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Peek-a-boo. I see you. I see numbers one and two. Fisher Price can get so annoying, so fast. She loves it. She can listen to it all day. But for you, it’s a necessary evil. It’s the toy that makes her eat her food. It’ll take a while before you get used to hearing yourself hum kiddy tunes on your way to work.

Other interesting things for her:
1.     Plastic bags and wrappers (Makes you jump! Choking Hazard!)
2.     Cartons (Reminds you a certain credit card ad)
3.     Any particle of dirt, crumb of food, shoe accidently on the floor and in her reach (Makes you jump again!)
4.     Front loading washing machine in action (It helps when my wife sings ‘round and round’)
5.     Buttons (Jump if they’re not attached to something!)
6.     Hair clips (Boy, I’ve certainly become jumpy)
7.     In general I would say, if it’s a choking hazard, fire hazard, electric shock hazard, it’s very interesting.

My last realization on toys is that you can never predict what she’s going to like. The only thumb rule being, if you love it, she most likely won’t.

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  1. You forgot her fascination for all things that look like credit cards.

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