LAMAZE - My First Fishbowl Toy, Capture Babys Curiosity with Sea Creatures to Rattle, Squeak and Collect with Colorful Patterns, Interesting Textures and Unique Sounds, 6 Months and Older

We bought this toy for our 4.5-month-old baby, thinking she would enjoy it when she was older - but she loved it from the moment she saw it. Shes played with it constantly since then - one of the only toys we havent had to rotate because she gets bored easily. Now at 8 months old, she still loves it. Each stuffed sea creature has a different (quiet) sound - a crinkle, a gentle rattle, a tinkling bell, a squeak - and my daughter loves exploring the sounds, trying to grasp each one, exploring different shapes, and putting them in and out of the soft aquarium. Its also a cute, small toy that isnt loud or ugly in your room. We love this toy. Its my favorite - and hers!

I buy this for every baby shower go to. Love it.

I got this for my 6m baby for her first Christmas. She really loves it. The clam squeaks, the starfish and fish are rattles, and the crab is crinkly. She loves playing with all of them with her hands and mouth. Its fun for us to put things in the bowl and pull them out. I would recommend this.

I bought this toy for my new baby because I was afraid that my 3 year old daughter would claim all of the existing baby toys as hers. As it turns out, I was right. Now when she asks, Mommy, was this my toy when I was a baby? I can honestly answer, no. This way the toy can actually stay in the hands of the baby. I do find shopping for infant toys a bit overwhelming. There are skills the toys are supposed to teach, but rarely do they just promise fun. For my 6 month old I didnt want something that was going to help her get into an Ivy League school. I just wanted something that she would play with. And babies, fickle creatures that they are, can be completely unpredictable when it comes to finding something to hold their interest. At 6 months of age, my baby had zero interest in this toy. Id shake the fish, shed smile and then turn away. Now that shes 9 months shes showing a bit more interest. The sorting is not really sorting in the traditional sense of putting the square object through the square hole. Its more pre-sorting. Put the fish in the bowl and take them out. No worries about which shape to shove the item through or having fine enough motor skills to get there. The fishbowl is made of a well padded fabric base with cardboard in the bottom to make it stand, narrow sides made of fabric, and a fabric rim. The wide sides are made of plastic. Floating in the water are several sea creatures. The creatures are all smiling. Clearly they have no clue about what babies do to toys. The stiff sides coupled with the soft fabric sides cause the fishbowl to collapse closed to the point where there is no way that my baby can put the sea creature toys into the bowl. Taking them out is no problem at all. The collapsing bowl isnt so much a problem for my baby because the preschooler has claimed the fishbowl as her purse and she carries it around with all of her toy cars inside. Hmm...dont want the baby pulling those out! The included plush sea creatures are cute and my daughter plays with all of them. The starfish rattle is grasped by two of his pointy legs and one of his five legs or his happy face are stuffed into the babys mouth for some serious sucking and slobbering. (Dont call the authorities, the baby is the one doing the stuffing!) Starfish comes out of babys mouth with the same silly grin he had when he went in. His face has a nice satiny texture. The fish rattle has two side fins, a dorsal fin, and a tail that are all grasp-worthy. His face ends up with the majority of baby slobber. He has a soft, satiny face and his rattle has a slight bell sound to it. The terry cloth clam squeaker is a bit bulky for baby to grab, but luckily his shell flares out a bit around his face giving him two handles for grabbing. We havent quite figured out the best way to suck on this one, so mostly his backside gets a good gumming. Crinkle crab is, perhaps, the easiest to chew. The claws on his sides are easy to grab and when you chew on him he makes an awesome crinkling sound. The crinkliness makes him a bit easier to chew and he the feedback on your chewing is quite fun. I put all kinds of baby friendly toys out for the 9 month old, but she will crawl across the room to find the pebble that got tracked into the house or the tiny Barbie shoe that the 3 year old dropped. She does occasionally select one of the sea creatures on her own for an afternoon snack. And I hope that as she continues to grow that she will use this toy for its intended purpose--learning to put her things away!

Super cute fishes!! Loves

For every one who has even read a review and thought, Was it still that great after 6 months? Heres the review for you. We have had our Lamaze Fish Bowl for 6 months and its every bit as wonderful today as it was the day Grandma gave it to my daughter. It was a hit from the first moment she saw it at 6 months old. The crab is her favorite of the fish, but she plays with all of them well and for long periods of time. The whole set has held up beautifully despite LOTS of love. This is a toy that has gotten played with EVERYDAY. Also, as an aside for all of you out there who are raising little princesses. A national card retailer, whose emblem is a gold crown sells an itty bitty mermaid made by those people with the mouse...you know the mouse Im talking about...hes the leader of the club that made for you and me...well this itty bitty mermaid is the PERFECT size to add to your fish bowl! The addition of the mermaid turned or wonderful toy into truly fabulous princess approved perfection!

Bought this for our grandson for Christmas. The three year old likes it too! Should get one for my grand daughter as well.

Really cute and good quality but beware our cat steals these toys and plays with them. They do seem a lot like cat toys...perfect size and noises!

This is the first toy that my daughter really ever responded to. She loved the crinkly crab from about 3 months old and would watch it, squeeze it and take it everywhere. As she got older, she would experiment with all the different sounds that each fish/sea creature makes. She also likes to take them in and out of the fishbowl. This is a great toy to take on the road since everything packs up into the fishbowl, but there is always a danger of losing one of the pieces. For those household with dogs---the clam squeaks like a dog toy, so at times we have to put it away so the dogs dont get confused and claim it for their own.

A friend bought this for my daughter when she was 4 months but I didnt bring it out until she was 6 months. I thought it was going to be a great toy for her since the star fish/crab/fish/clam all made different noises and had different textures. My daughter also loved to grab and chew on the fishbowl itself. Unfortunately, the clams stitching came undone after she had been teething on it. So now I just try to keep the clam away from her and watch to see if she will tear into any other of the sea-life.