Baby Einstein Discovering Water Play Gym
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Baby Products Reviews of Baby Einstein Discovering Water Play Gym
Customer Review: Boring.
Summary: 1 Stars
This gym was given to us at a shower, and I was excited because I had read some good reviews...plus it was like $70.00 and no way would I have ever paid that! We started using it when my son was around 2 months old, and he had no interest in it. He'd look at the water box and lights for a few seconds, but it was hard to get it to play music(you had to literally slap it, and I think it should have easily came on when the gym jiggled) and the music was really low. We tried new batteries, which didn't help. The 3 toys it comes with are really uninteresting...one is a plastic fish that like Morgan's Mommy's review stated "Resembled a dog toy." The stuffed turtle did nothing, and the little plastic book wasn't very interesting since my son was 2 months old. The toys just hung there...and he was not happy at all. The flaps on the bottom of the mat might have been interesting later on, but there were 3 different languages on them and since my son can't it seemed a little pointless. I tried several times letting him play in this gym, since just because it seemed boring to me, didn't mean it was to him. But, at every attempt he laid there and looked and the gym for a couple of minutes, and then his attention would go to looking around the room, the tv, the dog, or other toys laying near.
I took this gym back to Babies R Us, and it was on clearance for $40(not really surprising). I exchanged it for the Fisher Price Rainforest Gym, and my son loves everythig about it and so do I...and I totally recommend it!
Customer Review: Not worth the money
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this play gym because I figured it was a baby einstein play gym it has to be good...plus the reviews I read were good. Our local BabiesR'Us didn't have displays of the playgyms so I had no idea that this gym would suck. I HATE IT!! My son only loves it cause I put other toys on there. Notice the pictures that people have shared who state they love this play gym and so does their babies that the toys hanging on the playgyms aren't the ones that originally came with the gym. Why buy extra toys?? I paid $69 for this gym...it should come with more toys. I tried to return this for the Gym by Tiny Love that comes with lights, music and lots of toys but when I opened the product the original packaging got messed up and I was unable to return or exchange. What a waste of money for me. I received another playgym that my friend bought for $20 from my baby shower. That only came with 3 toys and hung all these toys on there and my son loves that too. My point is that you don't have to spend so much money on a playgym. Your babies will love anything as long as there is lots to look at OR if you are going to spend money find one with lots of toys so that you dont 'have to buy extra toys.Customer Review: The Piece De Resistance!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I Love it I Love it I Love it! My son is three and a half months old and quickly becomes bored and needs a new stimulus. This playmat is just the trick, I'm in heaven. When he tires of staring at the wide array of toys that are attached to the playard and playing with them he rolls over and pushes on the aqua part of the mat(his favorite part) then he rolls back over and stares at the lights and dancing fish on the detachable music box and happily laughs and kicks the cloth poles that hold the soft child safe and friendly toys above his head, he loves being able to control the movements of the toys above his head so much... and the cloth covered poles do not scare me as muc as the typical plastic ones, lastly he looks at himself in the mirror as he drifts off to sleep. He loves this mat and has finally given me some free time. The tummy time has doubled voluntarily since we recieved it in the mail. Defenitely worth the higher price! Also the biggest playmat of this type that I've found on the market will defenitely last me until far after we hit that crawling stage and then the detachable toys will still be usable. As will the mat for naptime. Thank you!Customer Review: Ours was defective... but is the plastic water filled part safe?
Summary: 2 Stars
First, ours was defective. The cross-bars hold the floor mat open in one direction (left/right), and inside the floor mat you place plastic pieces that hold it open in the opposite direction (front/back). In ours, the way the hooks and loops were sewn in, there was no way to install the bars to keep everything open. The bottom of the cross bars not being held open, mean it was pretty easy for a baby to collapse this.
This issue also meant the plastic portion which is filled with water could easily be grabbed on or rolled onto by our baby. That got me thinking about how safe a squishy, water filled, area of plastic would be for our two month old. Once she starts rolling over, she could easily get face down into that plastic portion. If she were playing there, I would be worried if we were to turn our back for a few moments. I'm a new dad, and pretty paranoid for my daughter despite the fact I survived childhood. But this was enough to get me to return this.
Customer Review: The best gym
Summary: 5 Stars
My son loves this play gym! I originally bought a different one, but returned it b/c he seemed bored with it. Not this one though! He kicks and kicks and squeals at the yellow blow fish. He loves the turtle too. He loves to watch the lights and the turtles floating in the water. I attach other toys to this too to keep it interesting. It's great for tummy time too. The pillow really helped him develop his neck muscles while he played w/ the flaps on the mat. This one has a mirror too which is a plus for us. He loves to look in the mirror. The only down side is that it doesn't fold and snap like some of the others for easy storage. You have to remove the toy bars to put it away, so we just leave it together. But we use this everyday anyway. We get a good 45 minutes of playtime out of this and he's 6 months old. I bought it when he was about 3 months. It also has a pat mat w/ water in it..pretty cool. This play gym has it all!