Toy box for baby - are they safe?

vegasvisitor

We told SIL that we might buy our nephew a toy box for christmas. MIL has bought lots of toys and I am worried about the risk of duplicate toys if we were to buy any more (already bought a few and told her what we've got).

Anyway, after mentioning to SIL, I decided to look up toy boxes. To my horror they are age 3+ etc. What do smaller kids do with their toys then?? Nephew will only be 7 months old at xmas.

Is this a bad idea? Or is there some safe ones around? Hoping someone with kids can tell me! Thanks in advance.

got-it-spend-it

I guess the risk is that the lid closes on little fingers?

We have this for my son's toys (he's one next week). The advantage that it has over a toy box (aside from being safer for little fingers) is that he can access any of his toys, not just the ones on the top.

manda1205

Ive always used those big rino tubs, asda always have them for about £3, my DD has loads in different colours and nice and easy to just chuck stuff in. Only downside I see with a big wooden toy box is if they start trying to lift the lid up and it falls on those fingers, ouch. Or worse case they try to climb in and the lid falls on them, but then Id assume someone is about to be watching them anyway.

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That's a great idea got it spend it, not only for 1yr olds but older younger children too, IYKWIM!

Also next week seems to be the week for celebrating birthday, my eldest is 4 on the 17th, his friend 19th same as you, 2 of our adult friends on 12th and 20th and my daughter's friend on the 13th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you!

vegasvisitor

Thanks all. The shelf item in the link - I did see that on the Argos website already. I think it looks good, but it doesn't completely tidy away the toys, they would always sort of be on display (although not really all over the floor or anything). I might show it to SIL though to see what she thinks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decofun-Disney-Winnie-Pooh-Storage/dp/B001C10U3I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1289334889&sr=8-3
this is one I looked at on Amazon. Any thoughts?

mookiandco

We use these: http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/bright-square-storage-box-67208 . She has two and its amazing how much they hold. As they are fabric we dont worry about trapped fingers!

My mum has one of those big rhino tubs at her house, but when we were there last time my daughter fell in it head first trying to reach a toy at the bottom!! She found it hilarious though so no harm done!

I probably wouldnt buy anything with a heavy lid. I'd also stay away from anything which has characters on it because kids grow out of love with them so quickly. If you are going for something wooden, i'd just go for something bright or something that can be painted over later on to use for storage when the kid gets older.

Violetta_2

What about a wicker chest similar to this I have seen similar in Ethel Austin for cheaper too, they wouldn't crash down so hard on wee fingers as a wooden toy box.

vegasvisitor

Wasn't sure when you described that, but that's actually really cute!

onlyroz

Tesco sells black plastic boxes for about £2 each (they've gone up - used to be 99p not so long ago...)

pinkclouds

Look for toy boxes with anti-drop, slow shutting hinges. This is an example: http://www.johnlewis.com/230414757/Product.aspx

When you open the lid it closes very slowly so there is much less chance of whacking fingers, heads, etc.

Otherwise, I recommend one of these toy storage bags: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0015UH92G/

Really vast capacity. If he can't fit all his toys in then I'm prepared to be shocked!

emsywoo123

lesley74 wrote: »

Thanks all. The shelf item in the link - I did see that on the Argos website already. I think it looks good, but it doesn't completely tidy away the toys, they would always sort of be on display (although not really all over the floor or anything). I might show it to SIL though to see what she thinks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decofun-Disney-Winnie-Pooh-Storage/dp/B001C10U3I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1289334889&sr=8-3
this is one I looked at on Amazon. Any thoughts?

My thoughts-don't do it!!

My parents got one of those for DD when she was teeny for their house........my God the stress levels :eek: :eek: :eek: