I love HABA toys.  These are truly quality toys.  They’re made of high-quality materials, they’re lovely, and they’re based on great values.  (There are a number of games – obviously for older children, not babies – which are based on cooperation rather than competition.)

The majority of HABA’s baby toys are made of wood.  This Dotty Beetle toy, for instance, is made of sustainably-harvested beech, and colored with water-based, non-toxic dyes.  This is pretty typical of HABA products.

Although it appears in this photo that the beetle has four legs, he does actually have six.  (UPDATE: See my photo below.)  They’re connected by little rope-like pieces, so the legs rattle when the bug is shaken.  Although Livia’s hands are pretty tiny and she has a hard time gripping this well just yet, she loves this!  (She is officially a tad young for it yet.  The recommended age is 10 months and up; she’s only 8 months – and tiny, at that.)  The natural wooden clinking sounds are not annoying, either, like a lot of the modern plastic gizmos.

UPDATE: Livia is finally big enough that her hands can hold this so I could get you a picture!

  Umm…but he looks a little distressed here, belly-up as he is. 😉  Here he is from the top:

Some other favorites of ours include the Moby and Trix clutching toys.

We also received the Jungle Caboodle pacifier chain.  This (and their other pacifier chains) is so much classier than most of the pacifier leashes you see at the store!  Obviously, as it has small parts, this should only be used under supervision.  But the parts are secured.  (It sort of doesn’t look like it when you first see the package, but they are!)  (By the way, if you like the jungle theme, there are several other Jungle Caboodle products.)

I definitely recommend these toys!

(HINT: These will be showing up in a giveaway in a couple of months, so keep your eyes open. 🙂 )

Disclosure: HABA provided me with a Dotty Beetle toy and a Jungle Caboodle Pacifier Chain to facilitate this review.  As always, all opinions are 100% my own.