It’s heading towards that time of year again, when parents sneak out of the room during TV ads to avoid the barrage of Christmas toy ads and disappear at the site of the Argos catalogue that features regularly on the kitchen table.

We forget that we were just as bad at their age. In my day it was My little pony, strawberry shortcake dolls and care bears but regardless of the latest plastic toy of the moment I always loved my traditional toys. My Dolls and dolls pram, a skipping rope or the spinning top, the kind of toys that all parents remember with fondness from their childhood or that Grandparents want to give their grandchildren.

At It’s a Baby on Rochdale Road, Bury we have a lovely selection of traditional toys for Christmas, so if you want to buy your little one something a bit different and more traditional why don’t you pop in to see us.

Silver Cross, the iconic traditional British brand are still producing a range of beautifully crafted hand painted coach built dolls prams. Identical replicas of their grown up counter parts, they are supplied with the matching bag and wire shopping basket. A fantastic gift for any little girl at Christmas and a real collectors item. As well as the dolls prams, Silver Cross have 3 other ranges featuring great toys and gifts.

The Homegrown range aimed at babies aged 0 to 12 months features gorgeous bright colours and tactile textured fabrics, with plenty of delightful sounds and motion. Each toy promotes specific skills, such as observation, co-ordination and problem solving.

Remember the poem by Edward Lear about the Owl, the pussy cat and the beautiful pea green boat? This range includes soft toy characters from the poem and a musical ball, each one packaged in a lovely tin presentation box.

The Silver Cross Classic Gift collection is a collectable range of special bears and rag dolls that are all named after unique aspects of Yorkshire, the home of Silver Cross.

As well as our obsession with everything Silver Cross we have some other fantastic traditional toys in store at It’s a Baby, such as The wheely bug, a sit on toy with multi directional moveability. The Wheely bugs come as a lady bird, a lion, a bumble bee and my personal favourite the mouse!.  In the Moover toy range, a delightful selection of traditional wooden toys for 10 months onwards, there is a baby truck, a dump truck, a dolls pram and rocking horse to choose from.

All these toys are available in store now but if you are looking to forward plan for Christmas we have already opened our Christmas order book. We also have a flexible Christmas savings club for those people who want to spread the cost of Christmas.