Ages 1–3
The baby gear is packed away and everything changed. These are the monitors, clocks, gates, potties and ride-ons we would buy again for the toddler years.
49 picks
Hatch
Why parents love it: The green light tells a toddler it is finally morning, which buys you back an hour in bed.
$60–$90typical range
LittleHippo
Why parents love it: A friendly face that changes colour at wake-up time — no app, no wifi, no setup stress.
$45–$60typical range
Amazon
Why parents love it: Kid-proof case, parent controls and a two-year worry-free guarantee if it meets the floor.
$130–$200typical range
Yoto
Why parents love it: Stories and music a toddler can start themselves, with no screen and no ads.
$60–$80typical range
tonies
Why parents love it: Place a figure on top, a story plays — the simplest interface a two-year-old will ever use.
$90–$120typical range
VTech
Why parents love it: Their own camera means your phone survives the zoo trip with its photo roll intact.
$35–$60typical range
Angelcare
Why parents love it: Keeps the under-mattress sensor going into the toddler bed years without a wifi account.
$180–$250typical range
Jiobit
Why parents love it: Clips to a waistband for theme parks and school runs — real-time location, tiny and light.
$100–$150typical range
Regalo
Why parents love it: One-hand release, pressure-mounted, and the one gate most parents end up buying twice.
$35–$60typical range
Cumbor
Why parents love it: Swings shut and latches by itself, which matters when your arms are full of toddler.
$60–$100typical range
Safety 1st
Why parents love it: Invisible from the outside, so your kitchen keeps looking like a kitchen.
$20–$40typical range
QDOS
Why parents love it: Once they start climbing the drawers, this is the ten-minute job you should not postpone.
$20–$35typical range
Jool Baby
Why parents love it: Cheapest childproofing you will ever buy, and the first thing a crawler finds.
$8–$15typical range
Toddleroo
Why parents love it: Stops the front-door dash and the bathroom raid with a squeeze adults can still manage.
$10–$20typical range
BabyBjörn
Why parents love it: Non-slip, light enough for a toddler to move themselves, and it wipes clean in a second.
$30–$45typical range
Summer Infant
Why parents love it: Looks like the real toilet, which is exactly the point when you are convincing a toddler.
$25–$45typical range
Jool Baby
Why parents love it: Skips the potty stage entirely — they climb up and use the real toilet from day one.
$35–$55typical range
Gerber
Why parents love it: Thick enough for an accident, easy enough for a toddler to pull up alone.
$15–$30typical range
OXO
Why parents love it: Folds flat into the boot and turns any petrol-station toilet into a usable one.
$25–$40typical range
Strider
Why parents love it: Balance first, pedals later — kids who start here usually skip stabilisers altogether.
$90–$140typical range
Radio Flyer
Why parents love it: Indoor-safe wheels and a low seat, so wet afternoons stop feeling endless.
$50–$90typical range
Melissa & Doug
Why parents love it: One hundred pieces of open-ended play that will outlast every battery-powered toy in the house.
$20–$40typical range
Little Tikes
Why parents love it: Folds for storage, works indoors and outdoors, and reliably drains toddler energy.
$45–$75typical range
VTech
Why parents love it: A first-steps push toy that turns into a play panel when they are done walking laps.
$30–$50typical range
tonies
Why parents love it: Screen-free stories a toddler starts themselves by putting a little figure on the box.
$90–$110typical range
LeapFrog
Why parents love it: A walled-garden tablet with real curriculum content instead of an open app store.
$90–$140typical range
VTech
Why parents love it: Keeps small hands busy on trips and keeps your phone out of them.
$35–$60typical range
Amazon
Why parents love it: Timers, bedtime music and hands-free calls to grandparents, with kid filters on by default.
$40–$60typical range
Angelcare
Why parents love it: Holds a wriggly toddler steady so bath time needs one adult, not two.
$30–$45typical range
Safety Baby
Why parents love it: The cheapest genuinely life-saving purchase in this whole catalogue.
$12–$25typical range
Roving Cove
Why parents love it: Coffee tables and hearths stop being an A&E visit waiting to happen.
$15–$30typical range
Accmor
Why parents love it: Airports, markets and car parks get a lot calmer with a detachable rein.
$15–$28typical range
LÍLLÉbaby
Why parents love it: Carries a 20kg toddler on a long walk without wrecking your lower back.
$130–$180typical range
Osprey
Why parents love it: Turns hiking back into something you do, with a sunshade and real hipbelt support.
$300–$380typical range
Munchkin
Why parents love it: Handles give a nervous toddler something to hold, which is half the battle.
$12–$22typical range
Kenson Kids
Why parents love it: A visible streak of stickers motivates a three-year-old more than any amount of explaining.
$10–$20typical range
VTech
Why parents love it: Counting, colours and a truck — the toy toddlers actually return to for months.
$18–$30typical range
Magna-Tiles
Why parents love it: The rare toy that grows from age two to age ten without losing its appeal.
$45–$70typical range
Crayola
Why parents love it: Markers that only show on the special paper — walls and sofas stay clean.
$10–$20typical range
Avenlur
Why parents love it: Indoor climbing that folds against a wall — a winter lifesaver in a flat.
$110–$180typical range
Yoto
Why parents love it: Stories, music and an OK-to-wake clock in one box the child controls themselves — no screen, no ads.
$100–$130typical range
Lovevery
Why parents love it: Seventy solid wood pieces with twenty-plus activities that keep working from one to four years.
$90–$140typical range
Hape
Why parents love it: Two toys in one — hammer the balls, then slide the xylophone out and play it properly.
$25–$40typical range
Green Toys
Why parents love it: Recycled plastic, no loose parts, and it survives the garden, the bath and the dishwasher.
$18–$30typical range
Melissa & Doug
Why parents love it: Mess-free colouring that resets when it dries — the single best thing in a restaurant bag.
$6–$14typical range
Learning Resources
Why parents love it: Builds letters by hand, which sticks far better than tracing worksheets at this age.
$18–$30typical range
LeapFrog
Why parents love it: A hundred words in two languages, and toddlers press the buttons happily for months.
$15–$25typical range
Micro Kickboard
Why parents love it: Lean-to-steer and genuinely stable, so a two-year-old is riding within a morning.
$100–$140typical range
Radio Flyer
Why parents love it: A budget-friendly first bike that teaches balance so pedals click without stabilisers.
$55–$90typical range
Our guide walks through what actually changes between one and three, and which of these to buy first.
Read the toddler tech guide