Tonies or Yoto box for 6 month old

We’re setting strict boundaries with ourselves on buying expensive gifts on a whim and saving it for Christmas or birthdays. I do want to get my LO a tonies or yoto player but not sure if it’s worth investing in now or waiting till her 1st birthday. Does anyone use either of these with little ones and can offer some advice on whether we would make use of them?

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We have a tonies box got it for son’s second birthday and he loves it. Now he’s three he stops taking the figures on and off too 😂I would say hold out a bit longer based on our experience

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I got my LO a tonie box, they just brought out my first tonies which are farm animals, jungle animals and travel. They are squishy and designed for 1YO to be able to play with on or off the tonie box

She's a little young but we listen to nursery rhymes everyday so this is just something I'll use to start with and she'll use as she gets older

I know lots of people that swear by them for bedtime

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I use mine everyday for my son's bedtime, absolutely amazing I can't recommend my Tonie box enough. I've had it since he was born and we have both used it for him to have no screen time and he has also played with the figures since about 6 months. It's definately something he's growing with and is completely obsessed with it.

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Tonies. My daughter loves hers and we always get new ones each month but ofc she has her favourite to go sleep to:)

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My 11m old has a Yoto, same as his sister and we love it.

We use the nightlight every night, it’s a room thermometer, has lullaby radio and tons of white/pink noise features.

We listen to nursery rhymes and I’ve made him things like the night garden and Sesame Street music.

He also loves the colourful image icons.

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Family culture difference on money

Sorry this is long, I hope some of you get to the end and give advice!!!

So I’m a very thrifty person, things are tight at the moment, the cost of living crisis and my house is heated by oil so things are extortionate. We aren’t on the bread line but we aren’t flush, hubby might be made redundant so there is some financial pressure.

Sometimes I buy my sons something nicer, on the justification that I can sell it on after (♥️ vinted ♥️). I have also been planning on pretty much breaking even most of the baby things I bought from face book market place, side by crib, baby changing unit, etc.

Hubby and I have different money cultures with our families (he’s Indian, I’m British). I’m my family we don’t mix money, we would help each other out if someone was in trouble and will get each other gifts on special occasions. With hubby’s family money is much more fluid, they will give each other things worth thousands of £ just because.

Hubby’s brother bought him a new laptop and a new Google phone, he’s been very generous to hubby. Hubby hasn’t given the same back because brother is much richer.

Hubby and I mostly share finances. If it’s relevant I’m the higher earner.

Now to the point! My babies are so cute they’ve given hubby’s brother (currently single) baby rabies. He’s asked for our baby stuff when we’re done with it. He’s been so generous to hubby I feel really stingy saying no. But I’d never have bought some of the stuff if I wasn’t going to get a return on it - the thought makes me a bit anxious. If we gave all our baby stuff given the second hand value it still wouldn’t equal what the brother had given hubby.


I thought maybe I could give him some stuff but sell some stuff, but hubby said then his brother will just have to go out and buy that stuff, so I should name my price and ask his brother for the money. That makes me feel very uncomfortable, given how generous the brother has been to hubby.

So what do I do ladies? Give it all and suck it up? Give part of it and sell parts on Vinted/FB, or ask hubbys brother for money for it and be uncomfortable? Or do you see another solution?

No one is being entitled or rude here, just a culture difference I need to navigate.

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