My hubby and I were blessed to take our 9month old to seaworld. He loved splashing in the water at the sting ray exhibit and anywhere else he could get his hands on. When we began thinking about first birthday present ideas that came to mind and I found this sand and water table. Our son turned 1 yesterday and LOVES this table. It's not too tall for him to stand up by and play in and he loves splashing in the water and playing in the sand. 2 words of caution however our son is very curious and loves to unplug the bathtub drain so when he saw this one he went right for it and it's easy to open. It is very enticing to him because its right under a bridge. Also he is learning to self feed with a spoon and seemed to make the unfortunate connection that a shovel is much like a spoon and fed himself some sand!