My little girl is already 18 months old. Where does time go? She used her Fisher Price Starlight Swing very few times, it was such a wonderful baby shower gift, but now we don’t have room for it. We are not planning anymore children, so time to list it on ebay! These things are $170 new, and I listed it for like $25 with free shipping!
Wish me luck on my auction! 
update: auction was a success! yay!
We recently got this for our six month old daugher, and it is great. She loves it, and is entertained for several m minutes at different times of the day playing with it. I am sure as she gets older she will find the different things even more interesting. It has a really pleasant female voice which she really likes. It has detachable legs which we removed for now, so when they learn to walk they can play with it standing up. Very sturdy and well made, it has two volume settings.
Provide a world of learning and musical fun for your child with the LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table. Designed for children ages six months to three years, this innovative toy is chock full of learning and musical activities designed to provide visual and auditory stimulation and motor skill development, as well as opportunities to learn about colors, the alphabet, and opposites for older children — and much more. The toy is full of learning and musical activities designed to provide visual and auditory stimulation.
This plastic-molded table sits flat on the floor for babies to play at while sitting. Grows with your Child. The sturdy, plastic-molded, brightly colored table sits flat on the floor for babies to play at while sitting. You can attach the table’s legs to adjust it to accommodate toddlers’ play while standing. And it offers plenty of activities at different levels of learning to keep your child entertained for these early developmental years. Your child will delight in spinning the maraca to hear a fun rendition of the ABC song; playing the colored piano keys to practice motor skills and learn about colors; moving the trombone’s slide to count to 10; and sliding the cello to learn about up and down. Kids can tap on the colorful drum and learn about colors and primary shapes, too. Then, by flipping the pages of the “book” to go from the Learning Mode to the Music Mode, kids can hear more than 40 songs and melodies, including nursery rhymes and fun individual instrument sounds that will have them singing and dancing.
Plenty to Do, Lots to Learn. With all of these activities, your child will exercise his or her memory and problem-solving skills with lots of things to push, pull, turn, open, and close. And with the flip of a switch, the songs and games switch from English to Spanish, offering a great introduction to foreign-language learning. The Learn & Groove Musical Table requires some assembly and needs 3 AA batteries for operation. Batteries are not included.
It’s a learning fiesta for your little one. This interactive, bilingual activity table engages and entertains your baby for hours. There are songs, melodies, twinkling lights and real instrument sounds, plus lots of things to spin, roll, slide, open and close. The table plays over 40 songs and melodies so your baby stays entertained while exploring. When babies turn the center page, the activity table switches modes and transforms musical discoveries into learning activities where each instrument plays a learning song. The Learn and Groove Musical Table also helps your child develop the motor skills needed for learning to stand. Contoured grips make “pulling up” a piece of cake. As babies learn to stand, their little hands can stay busy with reaching, grabbing and pulling. Measures 23″ x 5.5″ x 15.5″. Requires 3 “AA” batteries (not included).
They sell the LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table on amazon and you can get free shipping as well. A really good purchase. It comes with a blue or pink base, we got the blue because it is so colorful already and not everything has to be pink. Her room is filled with pink!
here’s a couple pics, the last one is my daughter’s unit.
here is the link to purchase: click here to buy this item with free shipping
That’s right, I managed to score a Tickle Me Elmo doll for my daughter! She LOVES Elmo, as do most little kids. She loves his squeaky voice. The TME doll is so cute, it vibrates a bunch and giggle and giggles. He is one of her favorite toys now, and her face lights up when she sees him!
When I was a little girl (child of the 80’s) I loved my Cabbage Patch Dolls. Of course, my poor parents and grandmother had to wait in lines and battle other parents for the dolls. I can’t remember but I think I had five or six of them. I packed them away years ago but they are long lost in a garage somewhere with no hope of their return to me. I do have one boy doll, I think his name is Christopher Andrew, and he has the champagne blonde hair. My first CPK was a little bald preemie named Jamie Ursa. I loved her so much, and slept with her for years. I still have her dress, but that is all that remains of little Jamie.
Now years later I am 35 years old and I have a 6 month old daughter! Oh joy at the toys I get to buy her, the things I didn’t have. She brings me so much happiness. I think about my Mother and Grandmother having to go through hassles to get me these dolls, and I didn’t get to pick any of them out because it was so hard to get one. I didn’t even get the type I wanted, but I still adored them.
So recently I have been hitting the thrift store, and in the pile of tattered dolls they have there, I noticed some Cabbage Patch Dolls. Of course you can’t miss their little feet. Most of them were missing clothing, and had stains and tattered hair. But the day after I noticed these dolls I couldn’t stop thinking about them. They were $3 each! My Mom and Grandma paid at least $50 each for them back in the day. And here these little dolls were lying in a pile of unwanted baby dolls. I soon went back, and all of the half dozen CPKs I first saw were gone. But there were others. Not as cute, but it let me know they get more in all the time. Now everytime I go I hit the doll pile and look for Cabbage Patch Dolls. So far I have brought home two.
The first doll I bought is the type with cornsilk hair, plastic like a barbie doll. She is a light blonde with tight curly hair in pigtails, and greenish blue eyes. She is adorable! Unfortunately, they put a price tag on her face and then drew on the price with a black permanent marker, and a little mark off the edge is on her cheek. I’ve researched online how to get rid of this and it seems a lot of people restore these cute Cabbage Patch Dolls. I tried all the tricks; rubbing alcohol, mr clean magic eraser, and a little comet. None of these worked. It seems that you can use Oxy pimple cream and leave the doll in the sun all day, and it will bleach the spots out. You can do this several times over a week I have read, and it will get the stains out. I think I will try it. The second doll has dark brown yarn hair and brown eyes. Her hair is in a single ponytail, and she has one dimple. Her face had a little dirt on it, but it easily cleaned up. She is a cutie!
So I took both dolls, and got them ready for the washing machine. I didn’t want the little curly blonde’s hair to get frizzed out, so I took a pair of pantyhose and pulled them over her head. I put each doll in a cotton pillowcase, and tied the end. I put them through a short cool wash cycle, and let them spin dry. When I took them out, I discovered that the doll with the cornsilk hair had water in her head. Oops! Well it seemed to drain, but I wouldn’t want mold growing in her head so I will probably stick to buying the yarn hair dolls.
I hung them both up to dry outside. I tied them with the pantyhose and hung them on a plant hanger, so they got a nice airing out. The brunette doll dried really quick, but the other one took a little longer due to the water in her head. Then it was time to find some clothes for them.
I got out my old suitcase of doll clothes that I still have from my childhood. I have a few items of CPK clothes, but most of them aren’t in the best shape. The best item is a pair of dark blue demin jeans that doesn’t have much elastic left, but are still in good condition. The blonde doll came with a cute little top and vest, and the brunette doll had on tights and two shoes which cleaned up nicely. This top and vest went great with the jeans. So I dressed up the brunette. I used some of the newborn pampers I had leftover from my daughter who is now in size 2 diapers. She has also grown out of tons of clothes already, so I went digging in her baby dresser. I found a cute pink pair of newborn pants and a cute little white with pink flowered onesie which she wore once it was pretty small. This made a cute outfit for the blonde doll. What I need is some socks for both, and another pair of shoes and they are both ready for playtime. There are lots of places online you can buy Cabbage Patch Doll dresses and clothes. I do need to add some stitching on the blonde doll’s hand, and they are ready to go.
I will continue to look for more dolls now that I see how to restore these cute baby dolls. My daughter already loves them. More to come.
