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The Perfect Rattle

by CarterAnn Mahdavi

The search for the perfect rattle is an on-going, epic journey in our house. My partner was desperate to find our baby one before she was born, but with no success. The perfect rattle has a number of characteristics necessary to even make the list:
- must not consists of a ring with something that rattles attached to it.
- it should consist of a wand-like shape with something on the end of it. You often see traditional, silver rattles shaped like this, but these aren’t really made for little gums to chew on and could potentially be quite painful if your baby knocks themselves in the head with it…31AASNGV3GL._AA280_.jpg
- it must be light enought for a baby to wave around.
- it also needs to be heavy enough so that the baby doens’t just launch it across the room at warp speed. It needs to be a challenge.
- it needs to actually RATTLE, not just have rattle when an adult frantically shakes it in an attempt to get their baby’s attention.

Now, actually finding something like this is apparently impossible. I saw one once, with some Beatrix Potter character on it and didn’t end up buying it because it was $5 and I thought I could find a cheaper one…

I know it may seem a bit silly, all these specifications, but I think it reminds my partner of his childhood, so we continue to search.

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Posted in 3 to 12 months, Baby Gifts on May 21st, 2007

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3 Responses to “The Perfect Rattle”

  1. Victoria Garson Says:
    May 22nd, 2007 at 12:38 am

    I found that the rattle wasn’t all that important. We did have one that was from lamaze I believe but I could be wrong and it had a handle that was twisty and rattles on each side and it was easy to rattle. Also it was great for teething gums it was partially hard plastic and partially that almost feels like rubber plastic but harder…hard to explain..try wal mart or target. Also a lot of times they are sold in packages with other teethers and little toys.

    Victoria

    http://www.prideandopinions.com/digital-dating-in-the-pink-triangle/

  2. Victoria Garson Says:
    May 24th, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    I just realized that my clipboard must have had a different link when I originally responded to it and pasted that in my signature line hehe. ooops spacey me!

    Victoria

    http://www.about-sandiegoca.com/

  3. Reviewing Toys » Blog Archive » The search continues Says:
    July 16th, 2007 at 4:47 am

    [...] search continues July 16th, 2007 by CarterAnn Mahdavi The search for the perfect rattle continues. Alex’s parents arrived this week with a rattle for Bea. His sister had bought one [...]

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