Rebecca Reads

My favourite thing about blogging is trying out baby and toddler items and writing about my thoughts. As a mum, I hate to spend a lot of money on an item only to find its a bit rubbish and not really worth it. Christmas is creeping up on us very quickly and C has been having a play with the LeapFrog Mobile Med Kit.

C is quite a good vocabulary so as soon at it arrived he was very excited to "be a doctor". The Med Kit is is little ambulance (which sort of looks like a bag at the same time) that includes a stethoscope, thermometer, otoscope and syringe.

The four tools were all ones that C wasn't previously familiar with. The ambulance does say their names so he got to grips with them quite quickly. He loves to practise giving mummy, daddy, E and even his toys check-ups and making sure they were okay. He finds is especially funny that the syringe squeaks when you push it down. Each tool has a space inside the ambulance and he enjoys rolling it along the ground.

The Mobile Med Kit is great educational toy as your child is encouraged to go on medical missions, learn about body parts and the ambulance even sings 'Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes'. This is a song that C knows well but they have jazzed it up a bit with a new verse that got C excited.

I definitely think the LeapFrog Mobile Med Kit is the perfect gift to any child aged 2-3 years old. C absolutely adores the role play aspect.

The Med Kit retails at £17.99 and it can be purchased from the LeapFrog store and all major toy retailers. You can find out more at the LeapFrog website and you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

(Disclaimer: We received this item for the purpose of this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.)

We are huge fans of the LeapFrog range. C owns Read with Me Scout, My Talking LapPup and the Fridge Phonics which has helped him learn his alphabet very quickly.

He was recently given the opportunity to try out the LeapFrog Roll & Go Rocking Horse and I knew it would be a hit. It's aimed for children aged 6 months to 36 months so with C being 28 months he's perfect for it and E will be 6 months in March so both of them will get the use out of it! He was so excited when I opened it out of the packaging and couldn't wait to get playing.

There are 3 ways to play - you can push down on the horses saddle and it will light up and speak which encourages your child to interact with it. Rocking it backwards and forwards (building key motor skills) makes it sing a song which C loves. He tries to sing along but can't quite get the words! You can also push it and it will speed along the ground. This is perfect to get your child chasing after it and would be good if your baby is learning to crawl as it would motivate them to go get it. It's a great educational toy for little ones.

C's favourite toys have always been ones that light up and have music and when he's been playing with it, E has been watching him. I'm sure she can't wait to get playing too! It is a lot bigger than I thought it would be and it's quite heavy too which is understandable as it's supposed to wobble. It has two volume settings which is great for when it starts to get too much for mummy!