Summer Infant Carter's Love Bug Cuddle Me Bouncer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Summer InfantBrand: Summer Infant
Release Date: 2009-03-01
Model: 80230
Product features:
- Deluxe cradling, embroidered seat pad and head support
- Toybar with 3 soft removable toys
- 3 music melodies, 2 nature sounds and womb sound
- Soothing vibrations
Description of Summer Infant Carter's Love Bug Cuddle Me Bouncer
Comfort and Style for your baby! The carter's? love bug collection cuddle me musical bouncer has a seat that cuddles your baby just like you do. The seat is comfortably round with a nice deep pocket for baby to feel all snuggled up. The frame offers a new twist offering style and class that complements your home decor. Also features musical melodies, nature sounds, soothing vibrations and a soft toybar with 3 toys. Features: Deluxe cradling, embroidered seat pad and head support Toybar with 3 soft, removable toys 3 music melodies, 2 nature sounds and a womb sound Soothing vibrations Age: Birth until sitting up unassisted Battery: 3 - AA batteries not included Instruction SheetBaby Products Reviews of Summer Infant Carter's Love Bug Cuddle Me Bouncer
Customer Review: Good bouncer, eats batteries, but great for a fussy newborn!
Summary: 4 Stars
My mum purchased this bouncer for my daughter when she was born in June 2010. We were never big fans of the music (the sound quality is quite grating, perhaps caused by the high pitch of the music) but we used the nature sounds and womb sounds frequently as well as the vibration option to soothe my newborn daughter to sleep.
Although it isn't recommended, when my daughter had trouble getting back to sleep at night, we would place her into the bouncer and she would happily snooze there until I got up the next morning; with it vibrating away and the womb sounds playing. Unfortunately they stop after a short while and we sometimes had to get up to restart it, otherwise she would wake up. The vibration/noise pack itself takes AA batteries and gets through them fairly quickly, particularly if you are using the bouncer a lot - rechargeable batteries would make a great accessory to purchase with this bouncer!
The head rest is very poor in my opinion and serves no real function as a support for little heads - it is not attached (and has no way of being attached) so you just have to lay it in the bouncer, behind your baby's head and hope that they don't move and cause it to slip out of place. Even if it stays in place the edges are so flat that baby can easily slide to the side and end up laying on top of the headrest. We only used the headrest probably 2 times before discarding it - bunched up t-shirts do a much better job at supporting baby's head so he or she is not slumped completely to the side but can still rest their head comfortably. This is a minor issue in my opinion, but worth noting.
We use this bouncer every day and my daughter is almost 6 months old now and still fits comfortably into it (she is a 'big' baby (90th percentile for both height and weight)) but will still get plenty of use out of this bouncer.
The straps that are used to secure baby in are comfortable, but now my daughter is old enough to lean over and try and roll, she can do it fairly easily - the part that goes between her legs is in a position ideal to support smaller, younger babies...but it would be much better if it could be adjusted to different positions, as it would hold an older baby in better if it could be moved forward. I strapped my daughter in the other day and nipped to the bathroom, came back and she was still strapped in, but basically doing a handstand on the floor - exactly why you should supervise your child at all times! It is something to note though, because I have been watching her while washing up and had to abandon my task temporarily to rush and stop my daughter from rolling herself out of the bouncer. I think this is an issue that most bouncers will have at this point, so good supervision of an older baby will prevent accidents.
The structure itself is sound, there are screws holding the frame of the seat to the main frame, as well as attaching top and bottom parts of the seat frame to it. It is a HUGE pain to get apart in order to wash the cover (I'm struggling right now) and a pain to get back together, but the fabric seat washes up well and although we've had poopy leaks and banana mushed into it, we have yet to see any stains.
Overall I would recommend this bouncer, but would much prefer if the headrest had some way of being attached and the seat was easier to get apart.
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