For Toby’s first birthday we bought him a toy tool bench. I got it during the recent toy sales. There was a choice between 2 which looked very similar; one was made by a well known company and was $40, whilst the others was a store brand and was $20.
Both had several activities, both made a range of ‘fixing’ type sounds, and both played a tune or 2. They genuinely looked so similar, so I naturally bought the cheaper of the two.
Unfortunately, there was one difference that I didn’t notice until later: the cheaper toy does not have an off switch. That’s right; we can not turn it off when we have had enough of the noise. The off switch would definitely be worth the extra $20!
Here is my tip for purchasing toys; check there is an off switch. While Toby is asleep tonight, I may just need to remove the batteries… just for a day or 2.
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Oh my goodness, I've just finished writing a post for Friday about what to buy my daughter when she turns one! So I'm having more than a little giggle at this!! Our house is filled with noisy toys!!!!
Haha this post makes me laugh. My brother hates toys that makes noise! Whenever his kids get given noisy toys he says "Here let me fix that for you" and promptly removes the batteries or noisemakers etc. We are chronic battery non-replacers, so so many toys have only ever had one lot of batteries and then never again. We are definitely not getting patents of the year with that move lol