great fun for little people, 22 April 2003

When Elise was born, we got the family skwish, which has been in the family for over eight years now, as a welcome present. Although it has been used by 3 kids before her, it still looks and works as new. She enjoys it tremendously, it is one of her favourites. From the first weeks when it was lying beside her in her crib because she liked to watch the colours until today: now she's 6 months and the fun thing about skwish is that it is so easy to grab for her little hands. We like it as well, because it is nicely made and fun to handle, so when she isn't playing, we sometimes play with it. It will certainly be used for a long time, and after Elise her siblings or cousins will continue to enjoy this fabulous toy!

This review is from: Manhattan Toy Skwish (Classic) (Baby Product)

Skwishy fun, 5 Jun. 2011

Got this for my son (just over 6 months and the time of writing this review), when he was about 3 months old. It's been one of his favourites since that time. We also got the Manhattan Winkel rattle at the same time, which I'll review shortly, but he prefers this. It definitely encourages holding - different textures in terms of the beads and the "lines" holding them together (these have a softish covering, but are firmer than I expected) and he's always trying to stick the wooden balls at the ends into his mouth, and the colours are definitely engaging for him - and it's quite a "3D" toy for him. The wooden "pipes" in the middle, have larger sliding beads on them, and these make a nice "whooshing" or "whistling" sound when my son flaps the toy up and down which was an unexpected bonus really.

There's not been any real negatives to it, my son has always been a bit on the small side, so I probably got it for him too early when he was at 3 months, I think its probably better when...

This review is from: Skwish Classic (Toy)

Squish - great to encourage holding for disabled child, 6 Nov. 2010

Works particularly well for my disabled son who is working on his grasp - doesn't immediately fall out of his hand if he loosens his grip.

This review is from: Skwish Classic (Toy)