Rattle Reviews

I got this as a shower gift and my son loves it. I have it hanging over his changing pad, and we change it from the sun to the moon at night and back in the morning. He's 4 months old now and he loves to coo and squeal at it. And he gets really excited when he can grab it and put it in his mouth! Yummy.

Celeste is the BEST!! My son absolutely loves this toy! We take it everywhere that we go. My son is very particular about toys. To this point, he hasn't cared for much of anything that I have bought for him. Then one day I was shopping for something else and picked this up and gave it to him. He immediately held on and put it in his mouth. When I tried to take it away to pay for it, he cried. Right now he is 5 1/2 months old and we have had Celeste for about 6 weeks. My son loves to hold on to the black and white tentacles and put the toys in his mouth. He much prefers the sunshine side to the moon/stars side. The toy is very soft and plush and Jameson loves to just pet it with his hands. He also likes the little handle loop at the top bacause it makes a crinkly noise. I recommend this toy because it is very soft and extremely well-made. It doesn't have that harsh sort of cheap feel that so many other soft baby toys have. The face is very inviting and has so many places and textures for a baby to grab onto. Although I have yet to wash it this way, it looks as if it would easily wash in the washing machine.

I was given this gift at a baby shower. My daughter has loved this toy from birth. When she was a newborn, we would hang this toy from a shelf by her changing table so she could look at it and learn to reach. My daughter is now 8 months old and she still loves it! We will hook it around the handle of her car seat and it acts as a mobile. Now that she is teething, she loves to chew on the yellow star. This is a great all around toy that encourages the child to reach out and bat and grasp. My daughter has not tired of exploring or playing with it. Highly recommended!

My son is 13 months old and still loves his Sassy toys. The Fasination Station is the best. Sassy is a great company and very nice to deal with. Quick to replace items that don't meet satisfaction.( Some of there things don't really preform like they say and can be disapointing.) The only problem that I have had is the paint sometimes melts off if taken in the hot car,or can be chewed off by teethers. All Jac's Sassy toys look 2 years old two weeks after he gets them.Still we love the bright colors and comination of sounds ,textures and activities some of the Sassy toys offer. We own almost everything in there line of rattles and developmental toys and bath toys for newborn to 1 year. This set is great. We couldn't go anywear without the Fasination Station. And he still loves it and the Smiley Face mirror.

You can't go wrong with this set. The toys can be introduced gradually as baby grows. While still in the hospital my son would grasp the Mini Polka Dot Rattle. It did not take long for him to realize he was the one who made the noise when he shook the rattle. The Smiley Face Rattle was a big hit at around 8 weeks. He loves chewing/sucking on its nose and when it squeakes he squeales. The mirror on the other side soon became a big hit as well. He loves holding it and talking to himself. The Pogo Rattle made its debut around 4 months and proved itself a winner. Its unique shape is like a puzzle that he still loves trying to solve at almost 1 year. The fascination Station has been reserved as a special toy for nights out. At resturants I suction it to the table and baby stays happy while I actually get a warm meal. This toy is really like five toys in one. Each piece is so different that there is always someting new to do. These toys stay at the top of the toy box!!

These toys are the only ones my 8 week daughter will look at!
The smiley face is adorable and the red nose even squeeks to get baby's attention. I can't wait until she can hold these toys on her own, since she loves to stare at them for a good 15 minutes.

My daughter received this as a present when she was born. As an infant, it was used mostly as decoration and as a play area barrier for her before she could crawl over it. Now that she is 4, she loves "riding" on it, making it make noises, and wrapping herself up in it. It sits on the floor of her room, and it looks great. My two year old loves it too. He talks about its colors and loves climbing all over it. My children have a lot of toys and this one guarantees the giggles.

The Catapillar is cute, and goes cute in his room which is bug themed. But it's size in impratical for him to play with at such a young age. But, it's cool anyway.

My son received one of the little ones and he loved the thing so much that I had to replace it twice. The crinkles are exciting for baby and when they learn how to make it squeek it is so fun. I would expect this huge one to be fun for the entire family or for families with several children.

We bought our son this toy for Christmas. He is five months old and is very interested in rattles. We like how the rattles have two handles and that they are light for baby. He loves to shake the rattles and put them in his mouth. The colors are bright and inviting and the "go round" attachment helps to keep the rattles at close reach.

it is amazing how parents can sometimes think they know best... when we got this toy i never imagined my baby would be so thrilled with one toy, which i believe expands his little world's frontiers showing him one toy can be whatever you wish it could be. with this one especially, not only he invents on what one toy can be, but on the many posibilities the toy has. and he seems to begin to understand how to separate parts and put them back together, a skill i haven't seen when he plays with other toys. this toy is very different from all crib toys. I definitely like it. But my baby likes it more, and that's what really matters in the end.

My almost 3 month-old has been playing in his gymini for over a month already so I bought these to add to it. He hasn't been that interested in the bird yet but he loves the keys and the teddy bear rattle. The keys have taught him to grab and hold on for the first time, before he was just batting at things.

Even though my daughter has pretty much outgrown the gymini, she still plays with the teething keys and the bear from this set. Even if you don't have the gymini, these are great toys that your child will love at a great price!

I like these toys much better than the ones that actually came with the gym. They seem to be more designed to stimulate the child. The bear is a rattle and the bird squeaks. Right now, my 3 month old daughter likes holding on to the key ring and shaking it.

GREAT FOR ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT! In an infant seat or stroller, babies enjoy the colors, feel and rattle. As they age, the ball can be tossed to them. Then the child can roll it away and eventually retrieve by themselves. I've never encountered a child who did not enjoy it.

My daughter LOVES the ball. Since she was 6 months old she has loved to sit up and play catch. Everytime I pick up the ball she smiles because she knows we are going to play one of her favorite games. This toy is on my Top 5 toys list.

my babby really hasn't paid much attention on this toy which i bought before she was born (she's 13 mths now). She touched it briefly occasionally and then move to other toys. Maybe it's too "simple" , i am not sure. she likes the busy cube for example. she spends a lot of time with that. For my baby this toy really is not worth the money.

My son, now almost 6 months old, loves this rattle. I think the bright colors are wonderful and the fact that he can see the little balls inside that are making the rattling noise is supposed to be good for his cognitive development.

When he was younger, it was great because even before he could really grab the rattle in his tiny hand, he could stick his arm through the middle of this toy and shake it up and down to make noise.

HOWEVER, I think my husband and I may be taking this toy away from him soon, because we're afraid he's going to hurt himself. He shakes this rattle around with such enthusiasm, he keeps smacking himself -- and we know from the times when he smacks us with it that it hurts!

One of my favorite things about this toy is the pattern that the colored "legs" of the triangle are laid out in. When turned slightly differently from the picture, you get the 3 primary colors on the top, and the secondary colors that they make when blended together on the bottom. Very nice way to teach colors and color mixing. The baby loves to shake and rattle this all the time. Easy to sanitize after a long day in the park as well!

My daughter adores this rattle. It is the first toy she grabbed and held onto. It's colorful handles attract her and the beads move from one sphere to the next. As soon as it's in her grip, the sphere is in her mouth. She'll gum this toy all day if I let her. I haven't had any problems with it hurting her gums as some of the other reviewers did. However, she does occasionally knock herself in the head with it. The manufacturer isn't at fault for that....it's just babies' developing hand-eye coordination. It's very light, despite it's appearance and she never gets hurt. She's been interested in it since she was 3 months old and her attention hasn't waned yet. Lamaze comes through with another winner!

My father bought this toy for my son as an Easter gift when he was 8 months old, and the only thing he liked was the teethable car keys. I think this toy was actually ment for a much younger baby, and not an 8 month old.
I now have a 7 week old baby who might find the toys to be more fun, since I put them away when my first ds was 12 months old. Although, since I have gotten them back out, my now 19½ month old still wants the keys, even though I think he's too old for them, and he still has his plastic keys that aren't really made for teething.

I'll probably write another review on this toy when I see if my youngest son likes the toys or not.

Like I wrote in my title, playtime wont last long! My daughter still cant really use the squeeze toy and shes much older than when she first got these toys which were her first! The other toys didnt really keep her interest at all. I used these toys when she was really really young just to get her eyes to follow objects. After that these toys basically stayed at the bottom of the toy box.

These colorful toys are sure an eye-catcher for my 4 month old! He loves to shake the keys around and we found a hidden surprse in the birdie the other day......it sqeeks! Not only can you hang these on your activity mat/gym but you can take them off for your baby to shake and play with for months even after he outgrows the gym!