TDmonthly's ToyFair 2006 Preview--Infant & Toddler Product Category

So'Pure Sophie Giraffe Teething Ring by CALISSON INC.

The first teething ring made of 100% Natural rubber. Ideal for soothing painful gums with a natural teething ring. With a variety of textures to relieve baby at different stages of teething. 6/29/2014 (Price: $15.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pink Mini Miss & Baby Teether by COROLLE DOLLS

A great gift set for ages birth and up! Pink Mini Miss is soft and huggable, ideally sized for tiny fingers, and it fits easily into a diaper bag. The accompanying pastel pink teething ring is easy to grasp and will help to soothe baby's tender gums. 6/29/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Dino Cars by PLANTOYS

Cute Dinosaur baby cars match perfectly with small baby hands. Baby will enjoy rolling it around. 5/29/2014

Pipsquigz by FAT BRAIN TOY CO.

Meet pipSquigz, a set of three Fun Little Suckers for ages 6 months and up. Adored by baby and parents alike, pipSquigz are perfect for the stroller, highchair, bathtub, and anywhere-travel. Simply push pipSquigz down on any smooth surface and watch baby interact with this high-quality silicone suction toy. With super-suction, each shape can be tugged, pushed, shaken and pulled. Or, push and stick the shapes together for new play experiences. Babies delight in the versatile movement, sound and texture.
— Heather Rounds, buyer for Smart Kids Company in Greenwich, Conn., told TDmonthly in an April 2015 survey that Pipsquigz was their store's best-selling infant & toddler toy. 5/29/2014 (Price: $19.95)

Matching Game Who Lives Where? by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

An excellent addition to the My First Play World series from HABA, the Who Lives Where? Matching Game will be both fun and educational for your little one! The animals are searching for their houses. Who will show them where they live? The charmingly detailed illustrations will help make the matching game easier. Also excellent in free play, the houses can be arranged to form a zoo. Stack the houses to put together an additional fun illustration or use the dots on the sides to introduce counting! The contents include 1 elephant (3" tall), 1 giraffe, 1 zebra, 1 lion, 1 hippo, 1 monkey, 6 animal houses (largest house is 4.75" x 5.00" x 3.00"). Perfect for children ages 18 months and up. 5/14/2014 (Price: $37.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Wigglefants Stacking Game by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

Stacking up the fun with the Wigglefants Stacking Game! Perfect for fostering fine motor skills and problem solving skills, stacking games are both educational and fun. The adorable, brightly colored elephants can be flipped upside-down or placed right-side-up to create silly structures. The set also includes 5 double-sided, super sturdy templates that show patterns of varying degrees of difficulty for your child to recreate. Build from the templates or create brand new structures during free play. The set includes 10 German-made beech wood wigglefants (2.70" x 2.20" x 0.70") and 5 sturdy cardboard templates. Perfect for ages 2 and up. 5/14/2014 (Price: $26.59) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Twilight Buddies™ - Fox by CLOUD B

Twilight Buddies™ are ultra-cuddly friends that help ease children’s fear of the dark by projecting a starry night sky onto bedroom ceilings and walls. Hidden within the soothing starry projection are the moon and 3 constellations! Little ones find instant soothing companionship with the fun and cuddly animal collection that can travel with them wherever they go. 4/29/2014 (Price: $29.95)

Nubble Rumblers by BEGINAGAIN

This chunky and funky wooden vehicle has a tactile Nubble "driver" made from natural rubber. The six-inch-tall, red Nubble Rumbler Truck encourages kids to play actively and is great for developing fine motor skills. Made from sustainably harvested rubber wood with non-toxic, child safe stains. For 18 mos+ 4/28/2014 (Price: $15.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Plui Cloud by KID O PRODUCTS

Pluï is a charming bath toy that playfully teaches children some basic physical principles. Immerse it in water to fill up and then let it rain. The magic lies in the way you can stop the rain simply by closing the hole on top with a finger. Pluï gently introduces babies and toddlers to water while stimulating their imagination and senses. 4/28/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sophie the Giraffe Bath Toy by CALISSON INC.

Get ready for Vulli Sophie Giraffe Bath Toy! Here comes Sophie the Giraffe again, this time as a floating, squirting toy for baby to play with in the bath. She squirts water when squeezed. 4/28/2014 (Price: $15.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Tree Top Adventure by MANHATTAN TOY

This wooden activity center is packed full of exciting features! Includes 4 quadrants with a variety of activities: 6 tracks with animal-themed gliders, 6 bead runs with colorful wooden beads, a spring flower and more. Adult assembly required. 4/28/2014 (Price: $99.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

NogginStik® Developmental Light-up Rattle by SMARTNOGGIN INC

The NogginStik® developmental light-up rattle is baby’s first learning toy.  It might look like a cute version of a baby rattle, but it has a powerful agenda.  The NogginStik® was designed to help parents, caregivers and early intervention therapists begin encouraging early milestones in infants. The NogginStik head lights up red, blue and green to stimulate a baby’s eyes and to encourage visual tracking.  The base of the NogginStik makes a soft rattle sound to please the ears.  It has an easy to hold handle for mastering grasping and fun textures to delight the sense of touch. Your baby’s NogginStik® will help you begin to encourage her beginning milestones from the day she is born!
Awards: 2014 TDmonthly Top Toy Award
— Joe Novak, owner of Kazoo Toys of Buckhead in Atlanta, Ga., told TDmonthly in an April 2015 survey that the Noggin Stik is one of their store's top 2 best-selling infant & toddler toys. 4/28/2014 (Price: $22.99)

SoapSox by SOAPSOX

SoapSox is an adorable deluxe bath aid used to bathe children...and adults! Each character is created using soft terrycloth for the exterior and porous sponge for the interior. To entertain children during bath time, each SoapSox character has a fun uniquely designed entry for its soap pockets, which can be filled with your favorite liquid or bar soap. "Finger pockets" are conveniently built into each character for better handling and extra scrubbing power. When you begin to scrub using the soap filled SoapSox, suds form and soap is released from our patented SoapSox pocket. While your child is entertained by the characters' vibrant colors, textures and functionality, he or she is also getting clean.



 4/7/2014 (Price: $18.00)

Douglas Fox Cuddle Mat: 22 x 30 in by DOUGLAS CUDDLE TOYS

This extremely soft, large, padded mat is the perfect blanket for baby.  The unique hedgehog design on the inside of the blanket adds to the appeal. Embroidered eyes and a fox tail add personality...roll up for easy storage.

 3/5/2014 (Price: $36.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sea Life Bath Set by PLANTOYS

Splash and make waves in the bath with this set. The fun never ends! Float them on the water, fill’em up and squirt the water out. Set of 4 animals: Shell, Starfish, Turtle, and Dolphin.
— In an April 2015 survey, two out of 10 retailers told TDmonthly that squirt toys were their best-selling bath toy.

 3/3/2014 (Price: $20.00)

Caillou Bathtime With You by IMPORTS DRAGON

Caillou Bathtime With You play set.

 1/20/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

SnuggleTime™ Dots by Adora

Adora’s SnuggleTime™ Dots are perfectly huggable with their ultra plush bodies weighted with beans and made of microfiber plush! Available in three fun and bright polka dot patterns, these SnuggleTime™ Babies come with a removable “hoodie” with adorable yarn pigtails! Their sweet Adora faces make them perfect for snuggling for infants on up! 1/17/2014 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

SafariTime™ Pals by Adora

SafariTime™ Pals is a bit of adorable and a bit of wild all mixed into one fun package! They come with their own animal themed removable “hoodie” that’s made of cuddly microfiber plush and are available in six different animal costumes. With their extra squeezable beans bodies and sweet Adora vinyl faces, they are perfect to take along for hours of palling around! 1/17/2014 (Price: $14.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Baby Lit - The Jungle Book by GIBBS SMITH, PUBLISHER

Venture deep into the jungle on an animal-naming safari hunt in Jungle Book: A BabyLit Animals Primer. Spy a sneaky snake, a lazy bear, and a proud panther before roaring like a tiger into the night. Jennifer Adam’s carefully curated quotations provide the best of Rudyard Kipling’s descriptions of Kaa, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan and more while teaching little ones the characteristics of these colorful jungle animals.
— Dan Marshall, co-owner of Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care in St. Paul, Minn., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books. 12/27/2013

INDESTRUCTIBLES: BABY BABBLE by WORKMAN PUBLISHING

Indestructibles are the books built for the way babies read. They are 100 percent baby-proof, chew-proof, rip-proof, and drool-proof. Printed on a unique nontoxic, paperlike material that holds up to anything babies can throw at it—gumming, spilling, dragging across the floor— Indestructibles are the little books that could. They’re indestructible. And if they get dirty, just throw them in the washing machine or dishwasher. Baby Babble is a first vocabulary book, featuring baby at the table: spoon, banana, cheese. Baby at play: blocks, teddy bear. Inside baby’s house: lamp, socks, crib. Outside baby’s window: cloud!
— Dan Marshall, co-owner of Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care in St. Paul, Minn., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books. 12/27/2013

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle by PENGUIN GROUP USA

With over 300,000 copies sold since its publication in 1985, The Very Busy Spider is well on its way to becoming a modern classic. Follow an industrious spider as she carefully spins her web. A cow, a pig, and other farm animals want her to play-but a busy spider needs to finish her work, or there'll be no dinner.
— Mary Walsh-Martel, owner of Magical Child in Greenfield, Mass., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books. 12/27/2013 (Price: $14.99)

AnimaLamp by MOBI Technologies, Inc.

Who says children and wild life can’t play together? Mobi introduces AnimaLamps™, the cool-running LED light that’s great for desktop, late night changing table and feeding, reading in bed, games, and playtime. Portable and solidly built, AnimaLamps ™ can go anywhere. Adjustable brightness, one-touch operation and built-in rechargeable battery makes it the perfect light for children. Caution: we’ve heard reports of parents stealing AnimaLamps ™ from  the nursery.
Awards:  Mom's Choice Gold, NAPPA Gold and National Parenting Center Seal of Approval awards. 9/30/2013 (Price: $24.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sounds Like Fun by WESTCO EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS

The "Sounds Like Fun" products are all designed with multiple instruments so that the parent and child can bond through making music together. For parents and caregivers, each musical instrument is accompanied by  parent-friendly, developmentally appropriate educational materials to empower them in their role as their child’s most important educator. These laminated cards are an easy reference to make playtime learning time, too. 7/12/2013 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pop! Pop! Piano™ by PATCH PRODUCTS INC.

When children press a key on the piano, they not only hear a sound, they see stars pop up! The clear arch guides the popped stars onto a different pipe so when another note is played, they’ll pop some more! Adults can remove the arch to allow the stars to land on the floor, encouraging children to crawl after them. Pop! Pop! Piano measures 9" x 11" x 5.34" with clear arch attached. For ages 12 months and up.
— Dean Smith, owner of JaZams in Princeton, N.J., told TDmonthly in a January 2015 survey that Pop Pop Piano is their store's best-selling musical toy. They sell around 10 each month.
— Dean Smith, owner of JaZams Toys in Princeton, N.J., told TDmonthly in an April 2015 survey that the Pop-Pop Piano is their store's best-selling infant & toddler toy. They sell around 12 each month.
 7/11/2013

2-in-1 iPotty with Activity Seat for iPad by CTA DIGITAL

The iPotty for iPad allows parents to make this tech tool accessible to their child without having to worry about it getting dirty or damaged. Creating a relaxed and fun atmosphere can make all the difference in success for their child when learning how to use the potty. Toilet training can be a stressful time for parents and children. Many parents have discovered that the iPad, along with the many toilet training and age appropriate entertainment apps that are available, can be valuable in providing focus and fun during this important developmental time. 6/26/2013 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]