LeapFrog My Pal Scout, Plush Pre School Learning Toy with Personalisation, Songs, Learning Puppy with Phrases and Lullabies, Suitable for 6 Months and 1, 2, 3 Year Old Boys and Girls

What a great toy! LeapFrog have surpassed themselves this time. There is no doubt in my mind as to why this was chosen as mother & baby item of the year!Although this is for 6-36 months, I bought this for our 6 week old daughter, it says her name, favourite animal, colour & food ( chosen from a list of options ). Granted, she doesn't have favourites yet, but with the ability to change the options as frequently as we like, there's no harm in hinting that her favourite food should be vegetables ;-)She loves her Scout, he speaks in an adorable little boy's voice, and is quickly becoming her best friend. Everyone we show thinks it's fantastic that he says her name, and with little songs about how they're best friends, and spelling out her name, we couldn't ask for more... Well, maybe one thing- it'd be nice if he said mummy/mum and daddy/dad as we think her first word might end up being her own name.. And we're a tad jealous!Knowing how great this is, I'd have happily paid more, it's a great investment and can be altered to be used with subsequent children too. 5 Stars & A++ from us.

This is one of the best toys I ever bought.I bought it for my son for his first Christmas just so he had a teddy to sing to him in bed. He was only nearly 4 months old. That was over 2 years ago.I've only had to replace the batteries once.Scout's been EVERYWHERE since.My son adores him. He takes him to bed, puts him to sleep, enjoys singing the songs that Scout sings to him, he helps to progress my sons speaking, my son tries to feed him food, he takes him out anywhere we go and my son speaks to him and tells him storiesI also bought my son the Leap Pad, which has Scout and Violet on it. So combined they are perfect because he loves Scout.I'd say this is a must for any parent. At first, my son didn't bother with him because he was just another teddy. But over the past year he's adored him.I also had to buy this as a Christmas present for another member of the family!Definitely a 5 star toy, as are most of Leap Frogs products. Every single one that I've bought for my son have helped him in one way or another just by playing with it. I teach him stuff from books and flash cards etc but they're not as effective as toys, because he likes playing, he's a child. And the more he plays, the more he hears!

Fantastic toy for my baby and I'm sure this will be a firm favourite throughout his early years.Scout is incredibly easy to set up just plug the headphone jack into your phone or laptop, go to the webpage supplied on the paperwork and input your child's name, favourite colour, animal and food. You do have to sign up with an e-mail address but this is a very quick process and also they only have set names so if your child has an unusual name the chances are it won't be there, you can choose a nickname but again these are set names such as princess, sweetie pie and champ or you can ask Scout to spell your child's name instead. Favourite food, colour and animal all also have to be selected from a list, once set up you can sign back into your account, plug in the headphone jack again and change if your child's preferences change.Scout essentially has three settings - phrases, songs and night time songs. Scout's phrases are things such as 'can you think of something blue? I'm thinking of the sky' although he doesn't really leave enough time for your child to answer. The night time mode plays calming music for bedtime and the songs setting sings nursery rhymes and songs such as 'The Wheels on the Bus'. Scout's badge lights up when he is talking so it catches your child's attention and there are two volume settings so you can have Scout on the 'quiet' setting if you wish.My baby hasn't yet figured out that you need to press Scout's paws for him to talk but he loves that Scout sings to him and recognises his name when Scout talks to him so coos along, he also loves to chew Scout's ears. Would recommend to anyone.