We have debated about getting a train table for a few months now. Anyone you talk to has an opinion-"they are great"...."they take up way too much room"... It is no secret that Will is obsessed with all things choo-choo, so when trying to think of a perfect gift to give to Will as he becomes a BIG brother, this was a no-brainer. I did a LOT of research!! Train tables are expensive! Will has plastic "Chuggington" tracks and every Chuggington train, but they are the die-cast trains which makes them not compatible with any wooden train table set. We contemplated just getting a train table and putting the Chuggington tracks on it, but Will likes "big hueys (hills)" and that was pretty impossible with what we have. After looking into it for about a month, we discovered that Chuggington (a show on Disney) just released wooden train table sets that are compatible with any wooden train table already on the market. This seemed perfect and we wondered if his die-cast Chuggington trains would fit on the Chuggington wood set. Of course not! In an attempt to make even more money off desperate parents, along with the wooden train sets, they have released all the Chuggington chuggers that are wooden to be compatible with the wooden set. These trains are compatible on any wooden train set as well. So we thought about going the whole Chuggington route for the table, sets, and trains.....but this was going to be way more money than we wanted to spend. Since Chuggington stuff is compatible with any wooden train set, we decided on the Melissa and Doug table and wooden train set with intentions of adding to it some Chuggington landmarks and chuggers later.
We got this in last week and put it together Friday night so it was waiting for Will in the den when he woke up. Saturday morning was like Christmas for us. He did exactly what we thought he would....when he woke up we changed his diaper and told him we had a surprise for him. He casually walked into the den and once it caught his eye he exclaimed "Ooooh What's this!" and then as he got closer, "Look Momma and Dada, weally big choo-choo!" It was priceless. Will then proceeded to entertain himself for about 2 hours before he was the least bit distracted by anything else. We can't get him away from it. Every day when he comes home, he wants to play choo-choos. I can't remember the last time he watched T.V. For us, it was certainly a good investment. We had originally planned on keeping it in his room, but we knew 1) he would want to play it all the time and if it wasn't in a family room, he would want someone in there all the time so they could "watch." and 2) we were afraid this would mess up bedtime and he would start getting out of bed to play.
We told Will the train table was a gift from Baby Alex. Let's hope that helps once baby comes home!! :)
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