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Mom Seeking Ideas on Engaging Toys for 18 Month Old Boy
Do be aware, though, that some Thomas the Tank Engine brand trains were caught in the lead-paint scare about two years ago and were recalled; don't buy them ...
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- My son is 20 months and similarly likes to manipulate toys and build with blocks. He's recently began to love the shape sorter toys and puzzles (the big chunky wooden...
- Love the train idea -- both boys and girls at this age through about 4 or 5 adore trains and you can get good "chunky" ones right for their hands. Do be aware, though,...
- My son is now 2 years old, so i remember the stage you are at right now. It's too young for many toys, but old enough they want more than the baby ones available. ball...
Behavior
I'm at my wits end. we take things away put him his room no tv and his favorite thing Thomas the tank engine we take away. He chages for a while then things ...
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- Good advice so far. In addition, your son needs more time with you and your husband. Ask yourself if you really need to spend so much time at your church, when you h...
- Your son is young and is discovering his own independence. Decide what rules are important, what the consequences will be, and what your expectations are. Clearly ...
- Hi K., I am in the club too. I have a new four-year old and my husband and I sometimes wonder whose house he is living in. This is what we are doing to curb the u...
Thomas the Train
Read all 5 responses: "I want to take my 3 yr old son to see Thomas the ... Next question: Toddler Railroad Experience for Thomas the Tank Engine Lover ...
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- this thread helps me out as well, since i am thinking of taking my 4 yr old son to it. my 10 yr old son is also into trains, so i hope that it's not too babyish for h...
- We had (free) tickets for the train ride last year. I don't know if I will bother to pay for them though this year. All the free stuff was what my son really enjoyed...
- Hello L., bring your camera and extra batteries, drinks, stroller, lots of patience. snacks and lots of water and some $ to spend at their store if you want. dress ...
2 Year Old Sleep Problems
When I go in there to see what he wants, he always wants me to pick him up, sit in the rocking chair in the living room, and watch Thomas the Tank Engine. ...
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- Yikes two hours that a long time. I had the same problem and when you go in and pick him up you are giving him just what he wants and this will cause problems later. W...
- Don't feel bad my boy who is also 2 (he just turned in August) does about the same thing. Sometimes when I put him in his crib he'll lay right down and behave and othe...
- Hello D. B.. my son is not quite 2 yet but we have had our fair share of sleep problems with him.. a few months ago we thought he may be having "Scared of the Dark" pr...
Train Set for a 2 Year Old Boy
Just one word of advice...we bought our son a battery powered Thomas engine which he proceeded to use as a hotwheel (rolling it back and forth). ...
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- We have the Geotrax system and it's great. My 2 & 1/2 year old and 4 1/2 year old both love it. You can continue to build and make it bigger as time goes on too. We...
- Geotrax is the very best for this age. We got a set for our grandson last Christmas at age 2 1/2 and we have added to the set. He is still playing with it! We are g...
- I got my son who is 2 1/2 loves trains too. He picked out a Thomas TrackMaster TakeAlong system. He especially loves the train characters that run on batteries. He ru...
Looking for Train Displays - Toy or Real
Down at Greenfield Village, Thomas the Tank Engine was there recently. Might still be. You Can't miss Thomas! Or Sir Topham Hat. ...
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- it will be a while til you can go to this one...but your son will still be obsessed, if he's anything like my son. :) at the Toledo Zoo, they put up a huge electri...
- It's a weekend trip, but... My kids loved the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. They have a HUGE train exhibit there.
- Sometimes book stores have train tables set up in the children's section. I've seen many kids playing whilst mom was shopping for good bed time stories!
Birthday Party Games
For instance, we had a Thomas the Engine game, I painted a huge Thomas the Train and played pin the whistle on Thomas. Other games like tag, duck, duck, ...
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- I have found alot of great ideas on the Family Fun Magazine's website.
- The old games are fun! Drop clothes pins in ajar from a stool. Have them wear mittens and try to open a piece of gum(the older ones. Simon says! Freeze! Kids that age ...
- I don't personally know of any games, but I have a mom who is a clown. She is wonderful with little ones. Her price is right. If you are around the Madison area, sh...
4 Year Old Reading
My son is really into (more like obsessed with) Thomas the Tank Engine so we bought him a ton of Thomas books. He tries to make me read all of them every ...
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- Hooked on Phonics is great and you can buy it for different ages and reading levels. So once they have mastered one level you can get the next one. They are sold in a ...
- My daughter is now 20, an avid reader and writer and majoring in journalism in college. I attribute her love of reading to our promotion of reading beginning very ear...
- Don't take this as pesimism, but are you sure she is reading? It is highly possible that she is, but one quesiton I would ask myself is, is she "reading" a book that ...
Remote Control Thomas Engines or Geo-Traxx?
Toys R Us is not longer selling the Thomas Remote Control stuff but they said Wal-mart does. ... train thomas and friends · thomas the tank engine toys ...
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- My kids loved the geo-trax. I think we had one Thomas remote contol, but it didn't get used much. In my opinion, the Take-a-long Thomas were great, but I'd go with th...
- We recently bought my son a train table and Thomas train stuff. It went over well, but not as well as I thought it would. We would go to my friends house and my son wo...
- We have also never owned Thomas stuff, but my kids love Geo-Trax. My son likes playing with them after Daddy builds the Grand Central Station, while my daughter's fav...
Seeking Opinions on Train Sets/train Tables
Then we bought some of the other engines from the Thomas the Tank engine series. As for the paint problems and that turning you off Thomas, please don't let ...
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- I think you should reconsider Thomas. Yes, they have had alot of recalls. However after I sent one back that was recalled, they refunded my shipping, sent me a new t...
- Personally, if you could afford it, I'd go with the Brio. When my kids were little, we wanted to get them a train set, and one set of grandparents volunteered to do t...
- I wish I knew your sons age bc I think it makes a difference. We bought my son an imaginarium table last year and it fell apart at the hinges so many times that eventu...
