The Animal Exploration Tunnel is an activity tunnel designed to excite babies with interactive developmental toys including discovery flash cards, bird that “tweets“, water filled teether , soft sun rattle, and ring rattle, as well as pictures of Baby Einstein characters and realistic animals on the floor mat. The Animal Exploration Tunnel is made by Baby Einstein.  The Animal Exploration Tunnel comes complete with a 4-foot long tunnel, with mesh windows, movable toys, and a  crinkle floor mat with bright images.  This is the ideal toy for early crawlers or babies that you are trying to encourage to crawl.  Best suited for babies 3 months and older.

Pros:

• Mesh cutouts in wall of tunnel allow for peek-a-boo between parent and child.
• Many of the toys are removable.  They can be moved from the arch to the mat, or taken out of the tunnel for a bed-time buddy or car ride entertainment.
• There are additional rings that can be used to hang other toys (that did not come with the tunnel), for added and constantly changing interest.
• The tunnel is really light-weight and can be easily lifted and moved out of the way.
• Because of visual images on the floor mat, the Animal Exploration Tunnel encourages both tummy time and movement in the tunnel.

Cons:

• The Animal Exploration Tunnel is quite large and takes up a lot of space when it is fully assembled.

• It is necessary to remove the metal support tubes to fold up the Animal Exploration Tunnel and put away.  Some people find this cumbersome.
• Children should never be left unattended while in the Animal Exploration Tunnel, as there are several common sense warnings: 1.  There is a potential suffocation hazard if used on a soft surface, other than the floor.  2.  There is also a potential fall hazard if this product is used some place other than the floor, as the tunnel is very light-weight and children can move it.  3. The tunnel could collapse on baby if the metal supports are used for support to stand with.
• The mesh sides of the tunnel are fragile and are easily stuck to Velcro in the wash.

Twilight Constellation Night Light, by Cloud b, is a cute plush turtle that acts as a soothing and educational nightlight, designed to not only help baby feel safe and soothed when falling asleep, but also to teach about the five endangered species highlighted on the shell. Twilight Constellation Night Light comes with several different nightlight modes.  One in which  the turtle shell illuminates for a calming nightlight effect in one of the following colors aquamarine, blue, or green.  The second modes is a night sky is projected on the ceiling, including  stars illuminated in a background of ocean blue, emerald green ,or the two colors together.   The last mode consists of  five endangered sea animals pictured on the shell; each individually lights up. There is an auto shut-off with a 45-minute sleep timer. The Sea Turtle Twilight Constellation Night Light also comes with an adoption certificate, and a star guide for identifying the projected constellations.  This toy is best appreciated by children from age 2 to adult.  Children under 2 should not play with this toy unsupervised, although it is still an ideal nightlight.

Pros:

• The Twilight Constellation Night Light comes with 3 AAA batteries included, so it is ready to light up the night when you get it home.
• The 45-minute sleep timer allows children to be soothed  to sleep, by  the soft lighting, without wasting too much battery life.
• Projects a beautiful night sky in three soothing and lovely colors.
• Twilight Sea Turtle’s adoption certificate and storybook make this little sea turtle nightlight really feel like a part of the family, and also helps to teach children about endangered animals.
• Also makes a great nightlight for late-night breast feeding, as it provides just the right amount of light.

Cons:

• In order for the stars to look like stars, this nightlight needs to be placed on a tall object in the center of the room, i.e. a dresser.  If the nightlight is placed on the floor, the constellations appear more like fuzzy dots, which make identifying constellations difficult.
• The stars do not move around when projected on the walls.
• Turtle shell on the nightlight is hard plastic, not soft fabric, some people did not like that aspect of the nightlight.
• The toy is not meant to be handled by children under the age of 2, as the shell is hard and could cause injury to either baby or parent if swung or thrown like a weapon.  Also the shell could break when swung or thrown, potentially leaving sharp plastic shards that could injure a baby.
• There is not an OFF button, so batteries can wear out if older children turn the nightlight on multiple time per day.
• Because this nightlight contains fragile LED lights, it is not really meant to be played with in any sort of a rough manner.  It is really mean to be a cute, sweet nightlight.