Mr. Pickles the Twiddle cat.

Mr. Pickles are a Twiddle cat, a therapy cat I found online. He is made Bulily and can be found on their website www.beaulily.com for $ 44.95

He is also on amazon for $ 61.95

He has a squishy ball in the middle a satin pocket, twiddle patch, and 3 sensory attachments, which include a satin bag with marbles colorful textured ribbons, and a loop of wooden beads. 

Baby Girl loves playing with the ribbon and the beads at this point but this is a great toy she can grow with.

He is a made by beaulily, originally made for the elderly with Alzheimer's or dementia. However he is great for any baby, and any age special needs child. A friend whose 7 year old has ASD holds him on the buses on the way to school, stoking him when he's calm and squeezing the ball when he gets stressed. 

I love the fact that he is an animal as we can help foster a relationship with cats using him. 

 We love him, and hope your family will as well.

Ps. Hubs named him Mr. Pickles because he was like stocking Dr. Evil's cat. 

Please send me any of your thoughts or toys you love for special needs kids, teen, and adults as well as typical kids. 

Best

Maria

Wonderworld Flexi Raffy

This lovable guy is Wonderworld Flexi Raffy. I have never seen him available at any toy store ( and I go to them all) however I  did find him for sale on amazon $ 14.98, at diapers.com and yo yo.com for $15.00 and on Walmart.com also for $14.98. So I guess he has more of a presence on the market than I thought. Wonderful!!

This little guy was instrumental in getting Baby Girl to bring her hands to mid line, as well as crossing midline. With his flexible head and legs he let us move him Every which way we could think of to entice her to get at him. These two were the most popular poses we used his head down to look at her, she would clasp his head with her hands. Once we got her doing that we moved him to the left or right of her body there by crossing midline to clasp his head with both hands as she was used to doing. 

We put him flat when she started rolling over to make eye contact with her and get her to reach for him while on her belly. Little Man was never that impressed with raffia so in general he let  Baby Girl play alone when he was out.

I have been thrilled with this toy and recommend it to anyone with special needs kids or not. But it is great for therapies. 

My first fish bowl

Below is the toy My first fish bowl by Lamaze. I found this toy on amazon for $16.97 and diapers.com for $24.95. 

It comes with a clear plastic bowl and four fish of different colors, texture and sounds.

This toy has been a hit at our house Little Man ( 2.5 year old) loves it because the fish at remove able and he has been into animals of all kind lately. Also we play toss the fish back into the bowl when I'm cleaning or just goofing off with him. 

As happy as I am that little Man likes the toy I mainly bought it for Baby girl ( 9 month old) . Lately her OT and PT have been wanting to work on her hand dexterity by having her put items into a bowl and take them out again. This exercise works dexterity of the hands and fingers,  this is also a cognitive toy in that it teaches cause and effect and babies her age 8-12months start to understand that they can make things appear and go away again and again. The desire to do this as well as the ability is important 

For further development. 

Baby girl is currently teething so the different textures of the toys has been very appealing to her to chew on then drop. We haven't mastered putting the fish back in the bowl yet. 

Overall I'm very pleased with the toy.