Your best buys for 6-18 months?

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We bought minimum 'stuff' for newborn dd, but she's now 7 months and really mobile so the tiny baby stage is over and we probably need loads of older baby stuff. There's a nearly new sale coming up so I'd to stock up on essentials for phase 2 but apart from a stairgate I can't really think what we need!

What did you find really helpful from 6 months?

Highchair
Activity table (we had vtech one)
First slide for garden
Bath seat
Play tent and tunnel

A walker that has a detachable activity panel so it can be used separately.
Shape sorters are good.
Tea set
nothing with really annoying music!

Walker
activity table
rocking horse/fisher price bouncing zebra are favs
books
puzzles
playpen
music stuff - dd git bought a set from asda with a xylophone, tambourine, casternets etc in and she loves it
wooden trains
crayons
desk type thing for colouring on
highchair
travel highchair for days out
next stage car seat
high chair toys - these are like gold dust but brilliant
pushchair toys/books

Pop on blanket that goes on over buggy/ car seat straps.
High chair
Bumbo
Buggy board (for older dd)
Stacking and sorting games
Cupboard locks
Corner protectors

Grobags
Lightweight stroller
TripTrap highchair
Ikea Antilop highchair (but < £20 new).

Thanks everyone, your lists are really helpful!

Definitely baby walker!
Little wooden jigsaws
Board books with flaps or pop outs
Wooden bricks/ shape sorter
Stacking cups
We've got some musical books- Baby's first... By Usborne and they're brilliant!

Ikea highchair
Jumperoo
Push along walker
We got DD some Happyland for her first birthday
Stacking cups (got mine from poundland)
Tommee Tippee sippy cups (again Poundland)

V tech walker
Bath toys
Lift the flap / touchy-feely books
Tiny freezable pots for weaning
Floor splash mat thing for weaning
Reins

Good baby carrier- ergo, Manduca or Tula will be worth their weight in gold and last until 2 at least.
Portable highchair/booster seat.
Little board books- tiny ones for car/change bag, bigger for at home.
A decent baby Lunchbox/bag you are prepared to carry food around in.
Camelbak water bottle.

One of these! No wrestling with zips / fasteners / velcro, no need to remove in a carseat like a padded snow suit, so versatile, and built in hat! It's the best baby item I've ever bought (3DC!)

My 13 month is into
Stacking cups
Shape sorter
Picture books with flaps
Hand puppets
Duplo
-CBeebies-

I didn't buy anything at all for weaning, I just used ordinary bowls and teaspoons but have just bought him his first little cutlery set and plate with a tiger on it.

Something else I'd recommend is a gro-blind. Having a really dark room never seemed to matter until 7+ months.