baby gear

As you may or may not know by now, I am a big fan of wooden toys. I love the way my little one's play with them; how the wood encourages them to use their imaginations + be creative. I think wooden toys are quality purchases and I have even daydreamed about my grandchildren one day being able to play with some of the larger things, like the kitchen. But most of all {yes, this is really shallow}, I love the way they LOOK! How could anyone not prefer the beauty and craftsmanship of wooden toys to the bulky plastic alternative that is all around us?
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My point to all of this is that I haave been looking for an item of baby gear. One would think that by baby #3, I'd have everything I could need, however at various times I thought we would not be having more children, so I sold or passed on many things. I don't think I ever enjoyed ridding myself of an item as much as I did "the exersaucer". I've owned two and now that I am in the market for a third, try as I might, I cannot find anything wooden.
I found one antique walker that was kind of terrible, but when I went to save a photo to show you here...well, I came across this one, pictured above that is listed on ebay. It is from the 1850's and is just beautiful! It is also $695. So while it is out of my price range for sure, I can make myself feel better knowing that it would probably not have been the safest choice. I just don't understand why one of the European toy companies have not come up with something like this? So for now, plastic has the corner market on exersaucers and walkers...I suppose I'll be headed to Target.
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UPDATE: We put the kabash on the exersaucer idea when we came across this Johnny Jumper. It hangs in the doorway without any major hardware, it's small, mostly cloth {as far as the eye can see} and serves it's purpose for getting those little legs a working. And at just 1/3 the cost of what I was looking at spending on "the saucer", I could not be more pleased. Huzzah!
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