Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym
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Baby Products Reviews of Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym
Customer Review: Baby Loves it . . . Cats love it too!
Summary: 5 Stars
My son loves this gym. He is eight weeks old and just starting to reach for the hanging toys. It is nice that you can add extra rings to the hanging toys to make them lower. I have laid him on the mat since he was about three weeks old and it is great for tummy time. We have hardwood floors and the padding is sufficient. He loves to watch the sun toy that plays music/flashes lights and especially loves the mirror. I like that the toys are detachable. When he was younger we would place the sun and the mirror on the mat next to him. We have also hung the toys from his bouncer chair toy bar. The mat is easy to fold up and fits nicely in his closet. A previous reviewer complained about the rabbit picture. I like that the "frame" of that picture is a pocket and I have replace the rabbit with a picture of daddy.
The only bummer about this toy is that our cats love it and think it is their toy. I have to kick them out of it all of the time and have caught them batting at the toys more than a few times. The mat is big enough for the baby and one of the cats, but not all three at the same time!
Customer Review: My baby loves this play gym!
Summary: 4 Stars
This gym is a very useful tool. My daughter loved it right from the beginning! Of course compared to the other gyms out on the market it is quite expensive. I think it is mainly because of the star. It is the best feature and my girl loved to stare and flirt with it the whole time she was on it! I like the fact that you can put it on a setting where the star only plays a song once there has been movement on the mat. My daughter would scooch herself close to the bars so that she could kick them, making the star light up and sing. At 5 months she still loves it, but she does roll off it every now and then. She also loves all the toys that come with it. I actually use some of them on her carseat when we go out.
Since this is a toy that they will only use for a short while maybe spending that much money on it is not that reasonable, but it is a wonderful toy if you can spare the money.
I also like the fisher price ocean wonders play mat which is at grandma's house. That you can turn into a tunnel for when they start crawling, so it has more longevity to it.
Customer Review: Very stimulating and developmentally superb!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best "investment" pieces I have purchased for my baby. I consider it an investment piece because it is intended to grow with a developing infant, and it does just that. The different settings on the music feature are very appropriate for babies of different ages with different attention spans. The motion feature allows your baby to "kickstart" the music, and this interactive feature is very important for babies learning to respond to as well as control their environments. The toys are diverse and include soft and squeaky toys for interest, a ring/rattle for grasping, a pocket with a flashcard (that can be changed with other flashcards or pictures that you may have around the home) for focus, a mirror and a lighted/musical star. All of these features can be rearranged for a change-of-setting for your baby, and you can swap the included toys for others and even buy additional rings to adjust the height of the toys. This is definitely a product that will developmentally stimulate your baby, and will entertain your baby throughout the first year of her/his life!Customer Review: Not easy to set up
Summary: 2 Stars
I have tons of baby stuff all over my house, having this Play Gym out on the floor all the time was not an option. Problem was this sucker was really tough to set up. The two curved arms are so difficult to put together I had to have an extra set of hand to hold it down while I put them in place. That right there was reason enough for me to return it. I actually registered for this Play Gym and a recieved a different brand Play Gym as a gift. I set both up and weighted the pros and cons of each. Yes the pillow on this is great and the mirror centered in the top center is nice too but this sucker was so hard to put together I never would have used it. If you have a home large enough to keep this thing out and assembled all the time, then this is a great Play Gym. If you're like me and want to easily put it away once baby has had enough, try a different brand, our new one simply folds in half and snaps closed. These are a great way to entertain baby but I don't think Einstein helped with the design of this particular Play GymCustomer Review: A few faults, but overall, a really good play gym
Summary: 4 Stars
What I like about it:
1. Easy to tear down for laundering the blanket
2. Lots of "links" to move the toys around - keeps things interesting
3. We can put other small toys on the links for added variety
4. She loved it laying down, and now that she's sitting up, she still loves it
What I don't like about it:
1. The blanket looks faded after just a few washings (cold water, delicate cycle, with Dreft)
2. The volume on the musical star is pretty loud and only plays 3 songs, which gets on your nerves after a while
3. The open-ended design of the links causes them to stretch easily when your baby grabs a toy and yanks on it - ours now look more like the letter "C" than like a chain link
Overall, we like it, but if I had it to do over again I might research play gyms a bit more. This one was kind of expensive (we paid $50), and I think we could have found something a little better if we hadn't been so excited about the Baby Einstein name.