Our son had the gift when he was 5 or 6 months, and he did everything subsequently adopted. He never had any trouble to take it in hand. His favorite game is when you press the giraffe she blows him to look on his face! He loves it! When he was little, he opened his mouth to feel the air on his tongue, that much amused us, too. Now he has 10 months, and he still loves. By cons, we have never used the bath. I think it should not be easy to empty the giraffe seen his form, and he already has other bath toys.