I received Charlie as a gift for my baby, the first one malfunctioned so I replaced it. The replacement also never worked. The colors are nice and bright, but never has had sounds. It is heavy and hard. After trying twice to give this a chance-I will never recommend this and think twice about other products from this company.

My baby boy never liked this. It was a gift and he was never remotely interested. Other toys can be hung or attached and swatted at. This just sits there and to me was pointless. Go with something more fun.

My son is nine months old and loves this toy. He likes looking at the bright colors as well as feeling the different textures on charlie's body. He likes the different sounds it makes whenever he plays with it.

I couldn't resist buying this toy, even though I *knew* my daughter was too young to play with it (5wks when I ordered). It was such a charming idea and I figured I could use it for decoration until she grew some. When it arrived, I ended up amusing the two of us as I played with and she watched, figuring out what each segment of Charlie does. Now, at almost two months, she reaches for this toy and likes for me to hold it up for her to touch and look at (she's still too young to hold it - it's fairly heavy, but I guess since it's for 9 month old babies....). Charlie even motivates her to creep toward him during tummy time. I love this beautiful toy and am certain she'll like it for years to come. Also, not only does it have the look of a toy to be passed down, it certainly has the durability - my pit bull puppy loves to steal baby toys and this is among his favorites, but he hasn't managed to injure it....yet... ;)

This toy is too cute and my three month old loves it. It is a little heavy so he will probably enjoy it a lot more when he can pick it up on his own and play with it. For now he is happy enough to just look at all the fun colors and patterns and he likes to hear the noises the differrent sections make. Would recommend this toy.