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Just wanted to recommend some puzzles we bought today for my son by Beleduc, a German manufacturer of wooden puzzles. We saw a puzzle by this manufacturer at the museum last week and I was inspired to get one for home.

I've been having a heck of a time trying to find puzzles that interest my DS17mo. Puzzles marketed to the under 3 crowd are too basic to interest him, but he doesn't yet have the fine motor control (or, patience with his fine motor control) for most interlocking puzzles yet.

Solution: Beleduc. We found a 5-layer anatomy puzzle that breaks down circulatory, digestive, skeletal, and muscular systems, as well as a 15-piece interlocking piece peg puzzle map of the world. He loves it! He saw it in the store and shouted out, "Map puzzle!!!"

I highly recommend these two puzzles for the asynchronous under-2 set. They're a little pricey at $20-25 each, but I foresee them getting some decent mileage going forward.

My son loved those, too, at that age. There are also two "metamorphosis" layer puzzles: frogs and butterflies. They're also beautiful and a bit more challenging as it is not as easy to see which layer the piece belongs to.

thanks for the recommendation - I shall search for these here!

You're most welcome!