Safe Polish wooden toys

[Jaga]

Here is a letter I received from Hanna Sawka, a daughter of Hanka, the author of the "At Hanka's Table:http://culture.polishsite.us/articles/art326.html

they are expecting a baby soon and they were looking for dafe toys. It seems that Poland has it in abundance! By the way, I have several wooden toys for Ela at home. We love it! They are fun and much safer than all these plastics!

Here are fragments of Hanka's letter:
My husband and I are expecting a baby very soon (my due date is
December 9th!). Because of this, we have been looking into non-toxic,
natural, yet educational toys for babies. I don't know if you are
aware, but thousands of plastic toys are being recalled in the US -
every month a new one - due to high concentrations of lead used in the
plastics. This has made my husband and me very careful, especially as
babies like to chew on stuff. At first, we thought that our best
option were toys made in Germany (such as Haba brand toys). To our
surprise, however, we discovered that some incredibly beautiful toys
that fit the non-toxic and natural bill are made in Poland!
Surprisingly, Polish on-line shops do not carry them, but a few are
available through Amazon (thank goodness for us!). Eventually, I
found that they have their own website and I'll be ordering through
them directly. I think the story behind these charming toys is very
interesting - a sculptor and architect came up with this idea and he
designs the toys. They have actually won some really prestigious
awards at Toy and Design fairs in Europe. I'm sure that other people
like myself of Polish background in America would be interested in
hearing about this success story that is so wonderfully rooted in
Polish tradition, so I wanted to let you know about it. My favorite
is a "Cracow dragon" that flaps its red wings when pulled! That's a
toy for our boy to use when he is a little bigger, though.

Here is the best website I could find on the topic:

www.bajotoysusa.com/

[Pawian]

Their site:

www.bajo.com.pl/

Among their toys:











and many more...

[Jaga]

Below are some wooden toys from another store. The first one resembles one toy which I brought to Ela from Poland:
www.wyrobyludowe.pl/?p=productsList&iCategory=15&sName=Zabawki-ludowe

This chicken walk down

[Jaga]

here is more:



from www.stryszawa.ug.pl/ptaszki-stryszawskie-zabawkarstwo.php

[Mary]

Beautiful wooden toys!!!

I've always loved wooden toys and am so pleased to see many are made in Poland. My father would have been proud to know that, as he was a master carpenter.

I have been watching what I am buying the grandchildren for Christmas this year more than ever. NO MORE "MADE IN CHINA" FOR US!!!

My youngest grandson is 3 and is autistic. I have learned far more than I really want to about autism. All the inviromental factors contribute to autism and it's severity. PLEASE tell your friend, (and this is for all the parents and pre-parents too) to seriously consider either not immunizing all together, or developing a plan with their doctor to space out the immunizations and accept NO COMBO SHOTS. And, no, they can not insist that the child has his immunizations to attend school!!! It is relatively easy now to sign a form stating you do not want your child immunized and they don't even blink an eye at it now. Don't ever let a doctor or school bully you into doing what may harm your child. It's not worth it! The pharmaceutical companies have the government in their pockets, and thats a fact!

Consider this; why would we want to inject our babies with virus' in such mass quantities that they could possibly cause severe developmental delays. The thermosol and mercury in the shots are also highly suspected of causing or at the least bringing out severe autism. The rate of autism is 1 in every 150 children in the US now. This is so very alarming! Every parent and grandparent needs to be aware of the danger of immunizations and lead in toys.

I could go on and on......I just wish we could get this horrible affliction stopped! If any of you would like more information I would be happy to provide many links about autism and the treatments available. There are tons of good books at Amazon.com, I know because I have bought most of them.

Mary

[Jaga]

Hello Mary,

I am sorry to hear about your son. Some forms of autism go away with the age and proper treatment. Lets hope that the same will happen to your grandson!

I do have some doubts about shots and you are right, some of the shots are linked to causing autism.

[Mary]

admin said:

Hello Mary,

I am sorry to hear about your son. Some forms of autism go away with the age and proper treatment. Lets hope that the same will happen to your grandson!

I do have some doubts about shots and you are right, some of the shots are linked to causing autism.

Thanks Jaga,

I wish I was still young enough to have a 3 yr old son, but he is my Grandson. The youngest of 7 grandchildren and a darling smart boy. He does not talk yet but is using sign language and doing much better than expected. Autism does not go away, but many children can be helped and even if they get well enough that they are not noticibly autistic they still will always have autism. That is why it is called the "autism spectrum". Many are at the high end, many at the low, like my grandson who has many problems and considered severe.

Mary