Update: we were able to return the product and get a new one although we had to wait a week for it. The return process was easy and the new product is what was expected. Hopefully this one will last 7 years like the old one we had.

We had a Rody in the past that lasted through 2 1/2 kids. Our youngest was so sad when Rody sprung a leak that we couldn't fix. So we bought a new one for him for Christmas. Unfortunately, when we inflated him he became lop sided. One side curves in as it should, the other just blew out. 😕 My son actually does OT and Rody was perfect for him. So sad that this new one is defective. 😕

It was Easter of 2014, and my wife and I, along with our then 15-month-old daughter were invited over to my wife's Aunt Mary's house for Easter dinner.

Aunt Mary is somewhat older, and doesn't have many kids toys at her house, but, she did happen to have this way-old-school rocking horse thing with huge springs, and a metal frame, and... it was just the kind of thing that parents nowadays would look at and think immediately that 'my kid is going to lose a finger on that somehow'...

Well, we didn't let the old-school horse-rocker deter us from letting our daughter get on it to just 'give-it-a-go'... and boy, did we regret that decision as soon as we made it.

Dont worry, she didn't lose a finger.

She did, however, fall in love with bouncing on EVERYTHING from that day on, while yelling "neigh! neigh! neigh!"

Sofa arms? "Neigh! neigh! neigh!"

Dining room chair? "Neigh! neigh! neigh!"

Dad's knee? "Neigh! neigh! neigh!"

The next-door-neighbor's 2-year-old kid? "Neigh! neigh! neigh!"

Finally, after about 4 months of my kid 'neighing' on everything, my wife and I decided we needed to find something that would fulfill my daughter's love for neighing while also allowing her to stay somewhat safe while doing so (the arm of a sofa is just 2.5' too high for our comfort)...

Enter the Rody - this thing allows my daughter to 'neigh' til the horses come home - she bounces on it everywhere, and - BONUS - since there are no springs to do the work, she wears herself out on it while bouncing which leads to more peaceful naptimes after a full session on this thing.

Buy this - it's fun for the kids, and fun for you.

Got this for my nephews 1st birthday for him to grow into and he loved it. He bounced and moved around and it's super sturdy.

This was a gift, so the parents inflated it. My granddaughter seems to love it and bounces around on it!

My daughter seems to not get the hang of it. She almost looks too big for it (she's 2) or the product seems to not inflate all the way (but we've inflated it to the max, where it seems like it's about to burst). She falls off easily and doesn't bounce well on it. I thought it would be like the videos but instead of bouncing up and down my daughter seems to lose her balance on it quickly. Maybe it's just because when I first gave this to my daughter she was still trying to balance out having a large head (don't toddlers look like cute bobble heads, lol) but her balancing skills are much better now. I'll try to give it to her again and see if she can play with it more now. Before she would bounce and go flying off the thing but I think she's gotten more skills at balancing the past 4 months and will be able to use this more in the spring. I like it because it's adorable and seems like it will be a ton of fun once she gets used to the concept. She really does have fun on it the times I let her play but I always have to put pillows around her and be on alert in case she falls. As she gets older though she'll have a blast.