We got this for our daughter's first Christmas becasue we thought it would be educational, fun and grow with her.  Well at almost 15 months she still can't make this thing work most of the time.  You have to press the area so hard to make it work that most time my husband or I have to do it for her.  At first she was ok with us helping her but since she's turned 1 and hit her independant stage, she doesn't want us to help her with it.  She will beat on this thing tring so hard to get it to work but she rarely gets anyhting out of it.  This makes her mad and turns it off...the power button is onteh front and very easy to work.  She's just lost interst in it totally becasue it is so hard for her to use.

We also had problems with cards when she was letting us help her.  They didn't want to slide in and stay put.  They would slide out or not pop in enough for it to register.  It was also a total pain trying to remember which activity card came with which cartridge and book.  This was also one of the few things that we got for her that ate batteries...we were replacing them at least every other week during the height of its use.

All in all, it's an ok item but liek other reviwers have suggested it does need some improvements.
We got this for our daughter's first Christmas becasue we thought it would be educational, fun and grow with her. Well at almost 15 months she still can't make this thing work most of the time. You have to press the area so hard to make it work that most time my husband or I have to do it for her. At first she was ok with us helping her but since she's turned 1 and hit her independant stage, she doesn't want us to help her with it. She will beat on this thing tring so hard to get it to work but she rarely gets anyhting out of it. This makes her mad and turns it off... the power button is onteh front and very easy to work. She's just lost interst in it totally becasue it is so hard for her to use. We also had problems with cards when she was letting us help her. They didn't want to slide in and stay put. They would slide out or not pop in enough for it to register. It was also a total pain trying to remember which activity card came with which cartridge and book. This was also one of the few things that we got for her that ate batteries... we were replacing them at least every other week during the height of its use. All in all, it's an ok item but liek other reviwers have suggested it does need some improvements.