First birthday gift ideas from a real one-year-old's list

It has no pedals: an aluminum frame, a 10-inch seat, enclosed plastic wheels and steering that stops at 135 degrees. It clicks together without tools, weighs about 3.5 pounds and holds up to 55. It's sold for 12 to 24 months, but its listed minimum rider height is 76 cm, which a typical one-year-old reaches at around 13 or 14 months, so expect a few weeks of tiptoes. Amazon shows 4.8 stars from 17,146 ratings.

The tub is polypropylene, the wide EVA wheels are fully enclosed and the frame folds. It's about 20 by 16 by 19 inches and close to 10 pounds, and it goes together with the included tool kit. It's a stand-behind push toy, not the sit-in baby walker the American Academy of Pediatrics warns against. The listing asks for adult supervision, shoes and one rider at a time when it's used as a ride-in wagon.

It's compact at 22.6 inches wide, 12.3 deep and 28.7 tall, with a 19.7-inch counter, so it fits a corner. There's an oven, a stove with clicking knobs, a sink and faucet, an open shelf and curtained storage, plus stainless steel pots and four wooden foods that slice apart. No lights, sounds or batteries. Babylist notes that most play kitchens are rated three and up, but one- and two-year-olds still love joining in, often by banging the pots.

The bundle is a Toniebox 2 with soft, squeezable Cow, Horse and Pig figures. The new box charges over USB-C, adds a night light, sleep timer and sunrise alarm, and has a 1+ mode that turns off the tilt-to-skip controls. Once it's set up it plays offline. The list also has the Ms. Rachel, Bugs! and Jungle figures, which are the easiest add-on gifts for anyone who asks what to bring.

There's a triangle, a ramp, a half-cube and a flat quarter-circle, each 16 inches square and no more than 8 inches tall, strapped and Velcroed into a 32-by-32-inch set. The faux leather covers wipe clean and sit on a non-slip base. It arrives vacuum-packed, and the brand says to allow 24 to 36 hours for it to expand. Climbing on and off a couch without help is a CDC milestone at 18 months; this is practice for it.

Folded, it's a small chair with a 5.9-inch seat, low enough for a new walker to climb into. Unfolded, it's a 50.8-inch pad. It's high-density foam under a removable, machine-washable teddy-fleece cover, rated to 125 pounds, and it arrives vacuum-packed and needs time to expand. Amazon shows 4.6 stars from 2,778 ratings, likely shared across its 14 colors and prints.

It's a tabletop band: three sheepskin drums, a xylophone, two cymbals, a wooden scraper and two sticks, with no batteries. You screw on four legs and fix the cymbals to the top with small wooden caps. Babylist's advice for musical toys at this age is to choose ones babies play themselves, and everything here gets hit.

It's a large 24-page hardcover with a 30-button panel, from bull and cow to the very hungry caterpillar. Three button-cell batteries are included behind a battery door, and the back cover says it meets the ASTM F963 toy safety standard. At one it's a press-and-hear toy; the words come later. Amazon shows 4.8 stars from 27,863 ratings.

Twenty-six uppercase wooden letters fit into a matching board about 12 by 9 inches, for letter, color and shape matching. The maker's recommended age is 3 to 8 years. Georgia's early-learning standards suggest starting 12- to 24-month-olds on a few large knob puzzles, so for now a chunky knob puzzle is the safer bet. Amazon shows 4.7 stars from 2,395 ratings.

There are four 8-inch books (sea, animals, vehicles and daily life), each with its own refillable water pen. Color shows where the pen touches and fades within 5 to 10 minutes as the page dries, which makes it useful in the car or on a plane. The listing says both "toddlers 1-3" and "ages 3+". Scribbling is a CDC milestone at 18 months, and the best-known version, Melissa & Doug's Water Wow, is sold for ages 3 and up.