Review: Fisher Price Magic Rattle Pooh

Our youngest daughter is now three months old and, because she is getting more active and starting to be more aware of her surroundings, we've been doing our part to stimulate her with various toys.

Some of these are new toys and others, like our Magic Rattle Pooh from Fisher Price, are hand-me-downs from our oldest daughter. As it turns out, at least in the case of this particular toy, the hand-me-downs have quite a bit to offer.

We came across this toy in one of our oldest daughter's bins of old toys (she rarely gets rid of her toys), which, in my opinion, is fortunate since I don't think you can find this at stores any more (I was able to find it online, however).

The thing about this toy is, it's so simple, you think a child would get bored with it easily. You have a baby Winnie the Pooh that will shake whenever it hears the "magic rattle" it comes with (any rattle will work with it, however). While shaking, it will either talk or it will sing.

Our oldest daughter played with this toy for some time and liked it enough where she refused to sell it at a couple different yard sales; even after she had outgrown it by a few years.

When she let us give this toy to her sister, we once again had a child that was fascinated by this toy. However, I didn't know by how much until I was home for lunch today.

I had a few minutes before I had to go back to work and had her sitting on my lap. The Magic Rattle Pooh was sitting on our other couch a short distance away and she suddenly started staring at it.

I turned the toy on and shook the rattle while she was still in my lap and she would watch it. Not only that, she would get mad if I stopped. Once, I turned her to face me (away from the toy) and she started screaming until I turned her back. When I would pause a few seconds, she would swat at my hand trying to get me to shake the rattle. The only thing she wouldn't do is take the rattle and do it herself.

It's obviously a toy she's going to outgrow in a few months. But, until then, it's great to have something so simple that will keep her attention. I'm glad we didn't throw this toy out and, if you are a parent of a young child, suggest trying to find one of your own.