# What to get a 1-year old?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785 "2015-06-06T14:43:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/21 "2015-06-08T20:38:25Z")

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I am going to second the wine and parent’s night out gift certificate. The baby wont remember any toy, and it will become just part of the mess the parents have to deal with regularly. A night out or some nice wine - the parents will remember that and be very thankful.

When my daughter turned 1, I remember what someone at the party told me - the party was not for her, it was for us - for keeping her alive for a whole year! 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/22 "2015-06-08T21:54:56Z")

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If you **like** the Parents, soft plushy toy animals.  
If you **dislike** the parents…tambourines, slide whistles, harmonicas & toy drums.

{EVIL GRIN}

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/23 "2015-06-08T21:59:12Z")

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Drums.

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/24 "2015-06-09T00:30:34Z")

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Thanks for the ideas, everyone. I was a bit late posting the question and, to my shame, went with a literally-last-minute gift card to the toy boutique up the street. It’s a small mom-n-pop operation, so it should be nice for the parents to look around.

I love the Kleenex idea and will be doing that next time. 😃

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/25 "2015-06-09T01:57:10Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> A kitten.

God damn you, you beat me to it.

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785/26 "2015-06-09T15:34:05Z")

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> [@Sicks\_Ate](#):
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> Wine

Maybe… but as the father of a 13 month old who’s working on Tooth #9 somewhere in his mouth, I’d say that a pound of some high-quality coffee would be every bit as welcome as an equally priced bottle of wine.

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