Maybe you’ve got a one-year-old. (Congrats! You made it through the hardest 12 months of your life!) Maybe you know a one-year-old. Maybe you just got invited to your co-worker’s kid’s first birthday and have no clue what to bring.
Any way you slice it, coming up with gift ideas for a person who is just maybe walking, just maybe talking is no easy task. You want to get something that’s stimulating and age-appropriate, while also not hideous (harder than you’d think!), plus, you know, fun. That’s why we went straight to the source—real moms—for these 32 best gifts for one-year-olds (aside from that first bite of cake, of course).