Thursday, 16 August 2012  Bobbie Bear  Kimber Kids were kind
enough to send Wilf their new Bobbie Bear to test.  We have been
lucky enough that my parents saved a lot of the toys from my
childhood and so we have plenty of wooden and old Fisher Price
pieces that I love. However Wilf doesn't actually own many soft
toys so this was a welcome addition to his collection.  The
Bobbie Bear is actually a sensory toy and speaks if you press
its ear. It has three different voice recordings, one being a
song and the other two engaging phrases. Wilf at first was
surprised by the American voice (the only other two Americans he
knows being his god mumma/auntie Joc and the lift in Urban
Outfitters). However 'Bobbie' has quite a soft tone in
comparison with a lot of 'speaking' toys I've seen, the only
downside being Tom and I often spend the day with the song stuck
in our head.  I tend to only let Wilf press the button and he
worked out pretty quickly how to make him speak which I was
impressed with, he also skips to the son