Lamaze Play and Grow Stretch the Giraffe Take Along Toy

by Lamaze

Product Features

• Brightly colored, with stretchy legs that rattle, crinkle, jingle, chime, and squeak
• Builds coordination by rewarding baby's pulls, squeezes, and grabs with fun sounds
• Soft body and head; teether rings around neck; colorful ribbons, knots, and ties make up legs
• Attached Lamaze link makes this handy as take-along toy
• Newborn to 24 months; 90-day limited warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 6 x 3.1 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000I2Q0FE
• UPC: 796714270258
• Item model number: LC27025
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,488 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #9 in Toys & Games > Baby & Toddler Toys > Car Seat & Stroller Toys
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for babies from birth up to 24 months, the Lamaze Stretch the Giraffe is made to delight babies and stimulate their natural curiosity. Whether playing in his crib, sitting in the high chair, or traveling in the car, your little one will enjoy hours of interactive play and exploration with this cute, cuddly toy. Developed in conjunction with child development experts from Yale University, Stretch comes complete with a portable Lamaze link clip for easy attachment to strollers, carriers, and diaper bags.

The Lamaze Stretch the Giraffe: Helps stimulate baby's vision and auditory skills Builds coordination by rewarding baby's pulls with fun sounds Comes complete with Lamaze link clip for easy attachment to strollers, carriers and diaper bags

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Stimulates Baby's Vision and Auditory Skills
When babies are first born, they see in black and white. This is why Stretch strikes a balance between bright, high contrast patterns that help stimulate baby's vision, and bold solid colors that give baby's eyes a place to rest. Sounds like rattle, crinkle, jingle, chime and squeak also help stimulate and develop baby's auditory skills. Finally, Stretch's large, friendly eyes invite baby to focus and stare at a single object, which can help calm baby while supporting healthy eye development.

Builds Coordination
Stretch has a soft, plush body and head that encourage exciting play or quiet cuddling. Stretchy legs feature colorful ribbons, knotties and clinky rings that help build coordination by rewarding baby's pulls, squeezes and grabs with fun sounds. Baby can also clutch or chew on the safe, cheery and clinky rings around Stretch's neck, and grasp and twist the securely fastened ears, horns and decorative ribbons.

Stretch measures 3.0 x 6.0 x 12.0 inches (WxHxD), is machine washable, and comes backed with a 90-day limited warranty.

High Contrast patterns

Stretchy legs

Colorful ribbons

Click Clack rings

About Learning Curve
The creative force behind hundreds of award-winning toys, Learning Curve created the Lamaze Infant Development System by working in tandem with parents, babies, and childhood experts. Learning Curve understands that what matters most to parents is keeping their children healthy, happy, and safe. The company's goal is to help parents do just that by offering products for every stage of a child's development--from feeding to playing to sleeping. Learning Curve's thoroughly researched developmental toys engage children, and provide parents with peace of mind. And their care, safety, feeding and soothing products give you solutions to day-to-day needs at mealtime, bedtime, at home and on-the-go.

What's in the Box
Giraffe toy and Lamaze link clip.

Amazon.com Product Description

Stretch the Giraffe will be baby's first best friend. This colorful, brightly patterned Lamaze Play and Grow character comes with multiple textures and sounds to keep baby entertained. His stretchy legs have colorful ribbons, knotties, and clinky rings, encouraging your little one to play and build coordination. Stretch is recommended for babies from newborn to 24 months.

Rainbows of Fun Colors--and Sounds
Watch your baby snuggle with the plush body while clutching or chewing on the safe, colorful, clinky rings around his neck. Stretch's cute, friendly face is topped by perky, securely fastened ears and horns and decorative ribbons. His legs are stretchy and bright, and can entertain baby for hours with their ribbons and knots. The giraffe will also produce a variety of surprising sounds--rattles, crinkles, jingles, chimes, and squeaks--that reward baby for coordination-building grabs, pulls, and squeezes.

Perfect to Take Along
Moms and dads will appreciate the Lamaze link, which makes Stretch the Giraffe a perfect take-along toy. Attach him to a crib, car seat, or play mat and baby will be happily entertained. Stretch the Giraffe measures 12 x 6 x 3 inches (LxHxW), can be easily surface cleaned, and comes backed with a 90-day limited warranty.

About Learning Curve
Learning Curve offers developmental toys that engage children, and provide parents with peace of mind, knowing their children are being inspired and enlightened by safe and high-quality playthings. Learning Curve created the Lamaze Infant Development System working in tandem with parents, babies, and childhood experts. Lamaze ensures your baby will grow, discover, and learn with the right toy at the right time.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My baby loves it, April 19, 2007

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S. Sprague "Sara(NYC)" (New York, NY, USA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lamaze Play and Grow Stretch the Giraffe Take Along Toy (Toy)

My 4 month old loves it, and has loved it since he was around 3 months old. I hang it from his bassinet, the toy bar on his stroller/car seat, and the toybar on his swing. It always catches his interest and as he's growing he's discovering new things about it. That the feet make sounds or feel crunchy, etc. It's great to watch him engage a toy like this. It's the first one that he had interest in, and the longest-lasting.

73 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning, May 12, 2008

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M. Windham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lamaze Play and Grow Stretch the Giraffe Take Along Toy (Toy)

A Personal Warning to all who have this baby toy by Lamaze. (Stretch The Giraffe)
PLEASE READ!!

I LOVED this giraffe..this thing is the cutest toy ever and I had placed this on my wish list for my baby shower last May. Well..I ended up receiving the giraffe from a good friend of mine for my baby shower like I had wanted. My son had only played with it maybe twice since he's been born, so it's still pretty brand new.

My son is 10 months old now, and we just moved to a new house last week, so I re introduced him to stretch yesterday, (still in super new condition) and he had been sitting in his highchair playing with him, chewing and biting on him as most babies will do with their toys. It's to be expected.

I was upstairs unpacking, my son was in his highchair next to my husband while he washed dishes when my son started choking!!

He was choking on the white stuffing inside the toys foot! He had managed to chew the thing until it became unstitched at the seams and that's when the stuffing began to fill his mouth. He must have swallowed a majority of what he had in his mouth. Needless to say, it was a frightening moment for all of us!!

UGH! I am just so disappointed and now concerned for anyone else's children who may have this toy!

Upon close inspection of this toy after the fact, I noticed that the stitching is very poor. Not nearly strong enough to withstand the mouth of a teething baby! I noted other parts of the giraffes seams and stitching where it has signs of also beginning to become unstitched!

The very worst part is the fact that had my son gone un noticed and not attended to right away, he could have very well choked completely, or the round small plastic squeaker (also inside the same foot he opened) could have also come out and easily become lodged inside his throat! In fact there are multiple "perfectly sized pieces" including a small round ball rattle, a more flat circular shaped rattle and the disc shaped squeaker (the one my son almost managed to get out) inside each foot. Again..they are very poorly secured inside the giraffe and are a major choking hazard! I hate to think of how many babies go to bed with this toy and are possibly left alone with it when they wake up in the morning or after a nap. Parent unsuspecting, because these toys made by learning curve are supposed to be designed with safety in mind. Safety being what Learning Curves number one priority is. I would have never have thought to check those details since I was convinced this toy or any toy designed by a big name baby toy company was undoubtedly safe to let my baby play with.

This toy needs to be recalled ASAP! I have contacted Learning Curve /Lamaze RC2 department regarding this serious issue, and Stretch the Giraffe is on his way back to them for inspection. I have no doubt they will issue a recall. If I were you...and just to warn parents ahead of time..please refrain from buying stretch for now! Or if you have him already, take him away from your baby...especially babies with teeth!

In an effort to make me, the consumer happy, they offered me a new toy and that's on it's way now, but in reality, is that really enough? Or does that make up for the fact that we watched our little son choke and go through that trauma? Imagining the scenario if we had not been right there to help him...would the new toy suffice? It's horrifying imagining the things that COULD have happened and Thank God that didn't.

In addition I am going to be weary of the new toy and I am not even sure he will play with it until I inspect every inch of it, and now I need to sit with him every second while he plays with in fear that some little thing could go wrong in a toy that has been deemed safe from a reputable company I have grown to love and trust. I just believe this is an honest mistake but a serious issue that was grossly overlooked. I know that Learning Curve will do the right thing in the end.

I will never send my son to bed nor leave him to play with ANY toy, stuffed animal, or object ever again for fear that he will wake up, be alone and begin innocently teething while I am still asleep, and something similar to this may happen. It's a good thing that wasn't the case this time.
Please parents...check the babies toys! You just never know!!

Forward this to all your friends who you think may have this toy, may buy it, are expecting a baby, have infants and small children.

-Tiffany

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great toy!, August 2, 2007

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Ashley Volkerts "Ash" (Stockton, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamaze Play and Grow Stretch the Giraffe Take Along Toy (Toy)

We had one of these before and it was my sons favorite toy. It got lost and if anyone said 'giraffe' he would start looking around for it. We bought a replacement and he is as happy as ever! The colors, the noises, he loves it all!