I have put together a few lists of snacks, essentials, toys, and books as I’ve been navigating toddler mom life! I love when toys are educational, we try to reduce Screen Time as much as possible by reading a lot of books and I checked the ingredient...
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Toddler Snacks & Foods
Educational Toys
Toddler Hygiene 🫧
Toys to keep your toddler active & involved
Books, that we love to read together 📚
Miscellaneous Toddler Must Haves
Toddler Snacks & Foods
These are a hit or miss with my toddler - but then again all foods are!
An absolute must have when your baby is teething! These dissolve quickly and they’re very crunchy and offer some relief on your toddlers gums.
Happy Baby Teethers
My daughter absolutely loves these melties - Beechnut is definitely one of our favorite toddler snack brand!
Beech-Nut: Melties & Snacks
These were too big for my daughter at first, but as she’s growing, we love that these have no added sugars and great ingredients. They also offer a variety of flavors!
Amara: Yogurt Melts and Snacks
Great if you forget to give your toddler peanut butter on a regular basis! My daughter absolutely loves these.
Earth's Best Puffed Snacks - Grocery & Gourmet
Hidden vegetables? Yes please! These are crunchy so also helpful when they’re teething.
Beech-Nut Toddler Mini Waffles Hidden Veggies
I somehow ended up with a very picky toddler, but this is an oatmeal that she loves eating and will always eat no matter what mood she is in.
Banana Oatmeal
One of my favorite brands! Good ingredients and good flavors.
Beech-nut Pouches
Definitely my daughter’s all-time favorite! She still loves these at 18 months old.
Fruit & Veggie Puff Variety Pack, 18ct
Educational Toys
My daughter got this one for her first birthday - great for fine motor skills!
Wood City Toddler Wooden Car Ramp Racer Toy
Educational and fun for the bathtub!
Foam Letters For Bathtub
I am not stressing myself out about teaching my daughter the alphabet but this one is a fun way to introduce letters slow slowly!
Wooden Alphabet Puzzle
These stacking animals will keep my daughter busy for more than 10 minutes. At 18 months, you can’t complete the cards yet, but she already has figured out how to stack them. This toy definitely grows with them!
Montessori Toys for Toddlers 1-4 Years
This toy set is amazing for fine motor skills! My daughter loves the carrots and the cotton swab board - this will keep her busy for more than 10 minutes!
4 in 1 Montessori Play Kit - Cotton Swab Board, Coin Box, Carrot Harvest
Another great toy for fine motor skills - they can also sort of colors so this is another toy that will grow with your toddler!
Fisher-Price Wood Preschool Toy Sorting Greenhouse
Montessori toys focus on one skill - but they are multifunctional. This toy is great for fine motor skills and as they grow for color sorting.
Rainbow Balls in Cups Montessori Toy for Kids
Sensory exploration is a must for babies and toddlers. This set is great because you can add rice or beans or other items and they can scoop put it in the little pots and bowls. It will also help with their fine motor skills.
Wooden Box + 11 Sensory Tools for Toddlers
Another great toy that grows with your baby and toddler - at first the baby can explore the cups making noise noises, later on they can stack them and also identify colors.
The First Years Stack & Count Stacking Cups
Color sorting, developing fine motor skills, and sensory exploration - another toy that is so great and multi functional!
hahaland Baby Sensory Toys - 16 PCS Fruit Veg Color Sorting
Every baby needs music!
Wooden Instruments For Toddlers
Great to identify vegetables - the cutting is great for developing fine motor skills.
HERSITY Wooden Play Food Set for Toddlers
Great for fine motor skills and for toddlers to get creative!
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Toddler Hygiene 🫧
Nontoxic and smell amazing! We love these for bathtime.
Baby Shampoo & Soap
My daughter absolutely loves the foaming hand. The hand sanitizer gives me peace of mind because we are out and about all the time!
Kids Hand Soap & Sanitizer
Of course we need some colors for bathtime! Makes it 10 times more exciting.
Bath Colors
Great for babies and still great for toddlers as well!
Best Pipette Baby Shampoo + Wash Fragrance Free 11.8 fl oz
For when those teeth come in!
Dr. Brown's Infant-to-Toddler Toothbrush, Giraffe
Great for baby acne as well as acne, that babies get from teething when they’re drooling a lot!
All Over Ointment 1% Colloidal Oatmeal
Toys to keep your toddler active & involved
This hippo is for 12 months and up, and it comes with building brick - we love toys that are multifunctional!
26 Building Bricks with Lights & Sounds Seat
Every toddler girl needs a good stroller set! Great for pretend play and to keep them active because they’re pushing the stroller around.
deAO Kids Baby Doll Stroller Nursery Role Play Set
Rainy days? A must for some indoor activity!
Edbuosy Toddler Climbing Toys 7-Piece Foam
Not too bulky to put in your backyard, but not take up a bunch of space!
Little Tikes® First Slide
Toddlers just want to be involved! Getting them a kitchen tower makes it so easy for them to see what you’re doing, and thinking of of course help!
Kids Kitchen Step Stool - COSYLAND
This kitchen is a whole new level of pretend play!
Pretend Play Kitchen Set with Stove & Sink
This is great if you want something in your backyard that will not take up too much space but still gives your toddler the opportunity to climb something themselves and use a slide on their own!
Naturally Playful® Lookout Treehouse™ from ...
An absolute must for a lot of outdoor fun!
Step2 Up & Down Roller Coaster Ride On Toy
Teach them young that they are part of the household, and they also need to do chores! This vacuum actually works!
BLAXTEM 4-in-1 Kids Toy Vacuum Pretend Play
We still only use this inside, but it’s a great choice to keep them active, especially when the weather is bad!
SEREED Baby Balance Bike for 1-2 Year Olds
Perfect for the park, backyard and indoors!
Ball Sets For Toddlers
My daughter can play with her water table for hours! Such a great idea to keep them outside and occupied ☀️
Best Sand & Water Tables
Catching and looking at bugs? Seriously soo much fun for them!!
Bug Boxes For Kids
This cart is TOO cute! My daughter loves gardening. This would be such a perfect gift for her!!
Little Tikes 2-in-1 Garden Cart & Wheelbarrow Play ...
My daughter always wants to be involved when we’re cooking. This is such a great set to already teach her how to prep vegetables and fruit!
13 Pieces Montessori Kitchen Toys for Toddlers
A staple!!
Rocking Horse - Magenta
As soon as my daughter was tired of the stroller, I got this tricycle one and she absolutely loves it!
Tricycle Strollers: Push Trikes for Kids | Radio Flyer
Books, that we love to read together 📚
It feels like all toddlers love animals! My daughter loves this book - especially imitating the animal noises ♥️
Indestructibles: Baby Animals: Chew Proof - Books
My 18 month old has definitely been getting into search and find books. It keeps her more engaged in this one specifically has the cutest illustrations.
If You Go Down to the Woods Today: Search & Find
The little lift and look series has the cutest illustrations and pretty sturdy flaps!
Little Lift and Look Under the Sea
Another great book from the little lift and look series!
Books - Little Lift & Look Jungle: Milbourne, Anna
My daughter loves dinosaurs - we use this book as a search and find!
Ten Little Dinosaur Eggs: Color & Match Book
I’m not even kidding. We read this book every night before!
Spot Goes to the Farm: Lift-the-Flap Book
A book and a puzzle in one - I own five of these because my daughter loves doing the puzzles and it will keep her busy for more than 10 minutes!
Little Baby Learns: Words - Priddy, Roger: Books
Miscellaneous Toddler Must Haves
Fold out to a lounger - my daughter loves to sit in hers and read all her books!
Zorvoxz Kids 2-in-1 Toddler Couch Chair
Absolutely my top find on Amazon! My daughter’s feet are still too small for them, but it works for her to wear them in our backyard.
Tree Grandpa Toddler Kids Rain Boots
An absolute must if you’re worried about your kids head burning, especially where the hair is parted!
Roe Wellness Kids SPF 50 Brush On Mineral
The fact that it records and will play it back is amazing and the beats are great!
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn DJ Table Toy
Mealtime essentials 🍲
I loved the silicone spoons and forks when my daughter was younger - now that she’s a toddler I try to have metal spoons so she can get used to eating with those.
Toddler Utensils | Spoons & Forks for Toddlers
We just started using this because my daughter is a picky eater now so when we go places, I make sure to pack things that I know she’s gonna eat so I don’t have to worry about her not eating anything!
Elk and Friends Kids Stainless Steel Bento Box
If you’re trying to limit your use of plastic containers, this is a great option!
Stainless Steel Snack Cup
This is a great brand for all things water bottles!
Zak Designs: Water Bottles
Childhood Classic Books You Can’t Miss
A classic book that should be in your toddlers library!
