Ten Things about Toys

1, It is a fact universally acknowledged that no matter how much you have spent and how desirable the toy, your child will be more interested in the box
2, At less than a year old a toys desirability is based solely on how good it feels when chewed. Don't try to test this principle when shopping, they tend to get a bit annoyed.
3, A toy is often only interesting when someone else is playing with it.
4, We have a thing called Octo-tunes, it is an octopus that plays different notes when you squeeze its legs. It can also be quite a scary thing, especially when you've come downstairs in the night to get a drink and you tread on the dratted thing, making a noise akin to the ghost of an unhappy set of bagpipes. I nearly dropped my drink.
5, Why play with the special toy Mummy and Daddy actually spent quite a lot of money on that has crinkly crackly sections that come off and are great fun when you can get the same result from a casually discarded carrier bag?
6, Shoes are toys. I think it's the laces.
7, Don't leave anything that rattles, crackles or toots in the cot overnight. I have done this by mistake and have been woken up in the early hours by the noise. Joseph is also best not left with anything other than very soft toys in the cot as he has the habit of rattling the hard ones up and down the bars like a prisoner with a metal cup. I don't care how cute you look, you're staying in there as it's not time to get up yet.
8, Joseph is something of a corporate logo child, mostly because the companies have a "loyalty club" which sends you vouchers and a free toy. We have a Cow and Gate cow an Aptamil polar bear and a Hipp elephant. Pampers don't seem to do free toys, which is a bit rubbish in my opinion.
9, There is no such thing as a toy box that is too big.
10, All in all, at the end of the day, at this age we probably enjoy the toys more than he does. Still, I suspect it wont be long before we get him saying "Mine! Mine!" and not letting us play any more.