Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Musical Activity Walker

This is a fun toy. There are a handful of musical instruments represented on the front of the walker piano, guitar, saxophone, etc. Each one, when activated, plays cute, upbeat music that makes babies happy. There's a volume switch to make mommy/daddy happy, too. We received this as a gift when my son was about 6 months old, and he loved sitting in front of it and activating the songs and sounds. When he began cruising, we merely propped it against an end table for extra support and left it out for him to cruise around and continue to play with. Great.

Until he began wanting to walk independently, but needed a little support from a walker. That's the point of this, right? Umm, not quite. We quickly realized that this is a fun toy, but NOT a good walker. It's very lightweight, and easily pushes away/tips when a newly-walking-toddler leans into it. It also can easily tip back when a toddler sits down, too, coming down on his head. After my son suffered a few painful faceplants and head bumps trying to use this walker, we took it away for his safety.

As a musical activity toy for a sitting/crawling/cruising baby, this is quite cute. As a walker for new toddlers, this doesn't do the trick. I'd recommend looking for something more sturdy.

We bought this item after reading a lot of reviews and doing research. At the end of the day, my goal was to have something for my 12 month old to practice walking with (so far she cruises along furniture... but I don't want her only walking sideways!) When we put it together and gave it to her, I have never seen her so happy!!! She walks back and forth across our carpeted room like she has a new found freedom! We got nervous when she went near our tile floor, but she did just fine. The ONLY time it might tip is when she runs up against furniture and tries to keep on going. However, we are usually right there (as responsible parents) and turn her around facing her in another direction. She has flipped it on herself twice (or, rather, flipped herself over it) but neither time was she hurt or even phased by the fall. I can't stress enough how perfect this was for us. I don't think it is cheaply made at all. She can pull herself up on either side, loves the buttons, loves the music... it's great!!!! BUY IT!!!

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This item offers absolutely no resistance against the wheels. If you don't hover over your child while they are walking, eventually you'll end up with some busted teeth or a bloody lip. If your child runs into anything with it, they will go over the top of it(as if over the handlebars on a bicycle). The plastic bends and the screw tips 'almost' pop through the plastic. It is very light so if your child is learning to walk... get them something else... Amazon customer support was willing to allow me a return, but we kept it as it does entertain my son. We have removed the wheels and the unit now sits stationary.

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Was wearing after reading other reviews but my goodness they made it seem like I was purchasing the start of a horror movie for my child. Purchased it for my daughter before xmas so she was about to turn 10 months. She's almost 11 months now and is doing better with it than when she first got it. From the help of her 1 month older cousin she picked up how to properly start using a walker. Unfortunately my child does want to PLAY with the front WHILE WALKING BEHIND. Hilarious to watch. She always uses it backwards. A bit easier for her to play and walk.

I believe this toy works better on none shag-ish carpet (idk what to call it exactly). The carpet in our upstairs portion of the house it does not allow the wheels to roll she gets frustrated and stops playing with it. Kitchen tile can you say WEEEEEE*faceplant* .... ok lesson learned, don't allow child to use in kitchen Didn't really think of using quite there ANYWAYS. Downstairs carpet ok cool, she uses it great. She crawls over and plays with just the front as well (we do have to have wheel stoppers of some form behind to back wheels while just playing with the front part otherwise it rolls away when she slams the piano keys haha)

Music is very short (does not play forever and ever and ever). Nice sounds actually 3 settings for sound. OFF, LOW, HIGH. High really isn't that bad, just helps her hear if there is something like the TV playing or other family members having fun elsewhere in the same room.

Yes the sounds do make noise when child isn't play a quick piano roll, or guitar sound TO GET THE CHILD TO COME BACK AND PLAY. This shouldn't be the ONLY toy to show cause and effect my child will play for with it knows the sound will go off in a few moments when she stops , waits for it to do the sound on it's own, laugh like there is no other joke told like this one, and get more into playing with it. The child will read it as an interactive game with them not confuse them completely on the short bit they learned on cause an effect. They still are getting that here AND hopefully else where if you're teaching them properly. /rant

You may need to be close by while they are learning to walk just like you would if they were learning to walk without the toy. Once they start cruising and are walking like a crab by going side to side steps, this toy will really help them cruise and learn the proper movement of the steps moving forward and back.

Falls may happen in life anyways will or without toys. Realize your child's milestone capabilities and follow proper parenting actions as it suits. Don't diss a product because your child may not be completely ready for all the aspects they are really really wanting to have.

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We received this toy as a gift for our 3rd daughter. We have gone through several walkers before, so I have others to compare this one to. Our little one was not yet pulling up when we received this.

Pros:

Assembly: there are only a couple screws(2 on each side I think?)to attach the "legs" to the top piece. It took me 2 minutes

The front part of the toy is actually really neat. They should have stopped there. There are several different activities requiring different types of actions from baby. The music played for each is cute and not annoying like other toys we have had.

Cons:

Once my baby tried to pull up on this toy things went downhill. When pulling up to a stand from either the front or back, the entire toy falls over. More than once it bonked her in the head and once it gave her a good bruise. She was actually DISCOURAGED from pulling up after that! Then, once we convinced her to try to use the toy from a standing she got going way to fast, the wheels caught on the carpet and she fell face-first into the toy.

We ended up taking the "legs" off of the toy after that. She played with it propped up on the table on a regular basis. it was constantly falling over, however, since this isn't what it was meant for...

Overall, I would not recommend this toy at all, and it's just not worth the price to not use the legs and just play with it on it's own.

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