43 Best Gifts for One-Year-Olds, Recommended by Parents

One year is a milestone for so many reasons—one of which is that experts say a baby can now (safely) have some blankets and toys in their crib. At this stage, you’ll find a lot of baby blankets are a bit too small to adequately cover them when they snooze, so this is a great time to invest in a larger children’s blanket, saving parents from having to re-tuck them in over and over.

We love this option because it comes in dozens of colors and patterns (pick the one that best suits their interests), plus you can personalize it with their name. “My eldest son received a similar blanket for his first birthday and is still holding on tight as a six-year-old,” says Earley. “We ordered this one for the rest of the kids when they started asking why they didn’t have a blanket with their name on it, and I love the quality even more. The blankets are perfectly sized and supersoft, not to mention adorable. We have a video-game-themed one, a race car one, and a princess one.”