My first toy was Oscar the Owl. I received him as a baby and loved him very much. He was a wind up that played music. I slept with him for years. When my son (now 7) was a toddler he acquired Oscar in the way that a young child acquires their parents stuff - by picking it up and refusing to let go. Despite the fact that he has one eye and sounded horrible my son listened to him for years. Eventually he stopped making any sounds and was discarded so I reclaimed him. When my daughter was born I bought her Taggles the Duck whose bill she loves to suck on. She's only six months old so we'll see if this one will last her 30 years.
