I have the FP power plus - got it bc it plugs into the wall... i dont have any complaints about it - dont RAVE about it but it does the trick and i have used it with both my boys. I think DS1 grew out of it around 8 months (cant remember exactly). I know i used it a bit also when we first started solids and he was too small to sit in high chair - i used to sit him in there for his solids... so obv it lasted til a bit after 6 months at least...
I dont use it ALL the time but they do like the rocking motion and it is another activity/position for them in these early days...
preagainpan - Thanks, yeah I read similar things about it. I also don't know if just the back and forth motion will suffice as when I swing her she's going side to side, which is why i'm thinking maybe the cradle n swing as it does both directions.
Would love to hear more suggestions of some others people have had success with!
We have the FP rainforect cradle swing, you can rotate the seat so it swings side to side or front to back, some days DD would hate it one way but love it the other. It has been replaced with the Precious Planet version. We didn't get it until she was a few months old and sooo wish we got it earlier (DD only hit the weight limit of 9kg at 12 1/2 months!) The batteries lasted ages as well.
A friend lent me the FP carry along swing, I had it at my office but DD didn't like it as much I think is swung too fast (her son hated it ) and I am not sure the incline of the seat was right, as the big one we had at home was adjustable
I didn't udnerstand why belly buddies were buying them... now I know why
i have an older fisher price cradle type swing i got second hand which i couldn't have lived without for the first six months or more.... she lived in it...
anyways all i will say is this, make sure you get the cradle type swing, not the type that just go forwards and backwards, as the forward backward ones have the frame very close to the seat, and when baby is older she will be able to reach out and grab the frame and stop the swing, thats what my friend's son did.... you will get alot more use out of the cradle type swing as the frame is no where near the seat so there is no chance of limbs sticking out and stopping the swing, cheeky monkeys. hope you know what i mean by the two different types of swings.
We have the Fisher Price 3-in-1 (I think thats what its called?) Where you can actually take the seat out and use it as a stationary seat, or a rocker, as well as put it in the swing.
I RAVE about this swing. Actually, I saw a couple look at it and another swing, and I actually spent 10 minutes showing them the 3-in-1, and raving about it LOL! I *LOVE* it! It was pretty much the only way she would sleep during the for the first 6 months (except in my arms lol).
It takes batteries, but we used it every day and only had to change them a few times in 6 months, so it doesn't chew through them, its actually really good. I wanted a plug one as well, but the fact that we could take the seat out and use it as a rocker was GREAT, so we traded off the plug featured for that.
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) and I am not sure the incline of the seat was right, as the big one we had at home was adjustable 
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