Recommendations for a newborn swing?? thanks!

[Freya]

I have a Fisher Price Ocean Aquarium swing, was a godsend for all 3.

[Laiceysmummy]

I have the fisher price aquarium swing as well and i love it! It more bulky then our take along swing but its worth it. Ive even had DD2 in it while she was sick because laying down flat i her bed was making her gag.

[~Hestia~]

A friend of mine has the Fisher Price Take Along - wish I'd thought of getting one. My DS would've loved it in those first few months.

[runnermum]

thanks sooooooooo much ladies - even though this is my third baby, I have so much to learn! I have had a look at the Fisher price Rainforest open top take along swing - looks good - do one of you have this??? there are so many Fisher price ones that are similar, I am getting confused! what is the difference between the Rainforest one and the aquarium one - apart from the 'theme' of course!

btw Freya - thanks so much, but I don't live anywhere near Sydney!

the Papasan one seems to have the complaint that the swing is too fast - on a review I just read - but other Fisher price ones say that by 3 months, babies are TOO BIG and cannot fit in !! I do have big babies so this concerns me - wanted it for a bit longer than 3 months!

If you know any review websites that are good, please let me know, but really YOUR experiences are probably better to hear about!

[~Hestia~]

Just about the babies being too big for the swings - my DS is 6 months & he fits in my friends swing very comfortably.
Hope that helps.

[Feueriosa]

Hi There,

Hated my papasan and so did bubs! It was way too fast when he was little, and by the time that he was big enough to make the swing slower (even on the slowest speed it was pretty fast!) he almost didn't fit in it. I agree that by 3 months I had pretty much given up on it ($300 down the drain!). I am going to give it a go with new bubba, but if she hates it too, it is going straight away. I know some bubs seem to like it, though, so if you can get it cheap it does have lovely music etc and the miror thing seems to interest them. Sometimes I would just pop him in and not turn it on for a few minutes to go to the loo. With two others around you might want something a bit more portable too, cause it is pretty big and hard to move one handed..

[Rach75]

well my friends little girls still uses her FP take along and she will be 2 in june... if that helps