Manhattan Toy Skwish Classic
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Toys and Games Reviews of Manhattan Toy Skwish Classic
Customer Review: Baby, Mom, & Dad Love to Play With It
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this toy for our new baby and have given it to him since he was less than one month of age. At first he just looked at it, but he slowly has started to put his hands on it and pull it toward his mouth. (He's now three months old). This toy mesmerizes us - and it definitely amuses the baby. There is so much you can do with it, including throw it, bounce it (though it has an irregular bounce), stretch it, rattle it, etc.
The only bad part is that a baby can hurt itself if it pulls the toy toward its mouth or shakes it, and one of the balls accidently go into its eye. We don't give it to our baby unsupervised (which to us means we sit there with our fingers on the toy). As he gets older, we'll stop this practice - but right now he's not coordinated enough for us to feel confident to leave him alone with this toy.
Customer Review: Concerned About Choking
Summary: 2 Stars
My 3 month old loves this toy and is very interested in it, but I am worried it might be a choking hazard. He immediately puts one of the toy's wooden balls in his mouth as soon as he picks it up. I am concerned that one of these balls could come loose and cause him to choke. I closely supervise him when he plays with this toy, but as he gets older and stronger I may have to retire it. I bought the Skwish after I bought Manhattan Toy Co.'s Winkel. My baby loves the Winkel -- it is all plastic and appears to be much safer -- it does not have balls that could come loose. I would recommend the Winkel over the Skwish. My fear of choking might be unfounded -- as my husband said, Manhattan Toy Co. has been around since the '80s, but in my mind, it is better to be safe than sorry.Customer Review: Skwishy fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the classic Skwish for my daughter when she was three and a half months old. At first I would have to pick it up and show her how the beads moved and make them rattle. After a day or two I was questioning my husband if he had handed it to her, because I would hear rattling coming from her playpen. She was picking it up on her own and playing with it. Whenever it is within reach, my daughter who is now four and a half months reaches for it, plays with it rattles it, and sucks on it. She plays with it for over thirty minutes at a time and loves it. We do always make sure someone is within earshot while she is playing with it, because although it seems very well made, we want to make sure that if someone how the elastic breaks or a bead breaks off we are close by.Customer Review: Great for little hands - light, durable, colorful, with a pleasant "noise".
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this toy for my 7 month old daughter - who is almost 8 months old now. The first time I'd seen it was when she was about 6 months old, at a friend's house, and she just loved it while we were there...which is why I bought it. I think she would've enjoyed this toy more at a younger age - it's very light, durable, and easy for such small hands to hold. Now she's at a point where she just chucks it across the room and I feel like a dog playing fetch :) I think I like the toy more than she does, especially the sounds it makes. Perhaps she'll begin to enjoy it more again, who knows what cycles these little ones go through, right? :) Overall, I would recommend it and plan to buy one for a friend who is expecting.Customer Review: My son loved it until he cut his lip on it
Summary: 1 Stars
The other reviewers are right when they say this is perfect for little hands to hold and little mouths to nibble. When my son was playing with it a few weeks ago he suddenly started crying his "I'm hurt" cry. I couldn't find anything wrong with him so I just chalked it up to teething pain. Well, it just happened again and to my horror I noticed a drop of blood on his bib. This toy somehow gave him a cut on his lip, poor thing. Maybe it got caught between the elastic bands or between a band and one of the balls. I now realize that it must have hurt him the first time, too. Twice is two times too many, so this toy is going in the trash. It's a shame because he really liked it, until it hurt him.