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Too young for Duplo - do they still do Primo or whatever it was called?

19 replies

MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 15:52

because people are asking what dd wants for her birthday

but everything I can find says 18m+ (and I will ask for at Christmas )

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louii · 23/07/2008 15:53

What about Stickle bricks?

Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 15:55

She's 1?

Get some wooden building bricks - they will last much longer than Duplo (just go straight to Lego at 2.6). The wooden bricks work for babies and toddlers and carry on "being things" for ages.

MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 15:56

I am fine for non-lego ideas but fancied something that'll work with the ancestral Duplo later

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MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 15:57

am already well equipped with wooden bricks too

she is obv spoilt

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wannaBe · 23/07/2008 15:57

or mega blocks.

Or don't worry about the age on the box - that all goes out the window soon enough anyway.

Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 15:59

My daughter wasn't much interested in toys at that age (despite having masses of equipment). One is hard. We bought her a wigwam for her first birthday

PortAndLemon · 23/07/2008 16:03

You probably want Lego Quattro (which is still available).

Manetico is fantastic, by the way -- they have it at DS's nursery and it's much easier for littlies than Duplo or Quattro.

crokky · 23/07/2008 16:04

Mega blocks are great. Mega blocks also will fix onto Duplo when LO gets a bit bigger. My DS has both now.

MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 16:05

oh yes, she much prefers the contents of the kitchen cupboards to actual toys

dh is building her a playhouse in the garden, MIL has got her a wheelybug and my mother a rocking thing

it's the

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Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 16:07

Is she the first grandchild?

MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 16:09

aha, Quattro, that's the stuff

nice one P&L

now where the hell sells it...

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MrsBadger · 23/07/2008 16:09

yes, on both sides

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Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 16:10

Books a great present at this age - flappy books with animals etc

belgo · 23/07/2008 16:10

I wouldn't bother getting her any age specific toys - she won't play with them for long. My dds played with duplo from age one, and are still playing with it now and the oldest one is 4 and a half.

Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 16:11

Thought so, that's why they have no inspiration themselves .

My DD was number 4 and number 3 grandchild so I didn't have to think for the present givers.

NotQuiteCockney · 23/07/2008 16:11

Art supplies are always safe, ime. Gosh, is she already 1?

(The only age advice that's vaguely worth paying attention to is 3+, which means 'your child might be able to chisel off bits and choke on them, we haven't tested it very thoroughly.)

Anna8888 · 23/07/2008 16:11

Maisy books - the smallest, hard ones - great for her now. Maisy DVD even.

belgo · 23/07/2008 16:18

puzzles are also good.

alittleteapot · 23/07/2008 17:03

DD just had first birthday. Her fave presents were:

Musical instrument set - she LOVES
farm fridge magnets from Tickety Boo
Maisy's Year (lots of great flaps)
Borrowed trike for me to push - quite good as has trailer for my shopping too!
Wooden Brio tiles with animals on - these are meant to be a pairs game for 3+ but she loves to sit and sort
Ball

However her favourite toys are still the beer bottles in the recycling box and our mobile phones

imo ignore age guidance on boxes which are all for health and safety bureaucraticness - if 3+ just don't leave her completely unsupervised.

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