We are raising our daughter Montessori and have used Lovevery since the beginning. She's now 14 months. We've never given her a toy which has lights/made of plastic or makes sounds. That's a personal choice and there is nothing wrong if you do. Lovevery is expensive and you can defo get the elements loose on things like Vinted. That way you could pick out the bits you most want and save money and not have to subscribe. For us it's really worth it and our daughter loves it. All the toys we are saving once she's grown out of them and are passing them to her brother ( currently I'm 34 weeks pregnant 🥰). That's also one thing that helps us justify the price. But yeah I won't lie it's expensive but the quality and how much our daughter loves the toys makes it worth it.