http://www.attachedmom.com All about Attachment Parenting and Natural family living Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.attachedmom.com/2008/01/22/toxic-toys/ http://www.attachedmom.com/2008/01/22/toxic-toys/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:01 +0000 admin http://www.attachedmom.com/2008/01/22/toxic-toys/ In the awake of the recalls happening with toys made in China, I’m glad to have replaced a lot of our children’s toys with non-toxic wooden toys. It can sometimes be a challenge to find good quality wooden and non-toxic toys that hold the child’s attention like the plastic junk counter parts. I’ve found some websites that really help with shopping for a good quality heirloom toys that hold the child’s attention and grow with the child.  Websites like oompa, moolka and Nova sell brands from all around the world and the toys are really neat. Also FAO has a good search tool to search for toys based on their country of origin. I’ve studied about the different standards in toy manufacturing and have found that the European Union is a lot more strict with their standards than the US standards are. Since I’m originally from Europe I tend to search there for answers. Toy brands that I can highly recommend are HABA, Bajo, Kettler, Brio, Kathe Kruse and my new favorite Plan Toys.

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