Fisher-Price Newborn-To-Toddler Rocker, Animal Fun
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Baby Products Reviews of Fisher-Price Newborn-To-Toddler Rocker, Animal Fun
Customer Review: Good idea, poor execution
Summary: 2 Stars
Our triplets are now 12 weeks old and we have been using this seat since they were about 4 weeks old. I was impressed initially as the seat went togehter easily and was cute with it's attached toys and bright colors. It seemed like the perfect product for our family as our 20 month old daughter also loved to sit in it, whether in the infant or toddler position. The first dissapointments I had with this chair were finding that there was another whole seating position to use for newborns that laid the seat flatter but since I hadn't noticed earlier I chalked it up to my post-partum haze (however I had read the instructions putting it together and couldn't find that this step was outlined there), and also that it doesn't rock smoothly or easily. A couple of weeks ago we realized that there are sharp corners not covered by the seat cover (elbow bends the striped hood attaches to) that poke the kids' heads when they slump to one side. We have to put a recieving blanket over the sides otherwise they wake up screaming, no doubt with a headache. The final issue that prompted me to write a review is that over the weekend one of the kids had a blow-out in the chair which prompted us to wash the seat cover. My husband washed it according to the tag instructions (cold water, dry low heat) and the seat is now ruined because the nylon tether in the back shrank and caused the cardboard back to buckle outwards. My advice, buy a regular bouncy seat; they're so much cheaper and easier for the babies to self-operate. This product was not worth anything near what we paid for it, and after just three months, is now useless.Customer Review: Very good rocker
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought this rocker for our second child when the bouncer we had used for our first child died. Overall, we like the rocker with one criticism. Things we like first-
1. We like all the adjustments it has. The baby can nearly lay flat when it's at its lowest setting. If you put it all the way up, the child is sitting. Our son is now nearly 6 months and enjoys being all the way up so that he can see everyone.
2. The rocker is very well made. It has withstood my son pulling it on gently and my older daughter knocking it around as well (she's 3). She can sit in it and it holds her weight too.
Now our dislike- there just aren't enough toys on it. Our old bouncer from Fisher Price played several different songs when the baby pulled on the toy or kicked in the bouncer. Plus, it had flashing lights. It could keep our daughter's attention for quite some time. Unfortunately there are no lights and it only plays one song ("Twinkle, Twinkle"). The song will not play unless the baby pulls the toy at the top, which our son couldn't reach until he was nearly 5 months old. Therefore, when he was smaller, all he could do was stare at it. It's a good place to sit him down, however if I need to keep him entertained, I need to be nearby or put a few extra toys in there with him.
I would buy this rocker again, but I do wish it played some music or had some lights that would go on when he kicked (like a regular bouncer does).
Customer Review: Prefer older version
Summary: 3 Stars
We had the older version of the infant-to-toddler rocker for my firstborn, and we bought the new one for the second. I prefer the older version. It was of sturdier construction, metal bars instead of plastic. It also sat further back so that my baby was kind of kicked back and nestled in. Sure, it only had two settings, either stationary with the bar or rocking, but all the variety of the new one is unnecesary, all these different pieces for each side, four mini-kickstands under each leg, all of which seem to magically move whenever I move the chair anywhere. The plastic parts are supposed to snap into place, but they also snap out much too easily. The old chair ... not as many adjustments, just the kickstand-like bar, and it stayed put. The angle of the new one is awkward. My son is now nearly five months old, trying to sit up but not yet there, so he keeps pitching forward. The angle of the chair almost propels him, so he'll fold forward. The old chair kept him back more. It was also impossible for him to slide out the old chair. In the new one, he kicks a lot, so he winds up shimmying down to the edge. The only big improvement with the new chair is a swiveling toy arm instead of the annoying toy bar that had to be popped in and out constantly.
I don't hate the new chair, though it might sound like it here. I just have the old one for comparison and prefer the less-is-more approach.
Customer Review: Seems to be Pretty Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a one-month old baby who spits up a lot. I got this rather than a bouncy seat because of the rocking action, the ability to convert between newborn and toddler use, and for the little toys.
I always suspected that the vibration gadgets were hokey, but I have been proved wrong. If he's in the chair asleep and I turn the vibrations off, he wakes up. He also likes the little bird toy and is already batting at it. The other toys are just barely out of reach, but he'll have plenty of time to play with them.
The two things that I do not like are that it doesn't have a removable cloth cover that can be thrown into the wash, and the feet don't lock into place. It's very easy to bump the little feet out of position. Fortunately, it's not a safety issue so much as an I-don't-want-it-to-rock-right-now issue. I don't know how this will affect a toddler who might have the feet move while the chair is in use. I don't think it would tip or anything, but it may startle a child who doesn't expect the chair to rock.
Oh, and I also like the "butt support" thing. There's an actual piece that is situated under the child's rear end that will help keep them from slipping out of the chair (unlike a regular bouncy seat).
I recommend this product. My son seems to like it, in as much as a newborn can like something. :-)
Customer Review: Good Item but Warning about the bird toy
Summary: 4 Stars
As an infant my son liked this chair but not nearly as much as he liked his swing. He liked to be in motion and if he was in this chair I would usually have to sit next to him and rock (as opposed to a bouncer where his own movements were strong enough to cause rocking). I tried rocking it with my foot so that I could eat while keeping him in the chair but it was not comfortable. Now at 6 months he likes to practice standing next to it while holding on to it, but in all honesty he doesn't really like sitting anywhere at this stage. I expect him to like it again as he is a little older (his older cousins go nuts with it when visiting). He totally didn't care about the vibrating function but absolutely loved the puppy - too bad the melody is less than a minute so I'd have to keep pulling it for him.
Bird toy - once he realized that if he pulls hard enough he can get it out of the socket it became his favorite toy. One danger is that as he pulls on it when it comes out the momentum can carry it to smack him in the head. Also once he gets it out he of course chews on it. He just got his first tooth and I noticed that with that tooth he has scraped off the pink paint from the circles and the green paint from the beak. Too bad but it's bye bye birdie now.