Customer Reviews

Prince Lionheart Original Slumber Bear with Silkie Blanket - Beige

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This is a great item. I found out about it on the "Baby Whisperer" forums. We have this hung on the side of my baby's crib where her feet can kick it (and start it) when she fidgets. Sometimes she will wake and start to fidget and when this comes on she settles right down and goes back to sleep. We also turn it on for her as part of our routine to signal that it is time to go to sleep. The first time we used it she was two weeks old and she wasn't settling down. When we turned it on she perked up, listened intently, and then practically melted into my shoulder! She went off to sleep pretty quickly after that.

It is a shame it only runs for five minutes, but I've found that my baby tends to kick it when it shuts off. We hear it run multiple times during the night also. If it didn't shut off after five minutes it would run the batteries out even quicker.

Ah yes, the great problem with this product.... We go through a set of four AAA batteries every three days with this! Thankfully we got ourselves some rechargeables, but even then you need two sets so one can charge while you use the other one.

I didn't find the silkie particulaly useful. Maybe when she is older she'll want it for something, but right now we can't put it close to her without it being a hazard and she doesn't seem to know it exists if it isn't very close. Perhaps other babies will be different.

The sound box is not very loud when it is inside the bear. We ended up taking it out and hanging it by it's velcro strip to the bear's arm so that it could be turned towards our baby.

A great feature of this product is that the sound becomes more and more faint as the battery dies. This way she can still hear it, but we know that the batteries need changing.

There is an on and off switch and a volume control knob.

In our house this has been very well worth the purchase price. Very worthwhile!

The previous reviewer was a bit harsh on this product. Maybe it doesn't work with colicky babies, but my son didn't have colic and he really enjoyed the sounds. My only negative was that the sound shut off too quickly. 5 minutes at the most. To be truly effective, it needs to play longer. It also successfully lulled my husband and I back to sleep when my son was in his bassinet in our room, so that's an added bonus! It's definitely not something to make high priority, but if you get it as a gift or can borrow on, I would definitely recommend it. Oh and by the way, ALL of the techniques shown in Happiest Baby on the Block work like a charm. Maybe not on colicky babies though...

This device had my child falling asleep after he had woken up in the middle of the night- because it's sound activated by the babies cries. I know of no other soother that you don't have to get up and turn on. The white noise sounds of the womb comforted my child and it saved me quite a bit of sleep.

This is the single best, must have baby item I have seen. We use it with our now 6 month old baby. When she was only 4 days old we started using it. Our baby was sleeping through the night in the first month. When she would awaken at night, she would drift back to sleep within minutes. We take this item with us when we go to grandparents or on any trips.

The problems with this bear are that the sound doesn't stay on long enough (only 5 minutes!) and the sound and motion activator is not sensitive enough! My daughter had to scream into the device with it right in front of her to activate it and by then she is too worked up and too loud for her to hear the womb sound to calm her down. The womb sound works for her, she just needed something that stayed on longer. We ended up exchanging this item for the "Sound Sleeper", which works wonders! I recommend that rather than this bear-- and the "Sound Sleeper" is less expensive!

I wasn't too sure how well it would work with my son since the sounds do shut off after only 5 minutes, but somehow he manages to kick or move the soundbox to turn it back on and once it starts going, he is OUT! This is the only way he will sleep in his crib and I've also found that it is very useful to have when he is at the sitter's. I think it comforts him to have a "mommy" sound nearby when mommy can't be there. It's only been a few days, but so far, it's a hit!

When my twins were infants, I was given a bear very similar to this one. Initially, I put them in the same crib with the bear between them. They always found their way to the bear and had their little heads pushed up against the bear while they slept. I think it was very comforting for them because they took 2 naps per day for at least 4 years. Of course, they had their own cribs after they were a few months old but my little Whitney seemed to need the comfort of the heartbeat more than David. That was over twenty years ago. Now, Whitney has one for her little boy on-the-way. A definite best buy for the new mommy and child.

We recieved this as a gift and at first didn't think much about using it as it might be just one of those gimmicks. Our baby is now 3-1/2 months old and we are still using it. We noticed almost right away that when we turned it on he would settle down and go back to sleep. It wasn't long before he began moving enough to bump it and set it off by himself which was great. Now we can hear it go off all through the night and he usually settles down each time. While you might not see a difference the first few times, hang in there and keep using it and I think you will see how well it works. We have friends who just had triplets and we are getting one for them as we know they are going to need all the help they can get.

The slumber bear looks cute and will hopefully turn into a favorite toy of my daughter's. However, as far as comforting my daughter, the bear only works if she goes back to sleep within the five minute period. I have seen her calm down a bit when the sound kicks on, however, the minute the sound shuts off, my daughter is up and fussing. The sound activator is not sensitive enough. The only time the sound has started on its own is when I've squeezed the bear or dropped it. I spent the first couple of weeks getting up and squeezing the bear when it shut off. After two weeks, I gave up. The company either needs to make a device in which the sound lasts longer or design some type of remote control for the parents.

We now own 5 of these amazing little bears.

My 4 year old was rewarded with a new slumber bear when she was 1 year old, and at 4 years old now - her and her family of bears are inseparable.

Soft, cuddly, and amazingly cute-looking, these soothed my kids like no other toy could.
The noisemaker inside the teddy emits a constant and comforting rushing sound - supposed to mimic the sounds of the womb. Believe me - it is a much better sound than a screaming baby !

Now that they are older, we have removed the soundmaker from teddy's tummy, and it has become a cuddly friend to share their bed.

What's more, they come in blue, pink, and original beige. They wear well - we still have her original bear that has lasted through 4 years of all kinds of mistreatment.