VTech Baby Lil' Critters Soothing Starlight Polar Bear Nursery Projector

Bought for baby shower gift. I originally purchased the elephant 7 years ago when my grandson was born. He loved it! The bear is absolutely adorable. The price was great!

My daughter loves it and hasn’t broken yet, she’s had it for year and 4 months already.

I had this for both of my kids (one a hippo the other the polar bear). The fact that it starts to play when they cry is amazing. It always soothed them back to sleep and is a life savor, highly recommend!

We got one of these bears around 2 years ago for my son's first Christmas (he was only 3 months old) but we didn't end up using it until around 8 months ago because it got put somewhere and we lost track of it. It QUICKLY became my sons favorite thing at bedtime. He tends to go to sleep quicker with it and when he fusses it kicks on and helps sooth him back to sleep. Which is great because he can be a light sleeper so this helps him. We bought a 2nd one because about a week or so ago the original bear didn't seem to want to turn on according to my 17yr old. She supposedly tried changing the batteries but according to her it still wouldn't work. Guess I should have checked it myself before I ordered because I put new batteries in it and it worked fine. That's what I get for blindly accepting what my teenager told me lol.I docked one star on this for two reasons. First is that, like many others have said, this thing goes through a LOT of batteries. Especially if you have a child like mine who likes it CONSTANTLY playing, even during the day. And two, you may notice a DISTINCT color difference between the new and the old when it comes to the main body. The blue/purple one is actually the old one (you can see the slight yellow discoloration on the feet) while the new literal fresh out of the box one looks greyish and faded. Even my 10 year old commented on the difference in color. Now, this doesn't matter to my 2 year old of course and the new bear works perfectly fine for the short time I had turned it on. But it makes regifting this a little questionable because it looks.....old. I'm not sure if Vtech changed the coloring of the polar bear in the last few years but there is definitely a difference when you see them side by side. Either way, this bear is great and I do recommend it.

We have a 2 1/2 year old and received the blue hippo as a gift before he was born. He loves this. It is how he's fallen asleep almost every nap and night since he was born. I saw reviews that says the battery didn't last long, but ours lasts at least a month using it twice a day on the 45 minute setting. The options for stories and songs are nice too. There is one option where it is all music which is what we use to fall asleep. I love that this turns on with noise as well. When there are late night wake ups, it helps soothe him. We purchased the polar bear for our new child and it works just as well. I was surprised at how soft the head, tail and legs were compared to the hippo we already had. This is a great product that I see us using for years to come!

So cute, gave as a gift was the hit with all the one year olds

Our baby screamed in the car at night... non stop. We were ready to stop driving at night but then we bought this (in blue) and now she has no issues in the car at night. We recently put it in her room during nap time (which we were also struggling with) and now she drifts off to sleep with ease. It reads stories, sings songs, plays music, and has nature noises. You set the timer for 15, 30, or 45 minutes and it soothes them with noise and projects multicolored stars around the room. The best part, which we just realized with the naps, of baby cries, it turns back on to soothe them. We now use it at night too... truly a lifesaver. I just ordered the pink one to keep in my car, my husband will get the blue one we’ve had, and the bear one will stay in the nursery!

If I could rate it zero stars I would. We had the lamb for our daughter for about a year when it started only playing for 30 seconds no matter what we tried. I got another one thinking it was just in the fritz after a year of abuse. The bear worked fora solid week and a half before it started doing the same thing. I turned it off “try me” mode when we first got it and it worked for a week and half but now is only playing for 30 seconds (tried fully charged batteries as well). Of course I threw out the box and now am stuck with this faulty item. Do not buy.