when my daughter was one we asked for toys that said on the box 12+ or 18+ months and pretend play things like puppets and dolls, a play tent and a little tikes workbench. even though yours might not be quite ready to play with those things properly they are fun for them to bang arounf with and then after a few months when they catch on they will have the next stage of toys available to them. they seem to go though a stage around 12-18 months where they are too big for baby toys and too young for the next stage toys. my daughter at 18 months it really just starting to use the older kid toys. oh yea the one thing she loved when she got it at her first birthday was the FisherPrice Little People bus and farm. another great gift was toddler style musical instruments (if your sanity can handle it). anyhow hope that helps .
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