All Babies & Toys guides
Every published guide linked to Babies & Toys. Read one, then follow its links back to the deals.
Build a Bear Workshop
You are paying for an experience as much as a toy. A plain teddy off a shop shelf costs less, and it will still get hugged. What you get here is the making of it: the stuffing, the naming, the choosin
Bubbadue
You want to buy baby gear that's actually tested and safe, but shopping for a newborn means wading through a thousand options and contradictory advice on what's essential.
Prams and car seats: safety standards and what to pay
The baby shop has a wall of car seats and a floor of prams, and the price tags run from a thousand rand to tens of thousands. What the law requires, which seat suits which stage, and what to pay.
Shopping baby gear and toys online: safety recalls, returns and age grading
The car seat is half price on a site you've never heard of. Before the price, three questions: is it approved, is it recalled, and can it go back. The checklist for buying baby gear and toys online.
Toy sales: inflated RRPs and how REALRANK™ scores them
The set on your kid's list is "30 percent off" at one shop and that exact price everywhere else. How to read a toy sale, and the set-number trick that settles it in a minute.
Born Fabulous
A straight look at Born Fabulous: the Stokke and BeSafe importer, what to buy first, delivery costs, who it suits, and when to check for deals.
BeBeBus
You can buy a pram for a fraction of what BeBeBus charges. What you give up is the design work, the safety engineering, and the sense that the whole kit was built as one set rather than bought piece b
BabiesRUs
Kitting out for a new baby is one of the few shops where you buy across a dozen categories at once: a pram, a car seat, a cot, bottles, a monitor, clothes. Usually inside a tight window, and often for
Toys R Us
You want to buy toys from a retailer with real range and scale, but many South African toy shops feel small or limited in what they actually stock.
LEGO
You want a gift that lasts longer than a weekend, and most toys don't. They get played with once, then they sit in a cupboard until they break.
When Things Actually Go On Sale in South Africa: The Annual Calendar
Most South Africans buy things at the exact moment they want them. That's usually the exact moment those things cost the most.
Babies and Toys Deals in South Africa: The Buyer's Guide
Baby and toy shopping runs on two completely different rulebooks, and the most expensive mistake in the category is applying the wrong one.