Toys&Games

My daughter Vanessa is now six years of age and she still plays with the baby toys she was given when she was much younger. My wife and I have large baskets to store all of her toys in and because she has so many toys, we keep most of them in the basement and reintroduce them to her every once in a while so she doesn't get bored by having too many of them all at once.

One of my daughters favorite things to do, is to go to the dollar store in our neighbourhood and look for toys there. You don't need to spend a lot of money on baby toys because generally babies can get bored with them very quickly, so we don't go to stores like Toys R Us or what we like to refer to them as Toys R Overpriced because quite frankly we do find them overpriced and avoid those kinds of stores. For just a dollar or two you can buy a baby toy and your child can play with it as long as they would with a ten dollar toy. There are even educational toys at the lower prices stores as well.

Another great place to find baby toys are gently used or second hand stores where the baby toys have been disenfected for cleanliness and are in great condition for babies to play with. You can find some great deals at these types of stores when you are looking for educational baby toys, baby clothes, maternity clothes, furniture or baby strollers as well.

One thing I have started doing recently is trading toys with friends who have kids. We will lend each other toys that our own kids are not playing with anymore and we find that it works extremely well instead of buying new toys all the time for our daughter.

By : Brian Kearns