Melissa & Doug Deluxe Chomp and Clack Alligator Push Toy and Activity Walker - Wooden Baby Push Walker For Ages 1+

The media could not be loaded. Our 11 month old daughter absolutely LOVES this little push toy! We have only had it for about two weeks, but she has gained so much confidence in her ability to walk in such a short time, I wish we had thought to buy it for her sooner. She is now trying to take steps between furniture rather than resorting to crawling right away!We are members of the Denver Zoo so we take our daughter there 2-3 times a week, and she loves walking around with this little walker and looking at the animals. (See attached video). This walker is very stable, so she is able to pull herself up to standing with it. She uses the handlebar to catch herself when she stumbles and falls and it does not tip over unless she is very off balance, however, we are always right there to catch her in such cases; you can see it coming so there is time to react. The wheels don't run away from her as she's walking unless she is on a steeper incline, and she must control the speed of the walker herself (there is not a break or slowing mechanism to keep her from gaining too much speed, she must control this herself). She must use her core strength to do this and it has improved her balance exponentially. This walker has a very low clearance, which makes it stable, but you will still need to clear small rocks out of the way or pick up the toy when your child gets hung up on a rock. The wheels and all other parts of the toy easily wipe clean, and the little black strip on the wheels is raised rubber which gives the wheels grip and is not hard on floors, so we also use this in our home. I have not noticed that it is loud, as other reviewers have, as there is a green felt strip in each alligator mouth which reduces the noise. To me, it sounds like a wagon being pulled outside. The zoo staff also inspected it before we were allowed to bring it in because if it were too noisy it could scare the animals and would thus not be allowed in. We have gotten many compliments from other parents about what a great little walker this is, and every time we go to the zoo we get asked multiple times where we got it.The only negative factor, which may have been caused by user error, is that I have noticed the paint on the handle bar rubs off onto hands (both mine and baby's). This didn't start happening until we used it at the zoo for the first time, so it may have been caused by sunscreen, which I apply liberally to my daughter including her hands. I also used baby wipes to clean the dirt off of the handle bar, as my daughter sits down to inspect leaves and other small things she finds while she is pushing this toy, so it may have been caused by that as well. This issue is not worth taking a star off though, I will take a little child-safe paint rubbing off over a smashed chin on the pavement any day! The paint washes off of our hands easily. That said, I still don't like that the handlebar paint rubs off, so I plan to resolve this issue by sanding the paint off of the handle. I will update this review of whether or not that is successful.

Melissa and Doug make great toys. This push toy is great for a beginner walker. Easy to put together and would definitely recommend.

Among my mom's group I'd say this walker and the Vtech sit to stand walker are the most popular. I decided to buy this one for my daughter's first Bday. She was just starting to cruise at this time. I decided on this over the Vtech because it felt much more sturdy and my daughter could push this along slowly without it slipping out from under her. The vtech is much lighter so when she'd stand behind it, it would move so fast that she would slip and tumble. Well it turns out my brother bought her the vtech for her Bday. I am glad that I kept both because she loves them both, still uses them both a lot and they are better suited for different situations. I'll focus on the Alligator push toy nowIt is GREAT for smooth floors, hardwood, tile and sidewalk because it is SO sturdy. It's perfect for a child who is just beginning to cruise and is still not very stable. Because it's on the heavier side, hey could lean on it without it speeding away, which would cause them to fall.Not the best for thick carpet. Now that my daughter can walk well she can push it around in rooms where we have a thicker carpet, but most people buy these when a child is just starting to walk and if you have mostly carpet in your house it probably won't be very easy for your child to push it around.My husband was concerned that my daughter would pinch her fingers in the mouth of the alligator, she never has but her little friend did. She was holding on to the alligators mouth and then leaned on it. I didn't think it was too big of a deal, it hurt i guess but she was fine. It wouldn't stop me from buying it.The only thing I'm bummed about was that all the other M&D alligator push toys I've seen are very vibrant in color, the blue part of mine looks like they only did one coat of paint and left it.

We (but mostly our baby) loves this little walker! It's very high quality, feels sturdy to the touch/push and works quite perfectly. Our daughter was even enthralled by the twisty blocks half way of the handle. Early on she would sit and spin those for longer than she would stand and push the whole cart. Our daughter has been using this to walk around for almost four months now, well before she was walking on her own. So this provided her a practical and fun way to get up and start using her feet, learning to balance and practice walking. It's been fun to watch her slowly get more confident and begin to walk correctly (not on toes, feet pointed straight, etc).One note, that actually turned out to be more than fine, is that the gators on the front don't actually make noise even though the name is chomp and clack. There isn't really much of a clack to be heard. You really only hear the wheels turning. This wasn't a bad thing (and for our sanity probably was a good thing), but I kind of thought the gators would make noise as the cart was pushed. They do make the chomp motion up and down though. Another thing to be aware of is the height of the handle is not flexible. Our daughter is a bit short and smaller than normal for her size so she's had no problem fitting the height of the handle. But thinking if someone had a taller baby maybe it wouldn't fit so naturally? Not really a big deal as I woud think once kids are too tall, they're also too tall to be needing a walker. But something to know.Overall it's been a great purchase that we're very happy we made.

very well built, but my grandson was not very interested in it

I bought this toy for my 1 year old grandson. He loves the toy. It's sturdy and works well on both hard and carpeted floors. It has really encouraged him in learning to walk. I highly recommend this product.