Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Learning Table Product Review:
Annaliese is almost 5 months old and fell in LOVE with the Fischer Price Laugh & Learn learning table the moment I took it out of the box. This was the first real “toy” that she has been able to play with and I am super happy that it worked well with her.
Of course as a mom the first part of the product that catches my eye and thoughts is the packaging. Did they waste a lot of space? How hard is it to get out of the box? Is it kid friendly? Does the product do what the box shows it doing or did it mislead me and my child?
This product gets high scores on all of that and more! The packaging was beautiful and eye catching, showed exactly what the toy does, and was super simple to get open! What more could a mom ask for?
The second thing that comes to mind is: How hard is it to put together? Did it come with batteries? Am I going to want to break something and scream before this is over???
This table is perfect! It came with batteries and with the stage that Annaliese is at…it was ready to play with as soon as it was out of the box. Once she gets a little older and is trying to stand all I have to do is pop the legs in and voila! I tested this to see how easy they were to get in and out…SIMPLE!
Even my 4 year old plays with this table! For some reason she is mesmerized by it! She has played with it for HOURS without a single sign of boredom! That is saying something! I am very happy with the fact that this seems to be a toy that my girls can play with together. There aren’t a lot of products that encourage them to do that at this age. This table is big enough and has enough interactive options that it can keep both of them happy and engaged for long periods of time
I like that if they don’t play with it for a few minutes (probably more like 30 seconds) it will say something like, “Hello, are you there?” or “Let’s play!” this really pulls my girls in. Especially the 4 year old! She was fussing at the table the other day because the phone kept ringing. She said that her friends wanted to talk way too often and she was just too busy typing on the computer. Hehe
It has a ton of things to keep her entertained from interactive parts, to a variety of sound options. It can even speak Spanish to her!
Her favorite part seems to be the book and ball at the moment. (They are the easiest for her to manipulate) She just can’t stop giggling anytime she rolls the ball or turns a page which makes things light up and noises happen.
As a mom, I love the fact that it has different settings. This will make it so that she can enjoy it for a longer period of time. Not only do you have options for the sounds (ABCs/123s, music, Spanish/English, and interactive real life sounds) but you can also set it up in different ways. You may choose to either lay it flat on the floor, which is perfect for babies just learning to sit, or set it up on it’s legs which encourages standing play!
I only have two complaints so far. One is that it doesn’t have a volume control. Any mom with the “noise making” toys knows that volume control is an important one! Two, while the Spanish option is great, it says the English word first and with as fast as my girls are hitting the buttons and moving pages the Spanish words are seldom heard.
At the end of the day my girls had a blast and wore themselves out!
I would definitely recommend this toy to others, even with the two issues I have. Overall, it is a very educational and engaging toy that my girls ADORE!