Plush Rocking Horse beside Traditional Wooden Horse
Last Christmas Santa brought our youngest daughter a plush rocking horse. This is a cool pink rocking horse that makes galloping and whinnying sounds when you press it's ears and moves it mouth when it makes sounds. She adores this horse. Of course she likes all animals and finds plush animals to be a close second to the real thing. It was a stroke of pure genius on the part of Santa and has served our daughter quite well as this is a toy that she plays with/on several times each and every day. It is by far the most used toy in our distraction (tantrum avoidance) arsenal.
Rock N' Ride Pink Pony Price: $0.01
Plush Rocking Horse Price: $0.01
Pinto Horse Rocker Price: $0.01
Rockin Rider Legacy Grow Price: $0.01
Giraffe Plush Rocking Animal Price: $0.01
Interactive Riding Horse Price: $0.01
If wood really isn't your thing or you want something that offers a little more to a child along the lines of bells and whistles, you may wish to consider a plush rocking horse. These horses will provide the same long hours of entertainment that any other rocking horse will provide while also providing some sound and motion effects to go along with it. They also, or at least in my case, are much more pocket book friendly than wooden horses. These horses will fit with almost any décor and provide hours of enjoyment to your child while teaching those oh so important skills of imagination and creative self-entertainment. I don't know about you, but any toy that buys me ten minutes here and there or not needing to be the one-woman audience for my toddler is a good thing, especially if that thing doesn't involve my child mindlessly sitting for hours in front of a television.
While a plush rocking horse wouldn't have exactly been my first choice (I'm rather partial to wood), Santa knew what he was doing and provided my daughter with not only a toy but also a friend. My daughter will talk to her horse and giggle with glee when it responds. She has just now realized that if she presses the ears of her plush rocking horse, the horse will do something. In other words this horse has taught her two important lessons. 1) Cause and effect and 2) She can have a direct impact on things in her environment. This is a lesson that few children realize and an important one to learn early, particularly as we are attempting to raise children who are willing to take responsibility for their actions.
The main point is that my daughter absolutely adores her plush rocking horse and there really isn't much more you can say. At her age (she's currently 18 months old), anything that holds and maintains her attention span is a toy that makes the short list of must have toys. This is a toy that doesn't get packed away for months at a time to conserve space, it's value in peaceful moments alone is well worth the space it occupies in our living room. It's also an item in that room that is hers and hers alone, no one else rides on her horse so she always has a special seat when the family is watching television (unless of course she is engaging a rare indulgence and gracing mommy's lap with her presence-she's generally far too busy for that however). In other words her plush rocking horse is the real seat of honor in our living room. Who knew such little things (little girls and little toys) could impact the world so greatly?
