Here is a great 1st birthday gift idea for you: Leapfrog’s My Pal Violet
and Scout are cute and fun. LeapFrog does a great job of making electronic educational toys that kids love to play with! You can plug these puppies into your computer (cable and instructions included) to personalize them with your child’s favorite things. They will say your child’s name, favorite color, favorite food, songs and much more. You can press the night time button on the foot once to play music for 2 minutes, or twice for 5 minutes. Violet was a big hit in our house and was the favorite stuffed animal that my youngest slept with for a couple years. The recommended ages for this are 6 months to 3 years.
and Scout are cute and fun. LeapFrog does a great job of making electronic educational toys that kids love to play with! You can plug these puppies into your computer (cable and instructions included) to personalize them with your child’s favorite things. They will say your child’s name, favorite color, favorite food, songs and much more. You can press the night time button on the foot once to play music for 2 minutes, or twice for 5 minutes. Violet was a big hit in our house and was the favorite stuffed animal that my youngest slept with for a couple years. The recommended ages for this are 6 months to 3 years.
– I LOVE this journal! If you have a daughter who is a preteen or teen then I highly recommend you get this journal, read the introduction and get started sharing with your daughter. There are prompts and questions to answer for each other in the journal as well as free space to ask questions and pour your heart out. You and your daughter can pass the book back and forth over time and make some special memories and get to know one another on a whole new level. I wish this was out when I was growing up!
– This book is such encouragement to moms with little ones! I cannot recommend it enough. Sarah Mae writes honestly about the struggles of motherhood from the perspective of someone who is going through it currently and then Sally Clarkson (a mom with grown children) takes a turn sharing advice and wisdom on how to make it through these hard days of mothering. I found the book so refreshing and encouraging. Moms are raving about how this book is having a huge impact on their lives. It has amazing ratings on 
– Have ever wanted to leave the baby with Grandma for a bit or not have to take a big & bulky bed with you when you travel? I sure have and I love the idea of this portable bed. It has it’s won bag that you can bring along baby’s stuff in too and travels easily. Sure wish I had one for all of our travels with baby in the past!!
– I heart aden + anais swaddling blankets and now these dribble bibs. These are great for the dribbliest of droolers. They are so soft and snap around baby to cover them fully. They also double as shields for moms shoulder when carrying around a bound-to-spit-up-when-you-least-expect-it baby. They come in a sweet assortment of baby friendly designs and colors.
– I love Skip Hop products and this ABC Zoo Gym is too cute! There is so much for baby to look at and play with and this would be perfect for tummy time to build up those little baby muscles.
– Baby bibs have come a long way from “I love my aunt” painted across the front. Bella Tunno makes some of the cutest laminated baby bibs with ribbon velcro neck closures. The bibs have a pocket to catch stray peas that little ones might drop {they eat their peas right? Wink}. I love this Miss Things bib but it’s a hard choice. Since these bibs are so cute you won’t be so anxious to get it off baby to reveal the cute outfit underneath.
Toys- O how I love soft, sweet baby toys and these 
