Adorable baby Christmas gift ideas

It's time once again for babytalk's annual collection of the year's softest, silliest and smartest playthings. This super-amazing showcase began with 300 toys from all over the world (Peru! Germany! Parsippany, New Jersey!). After a grueling review process conducted by our team of board-certified fun-ologists, we chose 30 toys that are not only entertaining but engage baby in many positive ways. So without further ado, here are the winners...

With a product name like Ready, Set, Go Trike, Alex took the words right out of our MacBook. Babies can steer the bike from the high-backed seat (with headrest and safety bar) while Mom or Dad pushes the control handle. As he grows, remove the support accessories and watch your little Evel Knie-high go. ($75; alextoys.com)

Far beyond the moon and stars, 20 light years south of Mars, lies the Manhattan Toy Whoozit Busy Planet, which opens and closes to reveal activity elements including a mirror and teething ring. ($30; diapers.com)

With a busy-bee maraca, caterpillar tambourine and six other instruments (including a drum that doubles as a storage bin), the B. Toys Parum Pum Pum Drum will turn your tot into a onesie-man band. ($22; target.com)

Not only can baby build Rome in one day, she can chew on Rome too! B. Toys Elemenosqueeze has a soft rubber block, arch or column for every letter, each with a hand-sculpted animal in relief. ($30; onestepahead.com)

No worries about gas prices here. Simply pull back B. Toys Wheeee-ls! and watch them go. The four soft cars -- which include a taxi that squeaks and a race car that rattles -- come in a 100-percent recyclable box garage. ($16 for all four; target.com)

We like to call them Gwen Stuffed-fani and Gavin Stitchdale. But the good people at Blabla have dubbed these two super-soft, 12-inch dolls (hand-knit from natural fibers by Peruvian artisans) Otto Rocker Boy and Lola Rocker Girl. ($38 each; blablakids.com)

A pull toy with a payoff! When your little walker takes Henrietta the Pull Along Hen on a stroll, she lays three chickadees one after the other. Press the hen's comb for authentic clucks and crows. ($16; intplay.com)

It's baby's first remote-control car! Complete with working headlights and a simple two-button remote-control carrot, Jojo's Bump Bump will go all XGames on your living room: When Jojo crashes, he's ejected from the driver's seat. ($21; walmart.com)

The Lego Duplo Play with Numbers has colorful blocks perfectly sized for little fingers, and each has a number and corresponding counting item (five worms, six apples, seven flowers -- you get the idea). Child figure, dog, wagon and white picket fence included. ($25; lego.com)