International Playthings Earlyears Sweet Baby Blocks

Note that, as fun as this product is, the manufacturer admits that it is made of PVC, polyvinyl chloride, known to be dangerous if babies chew on it. This toy is only appropriate for older children who don't stick everything in their mouths.

CORRECTION: As one of the comments pointed out, phthalates are the dangerous component of PVC (which I didn't know when I wrote the original review), and this claims to be phthalate-free PVC (I checked, there is such a thing), so presumably it IS safe for babies after-all. I changed my rating accordingly.

I have been hunting for these b/c I use them all the time with toddlers with developmental delays. Stacking is an important motor skill for eye-hand coordination. These are large enough to allow success, and b/c they are rubber, they don't slide off each other.

I also use them for speech. Up is an easy early word, and you can say up up up, boom in play over and over. Then, you can pause while stacking each one (hanging on to the stack so the child doesn't boom them ahead of time), count to three before saying "up" to put the next block on. If you've made this up-boom game fun, your child so wants you to hurry and do it that he/she will start saying "up" before you to get the tower built faster. The blocks also have typical early animals that can be named over and over in play, along with the animal sounds.

I'm ordering a set for work and a set for my granddaughter.

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I am not so sure but seems to me that if my daughter bites these blocks, she starts to have tiny little red dots on her face (around her mouth and her cheeks). I now don't give her these blocks to play anymore. I guess I will wait until she grows a bit more then throw out for her to play again. Hope she is not allergic to these blocks. FYI, my daughter skin is not sensitive at all. She has never any skin problem (rash...) with wipes, soap, detergent, diaper...Other toys I purchased did not cause any problem (she bites all of them though). She was 4 months old when I gave her these blocks. She was at the stage that she liked biting everything she had in her hands. I guess I will try these blocks again when she is around 7 months old and see. But be aware that your child can be allergic to these blocks like my little princess.

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I was so excited when these arrived. The package looked great and the blocks were so cute. But as soon as I opened the plastic pouch the smell was overwhelming. These blocks have a terrible plastic/chemical smell. They really are worse than most dog toys. I tried to soak them overnight in soapy water...but not only did the smell not diminish, but you can't get all of the water out of the blocks. Since they aren't bath toys I knew they would get mildew or moldy with water stuck in them, and since I won't give these stinky things to a baby, I tossed them. I would not reccommend these.

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I can stand the smell of this vinyl blocks, and why they make a hole in them? Baby's saliva will accumulate there and cause bacteria and mold development

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