Favourite Things: One Year Old

I found myself wracking my brain for a newborn baby gift the other day. I mean it was just over a year ago I myself was sleep walking through that baby phase, I should have tons of great gift ideas, right? I was drawing a big fat blank. I was so thankful to scroll on back to these posts to refresh my mom brain and find a few of those new mom and baby essentials.

So I thought since that came in handy that I would do another favourites post: the one year old edition. Hopefully it'll help you mamas or those shopping for kids and, at the very least, I'll have a reference next time I need a one year old gift. Win, win.

Here are a few of our current faves:

1) Kidkraft Play Kitchen - Alice loves this thing. When we first set it up she spent an hour just opening and closing all the doors.

2) Play Food - pretend eating is a fav past time, she even does the "nom, nom, nom".

3) Boon Whale Pod - Awesome bath corral that holds soap, toys and even lets them drain out so they can dry nicely.

4) Snack Dish - perfect for keeping the cheerio spill to a minimum. We also love this bowl, which is great for staying put when using utensils.

5) Triangle Crayons - or anything to colour with.

6) Stacking Blocks - I wouldn't say she exactly likes these, more like she can't stand the sight of this thing stacked up. We play a game trying to build the tower before Alice can knock it over. Good times.

7) Paintable Nesting Dolls - Alice's Aunty painted these for her and she loves opening and closing them.

8) Books - In my opinion you can never have too many books and Alice definitely agrees. She'll sit down in a chair and start babbling 'blah, blah, blah" (sometimes I feel like she's mocking us, hahaha).

(more of our fave books).

9) Aden & Anais Security Blankets - This has been a nap/bedtime essential since the day she could hold it and they come in packs of two in case, god forbid, you lose one.

What are some of your kiddo essentials / go-to gifts?

Christine