What to give a boy for 1 year?

It would seem that at the age of 1 year, boys are happy with any gift, if only the item was fundamentally new, and therefore already interesting. But choosing a gift for a one-year-old baby is a more painstaking task than it seems, because you can buy something that will interest the child for just one evening, and then it will be forgotten or abandoned, or you can buy something that will be useful and will be in demand for a long time. growing boy and his parents.

Before starting to consider gift ideas for a 1 year old boy, donors should know exactly the specifics of this age. After all, it is they who ultimately form the list of possible gifts. Age-related nuances will make an expensive gadget completely useless for a one-year-old baby, and a bright ball will turn into a useful and even necessary purchase. During the first year of his life, the little one has achieved and achieved a lot: he has entered a new stage of development and it is impossible not to reckon with it. He is unlikely to be interested in the rattles and tweeters that were given in the first year of life.

He perceives visual and auditory images in a new way, his speech is formed, he is very emotional. And even if the toddler is silent, inside him, rest assured, there is a constant conversation with himself - outwardly this is manifested by babbling. Year is the age of realizing one's independence and together with the emerging skills to move in space (crawl, sit, get up and walk), the child begins to actively "win back" his place in this world. He's already showing character.

One-year-old children are very restless: they cannot stay in one position for a long time, do one thing, they are almost constantly in motion. For this reason alone, you should not choose gifts for your child that require perseverance and concentration. The only exceptions are motor actions - babies of this age are already interested in how the lid is twisted, how the drawer or door opens.

In the year, the first imitation appears, and the child makes the first attempts to identify himself with the adults who surround him. This can and should be used when choosing gifts. Also, kids love to listen when they read and sing songs, and they will be happy with a good children's book by age.

If now parents and donors are able to support the desire for independence in their children with their gifts, they will certainly raise a very proactive, decision-making, responsible person. By the age of one, it becomes approximately clear what the boy is actually more interested in. Some are already striving to disassemble the cabinet handle into details, while others are much more interested in drawing and singing. Of course, this does not mean that the child has already chosen his life path, but it is imperative to support his current interests.

All mental development at the age of one occurs only during the game. And the child plays throughout the entire waking time, he is interested in both static and moving objects, as well as their combinations (that is why, at the age of one year, it gives children such a sincere pleasure to concentrately shove a spoon into a jar or empty the contents of a jar). Many children try drinking from a cup on their own every year, and they do it well. Some begin to master the plate and spoon.

Some parents, who are chasing high-speed development, forcibly impose activities and knowledge on the child that are not age-appropriate, which can have a bad effect on the psyche of the baby, and therefore gifts for a year should be appropriate:

• age, mental and emotional development;
• toddler's interests and skills;
• the physical capabilities of the child;
• experiments, cognition;
• conducive to physical development;
• and also safe and of high quality.

No one knows better than his parents all of the above features of his son. Therefore, it is they who bear the greatest responsibility in choosing a gift for a year. It is mom and dad who need to not only make their choice, but also suggest good ideas for other relatives and friends invited to such a significant celebration as the first birthday.

In principle, it is still quite easy to please the baby. He enjoys everything bright, sounding, rolling, collapsible, etc. But parents should present the child with a gift that will contribute to development, that is, developmental.

Here are some popular gift ideas that match the development of a 1 year old and requirements for gifts for such babies.

• Children's means of transportation, for example, tolokar... This is a large plastic car, which he will first study externally, and then the child will try to ride it.But since he cannot cope with the controls yet, the tolokar is equipped with a "live engine" - mom, dad or brother, who will push the car, drag it by the rope along with the baby sitting on it.

If the baby begins to declare his rights to independence, he may well learn to push off with his legs from the floor and so move in space. And interesting, and informative, and useful for the development of the legs and spine. You can also buy a balance bike for your kid - a small, stable bike, which is ridden not with the help of pedals, but pushing off the floor with your feet.

• Jumping Gear: this includes a gymnastic children's fitball (ball) and rubber animals (donkeys, horses, dogs), on which you can sit on your back and jump with pleasure. It is not worth explaining that the jumping practice of the toddler needs to be carefully controlled, and therefore, if you are looking for a gift that will keep the child occupied while the mother is busy, this option is not suitable.

• Home sports complex - an excellent gift that will serve faithfully for more than one year, useful for the physical development of the baby, but it should be chosen taking into account the size of the apartment. Usually children's sports complexes take up a lot of space. Carefully compare your options and your desires. If the house is private, you can buy an outdoor sports complex for the kid, which will include ladders, slides and a lot of other interesting things. When choosing a home sports complex, give preference to models with mats, because a fall is the best teacher and coach for one-year-old athletes.

• Swing - a good option for those whose home sports complex, whatever one may say, does not fit. There are floor models that require a certain space, and there are suspended ones that are easily attached in the doorway, and when the child has rolled, they can be easily removed from the road, simply by throwing them behind a special mount. Choose a reliable swing, from which the baby will not fall out, on which it will not be injured. There are a wide variety of options for every budget.

• Playhouse - even in a small apartment, the kid should have his own place for games and experiments. Such a haven can be a play tent or a house that is easy to set up and, if desired, can be easily removed. A tent is a cheap, simple option. A house with labyrinths, pockets for toys is a more complicated option, and therefore more expensive.

• Pool - there are two options: water and dry. In a private house, where it is possible to put an inflatable pool outside in the summer so that the baby can swim (a great way of hardening), it is better to choose a water one. And for residents of high-rise buildings who don't even have a summer cottage, a dry pool with colored balls made of soft and medium hard plastic (a great way to massage and develop feet) will be a good alternative. There are double options that look more like an inflatable playground. In winter, you can play with balls in them, and in summer you can pour water and arrange fun swims and games in the water.

• Sandbox - a great gift idea for residents of a private house or owners of a summer cottage, where this sandbox, in fact, can be installed. There are sandboxes of different size, design, capacity. There are products of dual purpose, the so-called sandbox-shells, one half of which is filled with sand, the other with water. There are products with a lid that can be used to cover the sand from getting wet in the rain and feces of stray animals who like to relieve themselves in children's sandboxes.

You can buy a set of buckets, a scoop, molds for making Easter cakes for the sandbox. Such a gift will serve faithfully for many years, because almost before school, boys love to play in the sand.

• Toy cars - under this word lies a lot of interesting and useful things. A one-year-old child usually already pays attention to cars on the street, and therefore he can enjoy a small toy car (if it is not very small), as well as a large plastic bright car, in the back of which he can almost fit himself. It is not worth giving a year-old expensive radio-controlled models - such technologies are still too complicated for crumbs and are more suitable for his dad. The main thing is that there are no small parts in the car you have chosen, and large doors, wheels, trunk open, spin and at the same time be securely fastened.

Whatever the temptation to give your child a real electric car, this purchase is worth the wait. A machine that requires control (there are pedals and a steering wheel that needs to be rotated, reverse) is still difficult for a child: he can fall, be injured, scared.

• Set of colorful cubes - classics of educational games for the year. Cubes can be small and modest or large, from which you can build a whole town; soft and hard, with and without drawings, the child will be equally happy with them, because folding and combining objects with each other is his favorite pastime now. If mom and dad are afraid that the child may be injured on the hard edges of the cube, you can take a set made of fabric, there are also such products.

• Sets of vegetables, fruits, animals the child should like it. Using animal figures as an example, you can acquaint your baby with the natural world, and plastic vegetables will become an excellent imitation of real ones, and the baby will be able, imitating his mother, to “cook” dinner. Many of these sets contain vegetables and fruits, which can be divided into halves, and then combined - this is their developmental function.

• Finger paint Is a great option for very young artists. Real paints are not suitable, because the child still does not know how to hold a brush in his hands and tries to taste everything. Finger paints are safe if a child decides to try them, they can be painted with their fingers, and they can also be easily washed off clothes and washed right from the artist himself.

• Children's books for the little ones - this gift will delight more than one day, because children ask to re-read their favorite rhymes and fairy tales several times a day for months. The main thing is that the pages should be dense so that the child does not break them. Pictures should be bright and eye-catching. There are special books in the "My First Book" series. The content of the books is simple, uncomplicated, which will be understandable for the baby.

You should not buy music books: psychologists are sure that at the stage of speech formation, the low-expressive voice acting of nameless announcers only hurts. In addition, the child will not have the opportunity to learn something additionally, to clarify something, because the recorded voice of the announcer is not a mother, he will not repeat twice about the duck.

• Set of "male instruments" - all the boys are interested in hammering plastic pegs into the holes, knocking on the panel with a hammer and again imitating, but this time for dad. Special tools for the smallest representatives of the stronger sex help develop fine motor skills, and also meet the needs of a year-old in experiments.

• Useful and practical gifts - this includes clothes, bathing products, bedding, sets of children's dishes, a night light in the bedroom, towels, etc. Such gifts are very useful for a child, but pleasant and interesting, alas, only for his parents, and not for the culprit himself celebrations. Since it has already been decided to give pants and a jacket for walking, do not forget to supplement the gift with a small, bright and pleasant toy for the child, so that he would also be interested, for example, with a sorter with large details.

Godparents are traditionally very responsible when choosing a gift for a godson. Of course, you can expect anything from the godmother, even what the parents ask of her themselves, but usually godparents look “into the distance” and give useful gifts that may come in handy even if not now, but in a delayed perspective. Here are some out-of-the-box ideas.

• Savings account or bank savings card in the name of the child - the child will definitely appreciate the benefits of the gift from the godmother when he grows up and will be able to use the money accumulated there himself. The account must be opened for at least 17 years, the first installment depends on the conditions of the bank, it must be possible to replenish the account.

A useful gift for a year can be a gold bar or a valuable bank coin in a gift box.They will never be depreciated, and if several such gifts accumulate before adulthood, the child himself will decide where to invest them - in education or in his own business, for example. For this he will be grateful to the godparents throughout his life.

• Tree sapling Is a very symbolic gift that is associated with ancient traditions. If you plant the first tree with him on the baby's birthday, it will be possible to watch how both grow from year to year. This will be his personal tree, the place of his "power". In addition, the boy, when he becomes a man, will be able to boldly say that he has already planted a tree in this life. He will only have to raise his own son and build a house.

• A bottle of good wine - do not be alarmed, no one calls for watering the child. This is another tradition. A good wine with a name label and a dedication is sent for storage until the child's 18th birthday or his wedding. Then the bottle will be solemnly opened and poured into glasses with a toast to those who helped the baby grow up big, strong and healthy.

Traditional gifts from godparents for a year also include:

• jewelry - a gold cross and a chain, a gold bracelet for a boy;
• children's bible with pictures;
• casts of the baby's legs and arms;
• tableware for a child, possibly with a personalized engraving;
• silver spoon in a case.

Taking care not only of the baby's spirit, but also of his body, godfathers can donate an orthopedic massage mat for charging and walking barefoot, balls and rings, children's skittles. A business board will help satisfy the passion of yearlings to open, turn on and press everything. (a board with a lot of interesting things - from dials to sockets and latches), which is easy to make with your own hands.

Grandparents are usually the most practical of all relatives. They are the ones who make sure that the baby has new clothes, shoes, warm socks and a pair of new pajamas. Let your grandmother be herself and make such gifts. Here are some presentation ideas from grandmother and grandfather to a kid.

• Bed linen, bedding - a set of bedding for a baby will never be superfluous, especially if you embroider the name or initials of the baby on it with your own hands.
• Baby clothes (you should first check with your parents what exactly the little dandy needs for the upcoming season).
• Among the toys, the choice is huge: from constructors for toddlers with large parts to wheelchair ducks (at one year old children are very interested in wheelchairs), you can buy a simple musical toy, which has several buttons and sounds understandable to the child, for example, you press a lamb, it bleats, you click on a kitten - it meows ... There are not only such toys, but also interactive musical rugs that do all the same, but you can roll them out on the floor, crawl on them and sit to your heart's content, and if they are not needed, roll them up and put them away.

The uncle and aunt of a one-year-old baby can easily afford "serious", but original gifts, for example, an annual membership card for visiting a children's group in the pool - swimming is useful and usually children really like it. These useful gifts include a certificate for an early childhood development center, and a paid and ordered photo session for parents and babies with a professional photographer. It is also unusual, but useful to present the nephew with a children's suitcase on wheels if the family travels and takes the child with them.

Among the toys, according to reviews, for nephews they often take educational tables, sorters, repeating hamsters. They also try to please nephews with an abundance of balloons. Just take dense balloons, preferably helium balloons, in order to exclude a sudden sharp sound from a balloon bursting on the floor, which the baby can be very frightened of. Uncles and aunts, as people close to the family, can give money in a beautiful envelope (the gift will be pleasant to parents who themselves will buy the child something that they see fit).

You should only warn against gifts for which the parents will not say “thank you” for sure:

• living creatures - hamsters, kittens, puppies, fish, etc .;
• electronic toys that require certain skills, abilities;
• fragile toys with small parts that the child can swallow, push into the ear, nose;
• luxurious mastic cakes to order - the child does not eat this yet, and if he does, he will not feel the value of the gift, he will not show interest in it.

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