suggestions for a present for a 1yr old?

Claudia, you are so lucky you're not living in Cape town! At the very least (if word didn't travel too fast) Everyone on this thread would be gate crashing James's b day and every other day there after! That thing looks awesome!
I also have no idea what to get Jude..

We went to a first birthday party on Saturday for a boy and I bought a Duplo tractor duplo.lego.com/en-us/products/default.aspx#5647 because I think it's kinda timeless and its something dads get REALLY into!

Wow the quadroplay is awesome! But too expensive for us for a first birthday. We're already dropping like 2k on his party (don't even ask!). I was thinking along the lines of one of the push bike thingies?

@ Beatrix, I havent bought yet (James is only 1 in April), but I have optd to go with the quadro system. I had it as a child and I like thefact that I can start small and add on as he gets bigger. Plus if we move houses we can take it with us!

www.quadroplay.co.za

I've found that the lo's love those puzzles that makes sound. I bought my daughter & her friend a farm animals one & a wild life one when they turned one & they are still playing with it.

Jungle Gym is also great!

@ClaudiaB - what Jungle Gym did you get?

We bought Leandri a plastic 'jungle gym' from Toys R Us (I think it was R1000). It has a swing and a slide. She is now 2 and still playing on it. Luckily she has a big bedroom so we keep it in there. I know if kept in the sun they become very brittle.