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Penny Gaines wrote:

dragonlady wrote in
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In article ,
"Cheryl S." wrote:

My ten month old is a climber. Looking ahead, I think it's going to be
a loooong winter cooped up with a 14-20 month old unless I get some
stuff to keep him very physically active indoors. I'd like to put it on
his birthday wish list so I'm looking now. Any recommendations for some
suitable toys/climbing equipment? Thanks!

I'm not sure what's available now, but one of the things I got when my
kids were small was a sort of build-your-own jungle gym: it had PVC
pipe in various lengths, and several shapes of joiners. When the kids
were small, I could build something smallish for them to climb on
indoors, but take it down when it started to get in the way. As they
got larger, they started building their own things. It was expensive,
but lasted as a useful indoor/outdoor kid toy for many years, and was
especially useful in a smallish condo, where we weren't allowed to leave
anything outdoors overnight.

That sounds like Quadro, which I was going to suggest. I don't know
how easy it is to get abroad, but they have a website he
www.quadro.de

That's it! It's expensive, but I think it may be one of the best toy
investments we made, as it went from us building smallish things that
satisfied the kids' need to climb to them designing and building things
from houses to jungle gyms to cars to lemonade stands. For my money, it
meets the highest standard for toys, since it has multiple uses and can
be used over multiple ages, can be added to by buying more kits if you
want to, and is sturdy.
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