Consider that Fisher Price didn't exist when Albert Einstein and Marie Curie were born. How did they ever become famous physicists without loud plastic light-up battery-sucking toys?!
Too many toys at my place? Never!
So this article Why Fewer Toys Will Actually Benefit Your Kids really appealed to my simple, frugal, urban-living-in-a-tight-space side. It says that fewer toys make kids more creative, resourceful, and appreciative of the finer points in life. And as an added bonus they get to live in a less cluttered home. Okay, that last one is for me. But still.
Babies seem to be quite entertained by non-toys anyway. You want to know what my 7-week-old's favorite "toys" are? These picture frames.
Pretty exciting, huh?
No really, he loves them. Check this out.
Tiger Cub can thoroughly amuse himself for up to 30 minutes at a time with these things. I can get dressed and eat breakfast while he's still pumping his little legs and chatting it up with the picture frames. We assume it's either the light/dark contrast that gets him going or he really wants to go to Africa.
Either way, it's a cheap space-saving form of entertainment.
On a related note, thanks to Facebook, I now know that for Easter you're supposed to give your child a basket full of candy and soccer balls. Even if the child is only three days old.
Sorry Tiger Cub, Mommy wasn't in the loop on that one. Maybe next year. Big emphasis on maybe.
Tiger Cub did get all Baby Gapified for Easter courtesy of Grandma Gigi.
This is him wearing his first outfit - khaki pants and a sweater - that doesn't fall into the "pajama" category. Super stylish.
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