and dolls.

Toys which require batteries to be any fun at all are wrong. Toys which light up and flash and make noise are overstimulating, and may be detrimental to the learning process.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

I'm rather inclined to agree, but kids seem to like them. Most kids may well be fine with that kind of stimulation, in limited doses.I always found them overstimulating though. I expect it's an Aspie thing. I still can't stand loud noises or flashing lights.

[conuly]

I suspect they like those toys because their parents like those toys and give them to their kids before the kids are old enough to object.

At any rate, there's more and more evidence that toys like that do more to hinder than to help kids' development, and I want no part of them.

[deceptica]

Hmm, I remember being overjoyed as a child when I got a plastic dinosaur that could actually roar and whose eyes lit up when he did so. However, I do have to admit that its play value became limited after a while. Eventually the batteries ran out and nobody could be bothered to replace them, so the dinosaur was just as plain as the others, except that it had a bit less play value because it was heavy and I didn't dare throwing it around in fear of breaking it.

[/random childhood memory]

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Do you by any chance celebrate Orthodox Christmas?

[conuly]

Nope. This is Little Christmas. All the presents are cheaper because of the after Christmas sales.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Julian calendar date must just be a coincidence, then.

[conuly]

Yup. It's technically Three Kings Day t'm'ra. "When Baby Jesus got his presents, that's when you'll get yours".

[feathered.livejournal.com]

*tilts* Did I miss the post about you not knowing where Seth is?

[conuly]

Nope. We don't know where Lizziey is, so we don't know where Seth is.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ana would probably enjoy something really noisy, with bright flashing lights. Her mother would probably prefer that she didn't get it. In that case I reccomend one of those toys where you hammer balls through holes, and watch them come sliding down. There are some cool variations on that theme as well...one where you put them at the top of a tower and they spiral all the way down, another kinda like a slot machine--you load balls in the top, and pull a handle. Kaching! a ball comes out, like from a gumball machine. My sister had that one.

[conuly]

Ana would probably enjoy something really noisy, with bright flashing lights.

Heaven forfend. You haven't heard my theory on toys with bright flashing lights yet, have you?

Here it is:

A very small number of toys is improved through batteries. For example, toy phones.

Most toys are better off without batteries. This includes farm toys, toy houses, and dolls.

Toys which require batteries to be any fun at all are wrong. Toys which light up and flash and make noise are overstimulating, and may be detrimental to the learning process.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

I'm rather inclined to agree, but kids seem to like them. Most kids may well be fine with that kind of stimulation, in limited doses.I always found them overstimulating though. I expect it's an Aspie thing. I still can't stand loud noises or flashing lights.

[conuly]

I suspect they like those toys because their parents like those toys and give them to their kids before the kids are old enough to object.

At any rate, there's more and more evidence that toys like that do more to hinder than to help kids' development, and I want no part of them.

[deceptica]

Hmm, I remember being overjoyed as a child when I got a plastic dinosaur that could actually roar and whose eyes lit up when he did so. However, I do have to admit that its play value became limited after a while. Eventually the batteries ran out and nobody could be bothered to replace them, so the dinosaur was just as plain as the others, except that it had a bit less play value because it was heavy and I didn't dare throwing it around in fear of breaking it.

[/random childhood memory]

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Do you by any chance celebrate Orthodox Christmas?

[conuly]

Nope. This is Little Christmas. All the presents are cheaper because of the after Christmas sales.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Julian calendar date must just be a coincidence, then.

[conuly]

Yup. It's technically Three Kings Day t'm'ra. "When Baby Jesus got his presents, that's when you'll get yours".