Gifts for 8 month old?

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My ds will be 8 months at Christmas, I know he won't remember anything but I would like ideas for meaningful gifts and keepsakes and toys he can play with and grow to play within the next year, ive already got him quiet a few toys for Christmas that he can play with for the age he will be then

A wooden trolley with blocks in. Then he can play with the blocks now and in a few months time he can push along the trolley... and as he gets older put dolly in the trolley etc...

Stacker toys… blocks, shape sorters. A push along walker. Books
My son was 8 months last xmas and i saved his xmas bib and the baby’s 1st xmas onesie

Keepsakes:
Jellycat reindeer/polar bear/elf
The Night Before Christmas book
Christmas mug or dinner set (I saw a really nice children’s Christmas dining set recently which included cutlery as well but I can’t remember where which is really annoying me!)
Night light www.notonthehighstreet.com/kirstyshaw/product/personalised-star-night-light?referredBy=search
Money box - DS has a cute Peter Rabbit one.

Toys he can play with next year:
Wooden car click clack track
Pull along train
Vtech ball pop digger
Sand pit

Babipur.co.uk have some gorgeous wooden toys and gifts which he could grow into and play with for years.

Code BUDDY gives you 10% off

My First Years do nice personalised and keepsake type items

I've got a dc who will be 6 months old by Christmas

I've so far got him

• blanket, swaddles and muslins from aden + anais (I find their stuff quite pricey but seemed justified for Christmas!)

• a little Christmas board book with his name on (the kind you buy like that not personalised)

I like the personalised farmhouse toy on my first years

Stacking cups/rings
Ball pit
Toy phone
Ball ramp
Megabloks
Walker

I've got stacking cups for my rabbits so feels weird to buy them for the baby!

I will also have an 8 month old at Xmas so thanks for this thread, lots of ideas.

I've so far bought my DS the Tomy eggs and a few books. If you want a lot of books I recently bought 10x Julia Donaldson books for around £17 on Amazon (also at Costco) so worth a search for that.

I also intend to buy a Walker and some stacking cups. For his stocking a rainmaker toy, some socks and some treat baby food - you can get things like baby biscotti in supermarkets that are ok for 7 months plus.

Keepsake wise - a personalised bauble with your child's name on? I only bought a cheap one from a garden centre but it has the name of DS on so he can put it on the tree for years to come. I'll also buy a Santa plate, personalise my own Christmas Eve box so that those can be ready for years to come too. I will have a ''twas the night before Xmas book given to me by my parents but if you don't have one, another idea.

Thanks everyone! Loads of great ideas

Another vote for wooden blocks. They were by far my son's favourite when he was little.

These also went down well....

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