By Ariel This post contains affiliate links. If you buy the featured products using our links, you're helping to keep Busy Nest News running. Thanks! Radio Flyer Deluxe Steer and Stroll I bought the Radio Flyer Deluxe Steer and Stroll Trike based on faulty expectations. I kept seeing parents strolling around my quaint suburban neighborhood with push trikes. As they passed my house they look so peaceful carefully steering their well-behaved tiny human. Now, while I realized that this is only a snippet of their walk and probably not representative of the struggle, I still thought that that could be me! So I invested in the Radio Flyer Radio Flyer Deluxe Steer and Stroll Trike. I was wrong. So wrong.
Developmentally and personality-wise the trike and Bean are not well-matched. She is too active to sit passively while I push her, but not physically capable enough to start propelling herself. Even on the lowest setting, her tiny feet don’t reach the pedals and she is in the 99th percentile for height. But she still loves it! The result is an incredibly frustrating experience for me. Suffice it to say, it is not the peaceful afternoon stroll that I had in mind.
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By Brianna This post contains affiliate links. If you buy the featured products using our links, you're helping to keep Busy Nest News running. Thanks! Melissa & Doug Magnetic Dress-Up Sets, and moreBy Brianna This post contains affiliate links. If you buy the featured products using our links, you're helping to keep Busy Nest News running. Thanks! Proven Picks for the Littles on Your ListWhen shopping for the holidays, simply walking into a store and hoping to find good ideas for the little in your life can get overwhelming fast! There are so many toys available in early winter, and the malls and stores are packed with people. Likewise, shopping online can get a bit harried, too. You’re being inundated with ads everywhere from your inbox, to your social media account. You can certainly pick the most adorable clothes or toys you come across, but you might be disappointed by how little they get used after the wrapping paper has been discarded.
As you're shopping for presents this year, don’t be afraid of getting toys or books that are a little bit of a reach for your favorite littles. Rather than watch our kids play with everything until January, and then never touch any of it again, we opt for things that we can watch them grow into throughout the year, and hopefully enjoy for another year or two to come. This is a list of toys and products you can expect to put some miles on. Everything is at least useful, and hopefully beautiful as well. Let’s take a look.
By Brianna
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Uncle Goose Wooden Blocks
Blocks play such a huge role in childhood development. The simple toy is highlighted in milestone lists again and again. First, babies enjoy chewing the blocks and feeling them in their hands. Next, they knock the blocks together and revel in the sound of wood on wood. Finally, they start building. Their structures begin with just a couple of blocks stacked on top of each other, and gradually develop into art sculptures and homes for toys. Kids have been playing with wooden blocks pretty much forever. We’re excited to tell you that the ubiquitous block has gotten an upgrade.
By Brianna
Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon
When Monkey first started pulling up on furniture and learning to walk, we didn’t have much furniture for her to explore along. I wanted to encourage her to keep learning to walk, but I knew the walkers of my childhood were discouraged by childhood development professionals. The old walkers are now considered dangerous, and possibly even discourage walking. But Monkey was starting to push around empty diaper boxes, and was pulling up on everything she could find. So I did my research, and found a number of great toys for a little one to push around. We ended up buying the one I thought would have the most utility past this finite stage of Monkey’s development.
Enter, the Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon. This beautifully designed wagon, based on the Radio Flyer wagons we all know and love, is perfect for beginning walkers. There’s a bar, just within reach, for a little one to grab and pull themselves up on. The wheels offer a little resistance, so that the wagon doesn’t roll away while baby is trying to stand up. Monkey had a blast pushing her wagon around and loading it up with her favorite toys (and the dog’s toys, for that matter). There’s even a bumper on the front, to protect both the wagon and your furniture and walls. |
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