Manhattan Toy Skwish Classic

This toy is exciting and always catches the attention of my daughter who has had it for a few months now (we got it for her when she was three months old). It makes noise when moved around, the colors are enticing and it is easy for her to hold onto and chew on. The only thing that makes me nervous is the paint job on the wood seems like it could be a little porous in places, but in the description it says that it is safe for children to chew on so I truly hope that it is. I bought a lead testing kit and will absolutely update this review once I test the paint if it comes up positive! She really loves it and it's a cool design, so fingers crossed it is legitimately a safe product.

What a wonderful toy! It is colorful, lightweight, and well built. My grandson has played with it every day since he was three months old. Well before he could grasp, he was staring at it and then accidentally hitting it when his arms flailed about. Now, at five months, he is able to reach for it, grasp it in different ways, and squeeze it. It is his best motivation to move his body toward an object. At times we have hung it on a ribbon in his baby gym so he could bat at it. But mostly he loves to hold, squeeze, and mouth it. For adult appreciation, someone thought through the design quite thoroughly so that it has related color pairs in geometrically opposed positions. The sound of the rattle is a pleasant wooden clunking. My grandson bursts out giggling when we shake the rattle in the air and drop it so it bounces gently on the sofa. What a find! This is a great gift for a baby shower.

Developmentally one of the best toys for babies. They can snag it in sidelying and transfer it hand to hand when lying on their backs. Very engaging. Used one in my therapy practice for years and bought ones for each of my newborn grandchildren. Would probably not allow them to chew on the wooden balls, but they dont seem interested in mouthing this toy as a general rule.

I bought this as a "fidget", an object to fidget with. The bright primary colors and the high quality wood material instead of cheap plastic combined with the structure of this toy attracted me to it. The unique shape, bright colors, and beads sliding up and down the rods are fascinating to look at while the squishy aspect reminds me of a stress (squeeze) ball but this is way more interesting than most of the more generic looking office desk accessory type stress toys. You can flatten it in any direction and it bounces back to its original shape. It seems durable and designed to stand up to a lot of squeezing, squishing, flattening, rattling, and rolling. I would recommend the Skwish for all ages because as a unique multi-sensory object, it can be enjoyed by anyone, adults as well as children. I have noticed that the Amazon product recommendations are the only ones where the Skwish is recommended solely as a baby rattle. Educational toy stores sell it at a much higher price but they advertise it as a manipulative toy for children of all ages or give an age range of "0-99".

My baby loves this toy and I love this toy. It really does squish, the beads make a rattle, and it seems easy for little one to grab onto.

First off, I absolutely love Manhattan Toy products! That said, I’m going to say the same thing about this one as I said about another similar Manhattan Toy that I bought my son for his first birthday: the toy itself gets 5 stars, no question. However, if I were rating how much my son liked it, I would give it probably 2 1/2 stars because unfortunately, my one-year-old isn’t as thrilled about it as I am ☹️. He’s thrown it around a little bit, stepped on it a few times, shaken it once or twice, but other than that it’s gotten very little attention (from him) in the month or so since I bought it. Me, on the other hand .. I love it! I find it very aesthetically pleasing — the colors aren’t too dull or too bright — it’s made of a wonderfully soft, almost rubbery wood & it really is as elastic & squishy as they claim! I could literally spend hours just mindlessly squishing it, shaking it, or passing it from hand to hand. Another big plus is that because it’s such a well-made toy, I don’t see it breaking anytime soon, which means there’s lots of time yet for my son to fall in love with it! This has happened with a number of his other toys (possibly because he was born 6 weeks early so sometimes it can take a minute for him to catch up to what other kids his age are into). So, all that said, I would still buy it again .. it’s just one of those toys that you can really feel good about buying for your little one. Plus, what adult doesn’t love a toy they can play with, too?! Please let me know if you found this review helpful, as I also rely heavily on others’ reviews when purchasing items online 🙂.

I got this for our infant, and it quickly became one of his favorites. 1st off the balls on the edges have been great for him while teething, and he enjoys just putting it in his mouth and going to down on it. Also the strings make it really easy to hold for infants especially when they are just learning how to grasp. It's been a nice progression from holding the strings, to the wooden bars to the ball edges. Best things about it though is it hasn't snapped or broken apart like a couple of the other days. I like to squeeze the toys every so often to show him what to do and things like that and many cheaper made ones have broke, this one has held up. Great toy for infants, would definitely recommend everyone to get.

Quality is so solid! Both my husband and I investigated this toy thoroughly to ensure it wouldn’t be a choking hazard and it is definitely well built. By far my sons favorite toy and well worth the money! Love the colorful wood pieces, a fun and visually stimulating contrast to some others similar to this. If only I could find another toy that would hold his interest quite this well throughout his changing developmental stages. I feel very comfortable allowing him access to this while my back is turned.

Must go for this product . My baby is in love with this

Los juguetes de esta marca son garantía de calidad. A los niños les encanta agarrar, estirar, golpear, agitar, observar y en especial probar. Todo lo pueden hacer con toda seguridad. Ampliamente recomendable para los más chiquitos.

This is a great classic toy. It was delivered as expected.

Seems really cool! Baby seems to like it. He instantly grabbed it and tried to bite it. He doesn’t really pay much attention to his toys (he’s only three months old) so for him to grab it the way he did and bite it was the most interaction I’ve seen him have with a toy. The only reason I am giving this four stars is because the box was open upon arrival so I was skeptical on whether or not it was used. Doesn’t look used but the box was open so that’s odd to me. Other than that, pretty awesome toy! I feel like he is benefiting with everything. The texture, the teethers, the patterns and shapes and the way it squishes down. Heck even I was fascinated by it. Great toy.

My little guy really enjoys this toy. It's easy for him to manipulate, it has a gentle rattle, the colours are bright and interesting, and he loves putting the little knobs in his mouth and gumming them. I got this toy for my baby when he was 3 months old and he still enjoys it at 5 months.