Reviewing Toys

Fisher-Price has called for a large toy recall of just about 1 million toys and 83 different products. Toys such as Big Bird, Elmo, Diego and of course Dora. It seems the toys were being made by a chinese vendor that somehow made them with lead paint in them.

Toy List: (I hope ya’ll don’t have these, but something tells me many of you will)

33662 Elmo Light Up Musical Pal
33663 Ernie Light Up Musical Pal
33664 Big Bird Light Up Musical Pal
34658 Elmo Stacking Rings
39038 Elmo Tub Sub
39054 Sesame Street Shape Sorter
87946 Elmo Keyboard
90267 Ernie Splashin’ Fun Trike
90609 Elmo Collectible
90611 Cookie Collectible
90612 Zoe Collectible
90613 Ernie Collectible
90614 Big Bird Collectible
90745 Construction Playset
93068 Elmo Boom Box
93107 Action Fire Engine
93307 Press N Go Elmo
93308 Rev & Go Cookie Monster
93492 Cookie Saxophone
93493 Elmo’s Guitar
93615 Splash Tub Puzzle
93780 Music And Lights Phone
B7554 Count To Beat Elmo
B7888 Shake, Giggle & Roll
B7987 Elmo in the Giggle Box
B7989 Silly Parts Talking Elmo
B9620 Dora’s Talking House
C6908 Dora, Backpack, Perrito Figure Pack
C6909 Diego Figure Pack
C6910 Swiper Figure Pack
C6911 Boots, Tico Figure Pack
G3825 Dora Talking Vamonos Van
G5112 Sing With Elmo’s Greatest Hits
G9717 Giggle Doodler
H2943 Grow with Me Elmo Sprinkler
H3343 Cousin Daisy
H3344 Birthday Dora
H5569 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Cookie, Ernie)
H5570 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird)
H4187 Dora Figures in Tube
H4628 Water Fun Tote
H8236 Dora 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H8237 Blue 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H8238 Sponge Bob 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H9124 Chef Dora
H9125 Bedtime Dora
H9186 Giggle Grabber Ernie
H9188 Giggle Grabber Oscar the Grouch
J0338 Diego Talking Field Journal
J0343 Go Diego Go Antarctic Rescue
J0344 Go Diego Go Deep Sea Rescue
J0345 Go Diego Go Mountain Rescue
J0346 Go Diego Go Talking Rescue 4 X 4
J5935 Giggle Grabber Soccer Elmo
J5936 Giggle Grabber Chef Cookie Monster
J6537 Sesame Street Giggle Toolbelt
J6762 Queen Mami
J6763 Royal Boots and Tico
J6765 Prince Diego
J7983 Sesame Street Tub Pots & Pans
J9518 Sesame Street Giggle Drill
J9692 Dora’s Talking Pony Place
K0617 Twins Nursery
K3414 Diego - Talking Gadget Belt
K3571 Go Diego Go Mobile Rescue Unit
K3580 Fairytale Adventure Dora
K4139 Go Diego Go Dinosaur Rescue
K4140 Toucan Motorcycle Rescue
L0305 Dora Figure
L3194 Surprise Inside Diego Eggs
L3215 Sesame Street Elmo Jack-In-The-Box
L3488 Sesame Street Birthday Figure Pack
L3507 Sesame Street - Super Boom Box
L5202 Birthday Dora
L5813 Diego Tub Trike
L8905 Pablo & Pals
M0351 Dora Figures Dora & Kitty
M0352 Dora Figures Diego & Bear
M0524 Go Diego Go Talking Gadget
M0527 Sesame Street Giggle Doodler
M0732 Dora’s Talking House
M2051 Let’s Go Rescue Center
M2052 Fairytale Castle

If you have one of the recalled toy, you can exchange it for a voucher for another product of the same value. To see pictures of the recalled toys, visit http://www.service.mattel.com. For more information, call Mattel’s recall hot line at 800-916-4498.

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Last week was hell. Bea had her first real cold, Alex’s parents were here. Of course Bea picked up the cold from me, which meant that I was run down, having to look after a sick baby and play hostess to a family of four, two of them being teenagers. So you can imagine how wonderful everything was. But then mid-week, after Alex’s parents had left, we drove over to see my dad in Burgundy and Bea went in the pool for the first time!

In terms of toys, I didn’t buy anything specifically for the pool. I took her bath fish and Mr Turtle thing (basically a form fitter toy in the shape of a turtle…) because they both are made of plastic and wouldn’t sink. She didn’t really play with any of them in the pool though, I used them mainly as a distraction for when she was first getting in and didn’t really know what was going on. Obviously as she gets older and gets used to being in a pool, she can start engaging with water toys more. But for the moment, the water was a good enough toy and kept her occupied just long enough for me to start worrying about sun burns….

Bea recieved a little Elmo Mini-Plush in the mail today! Just the right size, not too big, not too small. The Tickle Me Elmos that are so popular are a bit too big for her and also I think they can be slightly overwhelming for a little baby (7 months), considering the toy is as big as her.

Sesame Street Workshop is a non-profit educational organization, so buying their toys helps fund their programs, which is always a good thing. Sesame Street was one of the few shows that I was allowed to watch when I was a kid and I’m going to have to start searching YouTube so Bea can watch them in Europe.

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My little one is still a bit too litte for bath time to be an exciting play session, but I can keep her occupied for a couple of minutes simply by pouring water out of a plastic cup. She’s also just beginning to understand the relationship between her hand and the water, which means bath time is getting wetter and wetter and she learns to make bigger and bigger splashes. She still hasn’t figured out that if she tries to suck on her hand while it’s under water, she’ll get a mouthful of water.

We’ve been giving some great bath accesories for her that I can’t wait to use: bright yellow duck washcloth and an elephant head to go over the faucet. I keep seeing some other fun ones around that I might get my hands on eventually.

Alex Toys has a collection of Art in the Tub toys, that I would like to play with, let alone my baby. I vaguely remember having some of these when I was a kid.

Actually, Alex Toys has tons of bath stuff that looks great including: Saftey in the Tub, Learn in the Tub and Clean in the Tub and of course PLAY in the Tub!

Of course, alot of kids toys are waterproof and can go in the bath, so it’s not really necessary to have specific bath toys. But for kids who don’t really enjoy bath time, having toys that they only play with in the bath can be a good incentive to get them to
enjoy it more.

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