An award-winning line of toys and bedding for babies is helping busy parents, grandparents, family and friends make the most of playtime. The Mommy and Me line includes all-fabric toys, bedding and diaper bags that provide simple ways to enrich everyday moments.

Designed and manufactured by Dolly, Inc., www.dolly.com , the line is based on child development specialist Dr. Cindy Nurik's Mommy and Me playgroups (more than 30,000 nationwide) that teach young parents how to interact with their children.

Designed for children under 24 months, Mommy and Me toys incorporate the colors, sounds and textures babies find most stimulating. The toys entertain baby on their own, and invite Mom to play along with interactive features like magnets, mirrors and sounds.

New for this season are Mommy and Me musical instruments -- Shake and Strum Guitar, Shake and Rattle Maracas, Tap and Toot Trumpet, Bing Bang Boom Xylophone and Shake and Rattle Tambourine -- that introduce baby to the world of making music. Available at Baby's R Us.

Also new is the Wheels on The Bus toy, which moves and plays the popular song, inviting Mom to play along with windows that go up and down, wheels that go round and round, wipers that go swish, swish, and even a child that goes up and down. The Musical Shakin' Choo Choo is a similar toy that vibrates and plays 'Working on the Railroad'.

A new Mommy and Me bedding set is the first on the market to offer reusable packaging. The container can be used as a coordinating hamper and contains a 3-D interactive headboard, three-sided crib bumper, crib blanket, dust ruffle and comforter.

The comforter serves as a play mat, since comforters cannot be safely used with infants under 12 months. It incorporates a peek-a-boo window, a butterfly with magnetic wings, mirrors, a crinkle texture flower, a rattle and four corner hooks to attach mobile figurines once the child outgrows the Mommy and Me mobile.

Mommy and Me toys have received awards including Parenting Magazine's Best Toys of the Year, the National Association of Parenting Publications Gold Award and the Oppenheim Gold Seal.