A flip-style cell phone for baby has a high contrast black and white chewing ring with four colorful rings on it.  Designed in bold royal blue, the inside has four colorful buttons that activate a quiet bell and a receptionist who greets you in both English and Spanish. One button say hello, another says good-bye and another asks, "What is you name?" A little phone like this is the first in a long line off.  Marked 6 month and up, this is a good early prop for pretend. Not all phones are alike. Many are too loud and therefore dangerous for baby's health.   The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements.   We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Push the Illumination Station on the high chair tray, give the polka-dotted ball a swipe and watch baby's face when the twirling ball lights up! There are lots of moving parts that will lend interest to this two-way toy. It can be suctioned to a tabletop or snap it off of the stand and baby can use it for free handed play. 6 months & up.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP INFO: Finding toys that respond with a swipe of the hand is not always easy. This clever spinning high chair toy can be used as a hand held tether and rattle. Suction held toys often do not hold well. This one is better than most, thus freeing you from holding the toy and empowering a child to make it work. There is plenty to see, hear, and feel as balls and clackers with bold graphics and textures turn. This newest version also has a light that goes on as the toy spins. Best of all, it detaches to become a two-handed toy to explore.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Share the bold contrast, black and white patterns on each page of this oblong plastic book. These are images that even newborn babies are fascinated with and will enjoy looking at again and again. Once they get past the gazing stage you can fill the eight photo pockets of this handy dandy little book with 4 X 6 photos of friends and family. There are colored tabs at the end of each page that make for easier turning by little hands.  A black and white handle makes this easy for baby to grasp and probably, chew,too.  No words on the pages but plenty of people to talk about.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

An update of an old favorite, this high chair toy has a big suction cup to fasten on the high chair or it can be detached from its stand and used for two handed play. The bold contrast spinners are sure to attract visual attention and delight babies who love the power of toys that they activate with ease. There are two see-through balls with spinners inside and bright colored clackers that invite exploration by little fingers. 6 months & up.

 The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP INFO: Finding toys that respond with a swipe of the hand is not always easy. This clever spinning high chair toy can be used as a hand held tether and rattle. Suction held toys often do not hold well. This one is better than most, thus freeing you from holding the toy and empowering a child to make it work. There is plenty to see, hear, and feel as balls and clackers with bold graphics and textures turn. Best of all, it detaches to become a two-handed toy to explore.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Ideal for two-handed play, this dual handled toy has raised textures on the two toned grabbers that will be interesting to fingers and teething gums. Most interesting of all is the polka-dotted spinning ball that lights up when it spins. A flutter ball with see though side is also fun to activate. This is one of those toys that baby will be able to use to make something happen - at first by chance and later on purpose. It says 3 months and up. Comes in green with a lavender or blue light up ball. We'd say baby will need to be somewhat older to hold onto this.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Even before baby knows who is in the mirror, his own bright eyes and moving reflection will catch his attention. The blue and white polka-dotted fabric framed mirror has high contrast black and white trim as well as a bold ladybug with a black and white tracker ball that moves with ease and crinkle sounding green fabric leaves on one corner. On the diagonal corner is a yellow and black bumblebee with satin wings that turns from side to side. Attach this mirror with its Velcro straps to the crib rail for newborns to gaze at or spread it's built in fabric easel form so that it stands on the floor for tummy time looking. The baby safe mirror is about as distortion free as baby mirrors get. You may get a few extra minutes in the morning when baby begins to babble at that face in the mirror. Looks like a big gift for the money and playtime value. 

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP IDEAS: Play a game of hide and seek in the mirror. Get down on the floor with your baby and lean in to peek in the mirror  and then lean away. Like all peek a boo games this is likely to produce some puzzlement and laughter, too.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

We can't show you all of the eye catching collection of hand knitted rattles and dolls. We love the many colorful birds and the easy to hold critters that are soft to the touch and have quiet rattle sounds inside. These charming rattles are beautiful folk art as well as pretty toys for the newest member of the family. Probably the best way to find these is on the blablakids.com website.    The rattles for infants are just a small part of the collection. Be sure to see the polka-dotted cats and ballerina dolls for older childen.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

A fun and jolly engine with an easy to grab handle and big yellow smokestack button that lights up and makes sounds when baby pushes it. It hooks up easily to a little train car and both engine and are loaded with the pop up Stack 'n Surprise Blocks that move up and down as the train rolls along. It has silly sounds and music (that can be turned off) and lots of other colorful rollers and big beads that baby can swipe and turn. A great choice for babies who are starting to crawl. In the same line, look for the Blockity Pop Caterpillar, Dump Truck, Count 'n Build Snail Pail, and Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Songs 'n Smiles Sillytown. They say 6-36 months. We'd say more like 9 months & up.

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Ten colorful Stack 'n Surprise Blocks come in a clever 'pail' — the most open-ended playset of this award winning line. Although they call it a count 'n build toy, for starters babies are going to use it for fill and dump games. Babies will like the sound of the plastic blocks thrown into the see through pail. The carry handle and lids of the container are building platforms where blocks can be stacked. Each has a pop up action that reveals a little face and one-with a snail head has a squeaker. Use this toy for building language concepts as well. Talk about the colors, about adding one more, about the making the stack taller, about covering all the pegs on the lid, and you can even count them. There are numerals impressed on the blocks, so older sibs may like putting them in numerical order. In the same line, look for the Peek-a-boo Choo-Choo, Blockity Pop Caterpillar, Dump Truck, and the Stack ‘n Surprise Blocks Songs ‘n Smiles Sillytown. They say 6-36 months. We’d say more like 9 months & up.  

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Featuring the new Stack 'n Surprise Blocks that pop up when stacked, this is the top of the line play set. It includes 8 colorful pop up blocks that are activated when they are placed on a platform and baby spins the musical roller. It plays many tunes and interesting sounds. There is also a little wheeled toy that slides down a ramp when baby hits a big lever and on the opposite side of the play setting there is a block drop that responds to a swipe of a hand. The lift and dump activity is a little tricky, but pleasing once baby gets the hang of what fits into the window opening. We think the best parts of this toy are the little pop up blocks with smiling peek-a-boo faces on them. There are smaller sets in this line that are less costly and totally satisfying. Look for the Peek-a-boo Choo-Choo, Count ‘n Build Snail Pail, the Blockity Pop Caterpillar and Dump Truck. These are good examples of  toys that baby can quickly learn to activate and get a pleasing sense of being able to make things happen. They say 6-36 months, we'd say 9 months is probably a better start time. 

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.