Customer Reviews

The First Years - Crib CD Player

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3 star:		(16)
2 star:		(28)
1 star:		(96)

 

 

I got this cd player because I had such a hard time finding lullibies on tape. I had read the other comments but thought I would give it a try anyway.
Bad points- It DOES skip when its hit, so don't hit it. The light IS dim, so what? I want the kids to sleep not see what to get into! The music IS low even on the highest setting, but then again the whole house isn't listening to it.
Good points- It plays the whole CD then shuts itself off. (At least mine does!) It uses CDs which can be found ANYWHERE. Its small enough that I can put it on the wall side of my crib and I know my other children CAN'T play with it!! The buttons are a pain to get to, but thats GREAT where kids are concerned, right??
As for the batteries, I've had mine a few weeks, play it EVERY night and have yet to replace the batteries.
I happen to really like mine. Give it a try, save your receipt and make up your own mind.

Yup, FOUR times! Thank goodness Babies R Us has a great return policy! I recommend saving the box if you do indeed decide to buy this piece of junk.

There was nothing good about it in our opinion. It's a cool concept, but cheaply made. It's flimsy, it skips 9 out of 10 times, it eats batteries up within a few hours. It also has a lowsy volume control/speaker system. Yes, I know it's a babies CD player, but for $50 (which is ridiculous), shouldn't it have some stereo sound to it?

SO, thumbs down for this product. And if you must buy it or get it as a gift, save that box so you can keep returning it to Babies R Us!

Recently my daughter had a terrible choking incident and I wanted to share this with everyone that may have the item she choked on!!!!

We have a Crib CD Player w/ Nightlight by The First Years on Emma's crib. I put her down for a nap and all was well. About 1 1/2 hours later I heard Emma coughing. No big deal, right? I let her cough for a few seconds thinking she was "just coughing." I glanced over at the VIDEO monitor and saw her flapping her arms and throwing her head while coughing. I realized this wasn't a normal cough. So I began to run to her room. I found her laying in her crib, eyes and mouth wide open and her arms stiff and stretched upward. I grabbed her, turned her over my leg and started to perform back blows. After 4 or 5 back blows I looked at Emma and she was still not breathing. I flipped her back over and continued back blows. I felt like I was breaking my daughter's back.
After several more back blows I watched in disbelief as this tiny plastic piece flew out of her mouth. She then began to cry like I've never heard before. Thank you Lord!!!

Well, after calming down and making sure Emma was okay, I determined that it was a plastic piece was from the Crib CD player. Emma is 11 months old and was able to manipulate a sliding plastic cover down (which covers the play, pause, etc buttons) which then exposed two little white "knobs" on the top of the player. She then simple bent off the plastic knob and into the mouth it went. I bent off the other knob to see if it was difficult or not. Is was VERY easy!! No pressure needed at all!!!!! The plastic is so thin that it literally bent off.

I called The First Years...twice! They continued to tell me that a child under 2 years of age shouldn't be able to manipulate this product.
I was pleading with this woman to invesigate the product for a possible recall. I told her that if my 11month old could do it, it would only be a matter of time before another child under 2 would do it!
I then explained to this woman that had I not had a VIDEO monitor, I would have simply thought my daughter was coughing and ignored it! Only to find my daughter dead in her crib.

The woman finally agreed to send me a label to mail the crib CD Player to them to "look at." It has been over 1 1/2 weeks and no label. I called again. I spoke to the same woman who told me her supervisor was on vacation and she is the only one that can send out a free mailing label. I stressed to her that my child was okay and that I didn't want anything from the company except to recall this product. I told her that not every parent knows CPR and that while her supervisor was off enjoying the finer things in life, a mother might find her precious child dead in their crib. I then offered to overnight the CD Player at my expense to them so they could get their red tape and procedures moving. She said, "No, they had steps to follow and that a label would be sent to me when the supervisor returned from vacation." No address was allowed to be given to me on where to send the CD Player and I wasn't allowed to know when the supervisor would return.

So...end of story...thus far! This company is absolutely unbelieveable!


So I wanted everyone to know what happened and to tell you to get this product out of your child's crib. I'm not so sure I'll ever purchase
The First Years product line again! They obviously don't care about
our children over the almighty buck!


P.S. My next letter will be to the video monitor company thanking them for developing an amazing product that obviously has the potential to save lives.

While this is a nice product, I ended up returning it for several reasons: 1) The two C-batteries were not convenient or easy to replace (need a screwdriver each time), 2)The CD changer compartment takes two hands to open and it makes a loud noise -- not good for a sleeping baby, 3) The music is not in stereo sound.

You're better off with a mini-boombox that plays both CD's and cassettes -- not only for convenience and sound quality but for the price.

I got this at my baby shower and I thought it was the greatest thing going, until I acttually tried it. It is horrible!!! The batteries seem to last about 10 minutes the sound is so low that you can barley hear it. Don't waste your money!!!

Gave this as a gift for my grandchild...she loves the music, but only after two days, music wouldn't play, called the company and now I have to return it. Will have to buy another kind of cd player to soothe my granddaughter.

This CD player seemed like a great idea, but then lasted exactly one week before completely breaking--the play switch stuck and the motor just kept spinning, without playing the CD. Only taking out the battery stopped it, but it doesn't seem fixable. Now we have an old boom box in the baby's room, which works just fine, doesn't take up space on the crib rail, and is a whole lot more reliable, plus can be plugged into an outlet, as opposed to eating through batteries.

Like many new parents, I have faced a lot of gimmicky items in the baby business. This is one of them. But this one costs [price]. I wonder if First Years counts on this item being a baby shower present that will be thrown out instead of returned.

The concept is a good one. Since babies like music, place a small, portable CD at cribside. I wanted it to soothe my son while I changed his diapers. Was I mistaken!! The unit skips repeatedly. It drives me to distraction, never mind the affect on a newborn. Furthermore the speaker output is so tinny, Edison's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" sounds better.

Inserting the batteries were a chore as well. I can't report on battery usage since my wife and I do not use the thing any more. Considering that the Discman has been out for a decade, I was very surprised by the Crib CD Player's poor quality.

Thank goodness we kept the box.

This product is a piece of junk!. The player skips constantly and the batteries only lasted a couple hours even though I used the 15 minute timer only twice!. I had the same problems as everyone else has described. I would not recommend buying this product. Get a mini-boombox instead.

Great concept, however you are better off buying a small cd/radio alarm clock. We use this cd player everynight for the first 3 months of my daughter's life and she falls to sleep to it everytime. We didn't have any problems as everyone else did BUT the only complaint we do have is that it doesn't last too long with batteries. We got tired of recharging those batteries and unscrewing the back to change the battery(safety feature, I guess)...So we went to Target and bought a small cd/radio alarm clock(with an outlet plug, of course)......it worked out great for us.