Baby Girl’s First Block

There are a lot of things to do when planning for a baby shower. One of the primary tasks you need to accomplish is settling what would be the decorations for the venue. Baby shower decorations help set the mood for the party. There are few ideas to consider when beautifying the event place, from picking the baby shower theme to embellishing tables.

First thing you need to do for baby shower decorations is to pick or choose a theme and color. In case you already recognise the baby’s gender, you may go with the conventional pink for girl or blue color for boy. If it is still unknown, colors white, ivory, soft yellow or pale green would be a good choice. You may likewise consider using bright or indispensable colors. When it comes to the theme, it will have to match the chosen color scheme. It must always match together to have harmony. Cartoon characters are a heap of of the most mutual themes chosen by baby shower organizers. Decorating the area as a huge playroom is also a good idea. Make use of huge playground balls, clip arts, oversized stuff animals and huge plastic toy bins for cold beverages. These items may be saved for the future baby.

If the baby already has a name, you may include that to the decor. For example, hang a big banner or streamer that welcomes the baby like “We look forward in meeting you, Carlo!” You may also spell out the name and put it on big blocks of evenly sized cardboard boxes. Games may likewise revolve around the chosen baby name. An example would be to ask your guests to list down dissimilar things from the original letter of the baby name. Set a time limit of five minutes. Another game that could be played using the name is listing down prominent humans that share the primary name of the baby. Your party now has fun and excitement.

Next thing to consider is to coordinate the seating chart. In arranging it, it is important that you let your guest interact with one another. Round tables that may be occupied by eight to 10 persons is a much better choice than those rectangular banquet tables. In this rectangular setup, invitees would not be competent to talk since they would be far from each other. They would be capable to mingle only to those that are near from their seat. It is also very primary that the guests have a good view of the expectant mother on the main table. In setting up the tables, consider putting fresh flowers to make the guests feel welcome.

In this occasion, gifts would not be absent. So another thing to keep in mind is the table for gifts. You may have one table for the gifts or make it two, depending on the number of guests invited. Place two chairs side to side of the table, one is for the expectant mother and another for the close friend. As mom-to-be open the gifts, her friend will mark down each gift. It is necessary to do it so it would be very easy in sending out thank you cards.

These are just few things to consider for baby shower decorations. It will have to not always be highpriced just to impress the guests. What is necessary is that all the persons there celebrate the pregnancy of the mom-to-be.

Baby Girls First Block

Ten bright blocks are ready for baby to drop into the open bucket or through the shape-sorting lid. Baby will love filling the bucket with blocks, dumping them out, then starting over again. Great for eye-hand coordination and other early skills. Then baby may move on to sorting and stacking and learning regarding identifying and matching shapes. Includes plastic shape-sorting box with take-anywhere handle and ten colorful blocks.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37 in Toys & Games
• Size: Toddler
• Color: red
• Brand: Fisher-Price
• Model: K7167
• Released on: 2007-01-15
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.51″ h x 5.51″ w x 8.46″ l, .97 pounds

• Baby may sort and stack and learn to discern and match shapes
• Shape-sorting lid and 5 dissimilar shapes support build early identification skills
• 10 colorful blocks are easy to grasp, hold and store inside bucket
• Carry handle for take-along fun
• Interactive learning aid

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Baby Girls First Block Image

Baby Girls First Block Pic

Baby Girls First Block Picture

Baby Girls First Block Photo

Baby Girls First Block Pic

351 of 411 people found the following review helpful.
Concerned about possible use of harmful chemicals
By Sunshine
My son received this toy as a gift for his 6-month birthday. At the time, I remember hearing about how some plastic toys (often made in China) contain harmful chemicals that are known to cause cancer and feeling concerned that this toy might be one of them. I didn’t do anything for awhile, seeing how my son enjoyed playing with the toy and thinking (stupidly) that if this toy were truly harmful, it wouldn’t be sold in the U.S.

One day, I came across this toy on Amazon and noticed the warning to CA residents under “Product Details.” I couldn’t believe it when I read this toy is made with harmful chemicals known to “cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.” I bet a lot of people who are giving this toy 5 stars are not aware of the warning.

UPDATE TO REVIEW ON 10-28-09: Amazon has removed the warning about the harmful chemicals, and in response to an inquiry I sent them told me “Product information from the item detail is added or deleted upon manufacturers information.” Amazon suggested I contacted FP, which I did, and the FP rep said he couldn’t find anything in their records indicating the toy’s manufacturing had been changed. The toy’s production has not been altered since 2007. He suggested that perhaps the warning wasn’t accurate, and that’s why it was removed. That may be, but it seems like a pretty big mistake for Amazon to make on multiple FP toys. I see now that none of the FP toys that previously had this warning have it now.

As for my son’s reaction to the toy, he liked to bang the pieces together and put them in his mouth, but he never bothered to try to sort the shapes since the top doesn’t stay in place, as others have mentioned. My son always removed the top and took out all of the pieces, no matter how many times I showed him how to sort the shapes with the top in place. Talk about poor design! I should have given it 1 star for the “educational” rating in hindsight, but I figured that theoretically it could be of some value if a child didn’t remove the top. Also, Amazon wouldn’t let me go back and change my ratings.

I just got another shape sorter for him from Amazon (the Tolo Rolling Shape Sorter), and within minutes he tried to put the shapes in the slots because he couldn’t remove either the top or the bottom of the unit. Now that’s an educational toy!

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
I can see her wheels turning…
By T. Aulbach
As my 14 month daughter works on getting the right shape in the right hole. It’s true that sometimes she just gets frustrated and picks up the lid and throws the shapes in the bucket instead of sorting them, but when I play with her talk to her and ask her where each shape goes she really focuses and we get them together. She looks so proud of herself when she gets them right, too! But even when she is playing by herself and taking the lid off, it’s still a very fun toy for her to put them all in, take them out, and do it all over again!

43 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Not that great of a sorter…
By C. Murphey
This is a basic, durable, inexpensive toy. However what I don’t care for is the fact that the lid doesn’t snap on. I’m sure this is that way so babies can take it off, but I prefer the sorter that the child has to put the shapes through the holes. My baby figured out that it was easier to take the lid off! I like the Smartronics cookie jar sorter much better.

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