My husband and I bought these for our son when he was 5 months old, he was starting to sit unaided and making his way round the room on his tummy. We needed more toys for him to play with and as I had enjoyed my blocks as a child I wanted my son to have some too.

When I first saw the blocks I liked that they were soft, anything to keep my son from harm. I liked the bright colours and the fact they had the alphabet and pictures on them.

My son loved these from the first time he started playing with them. At 5 months he was a little too young to pick them up easily though, as the blocks are quite large and his hands small. He is now almost 8 months and a pro at picking them up. He finds them amusing when we stack them up for him to knock over. He likes the crinkle noises they make and enjoys shaking the one that contains a bell.



~*~*~PRODUCT INFORMATION~*~*~

-Cost- £8.99

-There are 6 blocks- 5 crinkly, 1 containing a bell.

-They are machine washable- I tend to put them in a pillowcase on a cool setting and they dry quickly.

-Each side of the block is a different colour- yellow, purple, orange, green, blue and red.

-Each side contains a letter and corresponding picture, i.e. E-elephant and U-umbrella.

-They encourage manipulation, movement and exploration.

-Taste lovely; well the amount my son has them in his mouth they must do.



~*~*~DEVELOPMENT~*~*~


-They recommend this toy from 6 months, we bought them for our son at 5 months and this may have been a little young. He struggled to grasp them.

-At first they can be used for stacking/knocking over, picking up-hand-eye coordination.

-Now my son is 'commando crawling' he likes chasing after them, picking them up, moving them from place to place and has tried stacking them. The fact he is a boy and very heavy handed means they're never actually stacked when he tries.

-From around a year, they can be used to learn colours, letters and what the pictures are.

-As the child gets older they can be used to spell simple words too.



~*~*~CONCLUSION~*~*~


Overall a long lasting toy that is one of those toys that should be in everyones toy box.