Galt Playnest - Farm
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: GaltBrand: Galt
Release Date: 2010-02-19
Model: 6850004
Color: Farm
Product features:
- Quality controlled to meet the highest standard
- Galt products are rigorously tested against toy safety regulations
- The fabric textures and sounds are there for the baby to explore
- For a baby's rest and play
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Description of Galt Playnest - Farm
The Galt Baby PlayNest in Farm Theme Includes:
From a school book seller in 1836 to a brand leader of quality developmental and creative products for children in 2009, Galt maintains a brand heritage in the U.K. as illustrious as Elmer's in the U.S. Galt toys are designed to meet each stage of a child's development by encouraging learning through play. The award winning Soft Play range continues to expand, bolstered by the success of the innovative Playnest and Playnest & Gym. And the construction range of products features some classic favorites and some new, soon to be favorites. Galt products are rigorously tested against toy safety regulations and are quality controlled to meet the highest standard. Distributed in over 50 countries Galt is an excellent addition to Elmer's robust specialty toy offering.
* Safe and machine washable
Baby Products Reviews of Galt Playnest - Farm
Customer Review: Excellent for supporting little backs from 3m+, used constantly at 14m
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for my active, strong baby boy to use starting at 3 months once he started being able to strengthen his core sitting muscles towards sitting. It was definitely one of the best gear items/toys that I bought for him, it's been in the center of our living room since he was 3 months old (he's now 14 months). It has a lot of interesting, educational details in the Farm scene that runs along the circumference of the Nest, I'll details those below. It's had a number of different uses for us as he's physically matured since 3 months:
The Sits but Only With Assistance age: At 3 months, he was a bit hesitant of it at first, because he could only lounge in it, with the sides of the nest supporting his little back, but once he realized that he could use it to look out our patio door, it became a little station I could plunk him into while I supervised him closely, but from a few feet away (fold laundry, etc.). I believe it (in conjunction with his little infant seat) helped starting to strengthen his core sitting muscles.
The Sits with Assistance, but Almost Without age: He really grew into the nest at 4-4.5 months, because I could finally sit him in the nest, he could watch some Elmo and I could pop to the kitchen (or imagine, the bathroom) briefly and know that he was staying put. This was a great help all the way almost six months, when he started trying to crawl out, at which point I couldn't leave him even briefly, he knew how to time his escape attempts.
The Sits Independently age: I'd read him books in the Nest, and also he could lounge and drink his formula bottle in the Nest. The Nest is just a great place to hang out and play with toys or watch Elmo. Once he could crawl around, he'd crawl around outside the Nest and then crawl back in when he wanted to rest and cuddle.
The Walking/Running age: He started tipping the Nest up over his head and crawling around with it on his back with just his head sticking out, we'd call him our little Hermit Crab. He still does that today. Also, he flips it upside down and throws himself on it like it's a mini-bouncer, he does that all day every day. He's about 25.5 lbs. at 14 months, and it doesn't show any sign of being too small for him. When it is right-side-up, he throws himself backwards onto the bouncy edge of if and then falls into the center, it makes him laugh. In the evening, he cuddles into it with his blankie and drinks his bottle as we settle him down for bed. It definitely is one of this favorite toys, he's practically inseparable from it.
Farm scene Playability: The Farm scene is very colorful and the illustrations are highly engaging and excellent for teaching Baby about animals on the farm. I especially like how all of the animals and the two Farm people have big broad happy smiles. There are a total of 12 different types of animals, along with a Farmer Boy and a Farmer Girl. Also, there are five different textures on the surface of the Nest that I wanted to detail because they aren't described in the product description, and aren't that evident in the photo:
Sheep: Has a fuzzy plush texture, that resembles wool texture
Duck: Has a squeaky in his beak. The beak extends above the surface of the Nest so that you can grab (or bite) the beak and squeak it.
Bee: Has a crinkly shiny white bee wing (it's between the Horse and the Cow in the photo)
Pig Pen: Has a big crinkly 6" cloth flap which serves as the Pig Pen. You flip that flap, and there is a little piglet smiling out from the underside of the flap and then you can see that the Mommy Pig has two other little pigs nestled close to her.
Farmer Girl: Bucket being held by Farmer Girl has a softy smooth fabric surface.
Assembly: Very easy. As the directions state, you place the inner tube inside *first* and then inflate. I realize there was a reviewer who was stumped at this, but I think at this point, with so many reviews point out the process, it really isn't a tricky thing to do. I've inflated it by mouth a couple of times, it takes about 15 minutes or so. Using a hand pump makes it quite a bit easier.
Travel: We traveled with this toy, we took it with us when we relocated, and then back again when we came home. You deflate it by pinching the valve open, and then start rolling it up systematically to get all of the air out. Not tricky. Takes up hardly any space in your luggage.
Durability: One of the ways we play with this toy is that we sit the baby in the Nest, and then we hold the cloth handle on the side and pull him around our living room -- it makes him laugh. He now weighs around 25.5 lbs, and we haven't had any problems with ripping or tearing, or inner tube puncturing. Ditto for when it's flipped upside-down and he throws himself on it.
Product Comparison with Gyms similar to the Fisher-Price Rainforest Play Gym: We also had the Rainforest Play Gym, and I'd say this Nest has a completely different purpose than the Play Gym (which is excellent, by the way). The Play Gym is superb for the 1m - crawling age babies to practice looking at lights, kicking, batting little hanging toys etc. The Nest is for developing sitting muscles, and then providing support for reading books, drinking bottles etc. Whereas a Play Gyms playability is starting to wane at 5 months, the Nest is just taking off in terms of being fun for the sitting up, crawling, and later walking/running baby. In short, I'm saying that you can't choose *between* a Nest and a Play Gym, they have different developmental purposes, and I'd highly recommend getting both.
Storage: As a note, it has a cloth handle on the side, which could potentially be used to hang it up out of the way without needing to deflate it.
Overall, my little boy adores his cuddly safe Nest, *especially* now at 14 months. But it was definitely helpful even at 3-5 months for helping him develop his core sitting muscles. Excellent buy with lots of longevity, I would recommend it to anyone.
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