LOL... here's an idea. Just last week, I took an old sock and stuffed some trash down inside it (plastic shell from a toy's packaging, sleeve from crackers I ate, wrapper from a frozen burrito, a little piece of bubble wrap, etc.). Then I tied a knot at the toe and a knot on the other side of all the "trash," and tossed it to Nikko. It has been his hands-down favorite toy for a whole week now! We just make sure to supervise a little bit when he plays with it (usually we're playing with it with him anyways), just in case he manages to rip the weave of the sock fabric open. Hasn't happened yet though, and we have had some ferocious tug-of-war and fetch and chew sessions with it! I stole this idea from somebody else here on YT... they put a squeaker down in it as well, I think, but I haven't found a store around here yet that sells replacement squeakers. No matter though, he loves his crunchy trash sock to death!
Lauren & Nikko |