Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym
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Baby Products Reviews of Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym
Customer Review: Ah, so it happens to everyone!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm not sure why the same product is listed three times, but here's my review on the other listing:
My son is ten weeks old as of this writing. We received this activity gym as a shower gift and began using it sparingly when he was a couple of weeks old (he wasn't too interested in it yet). The good news is that in the last few weeks, it's come to be his favorite thing. It's just about the only thing that gives me any ability to put him down during the day and, say, eat a snack. But I suppose I should be using the past tense, because as of yesterday, the music on the star stopped playing. Same story as the others. A few days ago, the music got raspy. Then it stopped. I changed the batteries. The music started again then quit after half a day. Now, after numerous battery changes, it's a no go. My son has almost no interest in the mat now without the music. I've emailed Baby Einstein, so I'm hoping to get a replacement star that will hopefully hold for a few more weeks until I'll probably have to write them again. I suppose in the meantime, I will keep my eyes out for a more durable activity gym.
Bottom line is, I'm glad it was a gift and we didn't blow fifty bucks on this. I like the activity gym concept, since obviously - when working - my baby is entertained and stimulated by it, but I'm going to be scouring reviews carefully to find one that works for more than a few weeks.
Customer Review: Her First Smile
Summary: 5 Stars
A relative purchased the Baby Einstein Play Gym for my daughter when she was one month old. Being a sleep-deprived first time mother, I was not sure she would even need such an item. Two weeks after receiving the gym I opened it, put batteries in the musical star, and arranged all the toys on the bar according to the directions.
I placed my daughter on the colorful mat with her feet on the bar. She sat there for a moment, kicked the bar, activing the musical star. Then, in a moment I will remember for the rest of my life, she smiled for the first time.
It did not take her long to figure out that kicking the bar would make the star play a song for her. She loved this toy for many months (until she learned to crawl).
This is a wonderful toy for young babies. Some of the toys rattle, and the bright primary colors easily attract a baby's attention. My daughter especially enjoyed looking at the ladybug. The star is detatachable and made many trips to Grandma's house with us to place in her pack and play. I washed the mat in the washing machine and dried it on gentle many time without any problems.
I hope this information is helpful to anyone deciding which play gym to chose for thier baby. You can purchase this item without any fear of buyer's remorse.
Customer Review: Surface is too rough for tummy time
Summary: 1 Stars
I regret spending the money for this particular gym. To begin with, the surface is so rough that our daughter's cheeks were always red within minutes of placing her down for tummy time before she could hold her head up. A main purpose for buying the gym is to provide an entertaining way to strenthen her neck and back muscles so that she can hold up her head, but this is impossible if the surface irritates a baby's skin b/c it is so rough. We thought of placing a soft thin receiving blanket on top of the gym surface, but 1) this could interfere w/ baby's breathing and so is dangerous and 2) then the supposedly interesting colors and animals on the surface are covered up. So we could not use it for tummy time until our daughter could actually hold up her head off of the irritating surface of the mat. The second problem with this gym is that the volume of the music on the star is extremely loud, to the point that our daughter hated it and prefered that the star be on "off" position. I've never heard a child's toy be so loud, and there is no volume control and no way to muffle the sound. The music is also extremely monotonous and boring. The dangling toys are also pretty boring. Our daughter never found this gym entertaining in the slightest, despite our numerous attempts to interest her in it.Customer Review: LOVE IT!
Summary: 5 Stars
My baby girl loves this activity mat! I love that I can link different toys to the bars, or take some off if she seems too stimulated. Also, I like the two settings for music. One setting plays the 3 different songs in a row, then stops unless you reset it. The other one only plays one song at a time, and only when the baby shakes the bars, which she will be able to do at some point when she can reach out and grab the toys. But for now, we strapped a musical kick-activated toy to each end of the bars. She kicks it because she gets excited looking at the toys, and it shakes the bars enough to play the music just one song at a time, and then we don't have to keep resetting it. To make her time in the Baby Einstein last longer without having an "over-stimulated meltdown", I make sure to let the music play for only a few minutes, because between the music, the toys, and the lights blinking on the star overhead, it becomes WAY too much and she starts crying if left in longer than a few minutes. I have been able to stretch her funtime in the Baby Einstein to as long as 15 minutes that way. It is much needed time for me, I just put her in it in the living room and I can still watch her while I make myself a sandwich or make a phone call or two. And she has a blast in it! Definitely worth it!Customer Review: Love Baby Einstein Products
Summary: 5 Stars
When shopping for activity mats for out tiwns we wanted something fun, colorful, educational, musical (but didnt drive us nuts), something SAFE and comfy for the babies. We recieved the fisher price musical play garden, lotty ladybird deluxes, carters butterfly gym and this one. Out of all of them this is by far the babies fav one. It has just the right amount of music, toys and colors. And its very comfy for them. We've been using it since the day we brought them home and have used it everyday since. Its GREAT for tummy time. My almost 6 month old is starting to get up on hands and knees and she looks up at the toys and tries to grab for them. With the fisher price gym the parts all seem to flimsy. The lotty gym has almost to many features on it and is almost to busy for baby. Maybe as they get older they will enjoy it more. The carters butterfly gym is nice but it doesnt have all the features the baby einstein gym does. All around this is a great gym and has gotten babies and mommy through a few hectic days. A few ppl wrote about how their isnt enough rings for the toys to hang down. I noticed this to for when the babies are younger and can't reach as high. I just took some of my other rings from other toys and used them to lower the toys. It worked just as well. Just a little hint.