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

Follow-Me Fiona by TINY LOVE

Meet Fred's girlfriend. Follow-Me Fiona is continuing the success of her best selling mate, Follow-Me Fred. Same great crawling toy, now with a feminine touch. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Hands-Free Bustier by SIMPLE WISHES

Simple Wishes Bustier allows multi-tasking moms the chance to be more productive while they pump, or simply to take a breath and recapture a moment for themselves. Designed in USA. Made in China. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 (Price: $35.00)

Musical Pillow by KATHE KRUSE DOLLS

This heart-shaped plush pillow plays a soothing lullaby to help Baby sleep. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009

Wunderwurfel by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

These soft blocks include a variety of textures, plus Velcro attachments, to keep babies stimulated as they build. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 (Price: $35.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

My 1st Vehicles Set by THE ORIGINAL TOY COMPANY

This set of four natural wood vehicles includes a truck, airplane, fire engine and bus. Two of the vehicles have a three-hole handle so that little ones can grab them easily. Warning: May contain small parts. 12/10/2009 (Price: $30.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Clutching toy Perlina by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

Baby can clutch and chew the Perlina with either hand. Plus there's a bell for extra entertainment. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Good Night Atlanta by OUR WORLD OF BOOKS LLC

Part of the "Good Night Our World" series for babies and young children, this 6" x 6" board book explores the sights of Atlanta, Ga., including the zoo, Georgia peaches, Piedmont Park, the Atlanta History Center and much more. The 32-page book has rounded corners. It is written by Adam Gamble and illustrated by Joe Veno.
— Two of 44 specialty retailers mentioned titles from this series when discussing with TDmonthly best-selling books in late 2009. 12/7/2009 (Price: $9.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

JazzyToes Flip Flop Socks by JAZZIES LLC

This three-pack of socks features colorful designs that make it appear as if baby is wearing flip flops. They are available for ages 0 to 24 months (o to 12 and 12 to 24 months) in Little Sunshine and Little Athlete varieties. 12/3/2009 (Price: $18.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fun Flashing Sippy Cup by ELECTROSTAR

Available in Fairy, Sports and Dino varieties, this battery-operated sippy cup features multicolor LEDs that light up when a child sips and then go off after approximately 20 seconds. They can also be manually turned on and off with the press of a button. The cups are free of BPA and come with batteries. The lid and cup can be washed in the dishwasher (remove base first). This product received 5 out of 5 stars from What the Stuff Toy Review. 12/2/2009 (Price: $7.49) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Miracle Sounds™ Maternal Whispers CD by MIRACLE INDUSTRIES LLC

Maternal Whispers is a baby sleep CD that mimics what a baby hears in the womb. The pulse and blood flow of the mother (the sounds the baby is most used to hearing) remain perfectly steady throughout, for 72 minutes, giving your baby a rhythmic and familiar sound to sleep to. 12/2/2009 (Price: $12.95)

Organic Short-Sleeved T-Shirt - Monkey by TYLER TRENDS

This short-sleeved tee, available in sizes 2 to 6, is made fair trade in India and is 100-percent organic. The monkey image was designed by Norwegian founder of Tyler Trends, Anette Tyler. 12/2/2009 (Price: $27.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Glider Rocker by JONTI-CRAFT INC.

This 70-lb., tip-resistant glider features a 20" seat design for ample room, machine-washable seat cushion covers, storage pockets over the armrests, and sturdy construction. It's designed with enclosed front and sides to keep little ones' toes and fingers from getting pinched. Launch date: December 2009. 12/2/2009 (Price: $486.40) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Music ‘N Play Table by CHICCO USA INC.

Chicco’s award-winning Music ‘N Play Table features a reversible table packed with engaging activities designed to help your baby learn through play. The electronic side includes a piano with large colorful keys, flashing lights, and fun melodies. There are 3 piano playing modes, 8 electronic tunes, and 4 different instrument sounds. The table also includes 8 ‘Bugs & Bees’ activities that target multiple skills that are important for your baby to develop. If you flip the table over, you’ll find a building block base to build on using the 10 included building blocks. ( Watch Video) 11/25/2009 (Price: $59.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Animal Daysack - Turtle by LITTLELIFE

This fun bag for day trips features padded shoulder straps that adjust to fit, a handle on the top, zipper closure for the main storage area, and a zipped compartment on top that stores a weatherproof hood. It also comes with a detachable safety rein for parental use. 11/19/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Torno Torno by LEARNING MATERIALS WORKSHOP

This product is designed so that young toddlers will delight in placing the dowel/balls in the holes, turning the base, and watching the whirling forms turn around. Older toddlers can start to build with the hardwood squares, put “red hats on the red heads," and stack colored shapes into sturdy towers. Preschoolers can build more complex and imaginative structures while exploring how motion changes the appearance and stability of forms. "Torno Torno combines a wood building toy with a wood turn-table base that is activated by the child — no batteries, just the child's gentle push and imagination," Karen Hewitt, president of Learning Materials Workshop, told TDmonthly. This product was named one of Dr. Toy's 10 Best Toys 2009. Launch date: November 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $49.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Young Minds - Numbers and Counting DVD by MATH TUTOR DVD

"Young Minds - Numbers and Counting" teaches young children how to count from 1 to 10 by way of visually counting objects on the screen in an interactive manner. he entire production is set to classical music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and other classical composers. The objects counted on the screen include animals, machines, fruits, vegetables and scenes from nature. "Our DVD has substantially more educational value than other DVDs marketed to this age segment. In addition to numbers, our DVD also teaches animal sounds, colors, and much more," Jason Gibson, owner of Math Tutor DVD, told TDmonthly. This DVD has received the following awards: Dr. Toy Top 100 Best Products 2009; 2009 Dr. Toy Top 10 Best Audio-Video Products 2009; Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) 2009; iParenting Media 2009; Creative Child Magazine Top Choice Award 2009; Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence 2009; and "The Toy Man" Award 2009. Launch date: July 21, 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Kinderville Little Bites Freezer Trays by KINDERVILLE

Little Bites Freezer Trays are designed to make storing and freezing homemade baby and toddler foods safe and easy. Made of durable, BPA-free and phthalate-free silicone, these stackable trays feature four storage cups and a see-through silicone lid. Users seal with a pinch, and then place in the freezer. They are sold in sets of two, and feature 2-oz. servings that can simply be popped out, warmed and served. The toxin-free trays are freezer safe, dishwasher safe and microwave safe. Kinderville offers "uniquely designed products made of resilient silicone. Not too many items in the market place ... are similar to what we are offering," Oliver Albers, president of Luft Industrie LLC dba Kinderville, told TDmonthly. Launch date: December 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $18.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Heaven Sent Girl by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

The Heaven Sent Girl Collection combines pinks and green with touches of sheer, cloud-like fabrics and soft minky material. The quilt and bumper are appliquéd with spiritual messages celebrating the joy of birth: "Heaven Sent," "A Perfect Gift from God," "The Lord is my Shepherd" and "I am Wonderfully Made" — embroidered on white linen patches accompanied by sweet appliquéd angels, sheep and wrapped gifts. The four sectional bumpers are patch worked front and back. The sheet is 200+ thread count and 100-percent cotton. The crib skirt is a shirred, fully lined, cream and pink floral with 16" drop. Matching accessories include crib blanket, standard ivory lamp base and shade, diaper stacker, hamper, musical mobile, fitted sheet, valance, pillow pack, toy bag, and hand-painted wall art. Launch date: August 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $135.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Arctic Babies Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

Arctic babies is a pattern inspired by the plight of mothers and their babies to survive in the changing world. The Arctic set is a combination of 100-percent cotton, washable velvet in tundra red, appliqués in black dot, and textured fleece. Whales, penguins and polar bears, mothers and babies interact on the quilt and sectional bumper accented by hand stitching. The comforter measures 45" L x 36" W. The dust ruffle is washable velvet with a black dot trim. Matching accessories include diaper stacker, toy bag, valance, mobile, hamper, pillows, whale lamp and shade, photo frame, and three-piece wall art. Launch date: 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $144.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Heaven Sent Boy Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

The Heaven Sent Boy Collection combines blue, cream and brown cottons. The quilt and bumper are appliquéd with spiritual messages celebrating the joy of birth: "Heaven Sent," "A Perfect Gift from God," "The Lord is my Shepherd" and "I am Wonderfully Made." The messages are on white linen patches accompanied by appliquéd angels, sheep and wrapped gifts. The four sectional bumpers are patch-worked front and back. The 200-thread-plus count stripe sheet is 100-percent cotton. The crib skirt is a box pleat, 17" drop in blue geometric with banding in brown star. Matching accessories include crib blanket, standard ivory lamp base and shade, diaper stacker, toy bag, hamper, musical mobile, fitted sheet, valance, pillow pack and hand-painted wall art. Launch date: August 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $135.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Poppy Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

Poppy is an all-cotton set with contemporary poppy appliqué. It features woven cotton houndstooth in black and white, combined in a patchwork of black, white, pink and citrus green. Fun patchwork poppies are appliquéd on a lightweight comforter, with the reverse in big dot pink. It has a four-section patched bumper, big dot pink sheet and tailored black and white stripe crib skirt. Matching accessories include a crib blanket, decorator lamp, diaper stacker, hamper, musical mobile, fitted crib sheet, photo frame, toy bag, valance, pillow pack and wall art. Launch date: 2008. 11/17/2009 (Price: $135.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Animal Tracks Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

The Animal Tracks collection features a combination of soft chocolate corduroy on natural seersucker. Bright textured animals fill the train cars traveling around the bumper on brown and white tracks. The four-section bumper has appliquéd fronts with red dot backs. The sheet is 100-percent cotton, 200 thread count sheet, in chocolate skin. The crib skirt is in brown and white train track twill. The comforter presents all the train animals, including the monkey engineer, on soft natural seersucker with chocolate corduroy trim. Matching accessories include a crib blanket, decor orator lamp, diaper stacker, hamper, musical mobile, fitted crib sheet, photo frame, toy bag, valance, pillow pack, and wall art. Launch date: 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $153.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Elephant Brigade Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

The Elephant Brigade collection is a pattern with a brightly colored forest and a family of elephants. Contemporary yet whimsical, the brigade crosses a landscape of greens, neutrals and red. The coverlet is quilted on natural percale with rich warm colors of the mountains and landscape at bottom and top. The green dot sheet is 100-percent India cotton, 300 thread count. The boxed bed skirt is a yarn-dyed cotton incorporating all the colors. The four-section bumper is embroidered with the the trees and elephants, and trimmed in the yarn-dyed stripe with large cord and ties. Matching accessories include crib blanket, decorative lamp and shade, diaper stacker, toy bag, hamper, musical mobile, fitted sheet, valance, pillow pack, and hand-painted wall art. Launch date: August 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $162.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Slow Poke Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

The Slow Poke collection contains brightly colored turtles in greens, blues and accents of red, marching along on 100-percent cotton sheeting. The quilt is a combination of all five fabrics with accent cording and red, skin, inserted flange. The bumper is in four separate sections with stripe cord and accent ties on top and bottom. The box pleated crib shirt has a 2" bias trim in canvas stripe. The sheet thread count is 200 in shell swirl. Matching accessories include crib blanket, decorative lamp and shade, diaper stacker, toy bag, hamper, musical mobile, fitted sheet, valance, pillow pack, and hand-painted wall art. Launch date: November 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $117.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Lizzie Baby Bedding by COTTON TALE DESIGNS INC.

This four-piece set has lots of color in a bright cotton motif. There are large appliquéd daisies on a patchwork of big dot red, small red dot and a fancy contemporary floral, plus accents in bright turquoise on a four sectioned bumper, patch-worked front and back with large floral appliqué. The sculptured dust ruffle has turquoise trim. There's a soft dot sheet that is 100-percent, 200-thread-count cotton. Matching accessories include a crib blanket, decorator lamp, diaper stacker, hamper, musical mobile, fitted crib sheet, photo frame, toy bag, valance, pillow pack and wall art. Launch date: July 2009. 11/17/2009 (Price: $155.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]