Customer Reviews

Fisher-Price Sensory Selections Bouncer

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My 6 week old hates her swing, so we were hoping this bouncer would keep her occupied. She LOVES this bouncer.

What I like about this particular bouncer:

*the overhead mobile spins to keep her attention
*there is a mirror right above her so she can easily see herself
*the side arms with cute rattle toys are within her reach (or at her current age: flailing arms).
*you can set it to play the music constantly, or only in response to when the baby hits the rattles
*the mobile and toys are within the range of focus for young infants (my swing's lights are too high above her head for her to see well)
*the stimulating overhead mobile/mirror, speakers, and side arms can be flipped down, for calming or dozing times.

My 3-month old has enjoyed this for the most part.

What I like about this bouncer:

*the overhead mobile spins to keep her attention
*there is a mirror right above her so she can easily see herself
*the side arms with cute rattle toys are within her reach and come out fairly easily when she wants to grasp them.
*you can set it to play the music constantly, or only in response to when the baby hits the rattles
*there is a large variety of songs
*the overhead mobile/mirror, speakers, and side arms can be flipped down.
*there is a vibrating option as well
*The seat cover is relatively easy to remove and launder

Limitations:
*baby has to crane her head back to see the mobile well, especially as she gets bigger.
*side arms are a little snug over baby's lap
*the whole seat cover has to come off to change the batteries
*the baby activated mode doesn't seem to work consistently
*the rattles would be easier to hold if they were on rings instead of disks.

Overall, I'm glad that we have it, but we do not get as much time out of it as some of our other entertainers.

We just received this bouncer a few days ago and after Hubby put it together, thought we had a defective unit as the sound would not work. I have seen others on here say that they had the same problem. I have just discovered today that to operate the music you have to turn the speakers toward the baby until they SNAP into place. THEN the music will play. Just turning them inward will not cause it to operate, it must be snapped into position. Hope this helps others who have the same dilemma. :-)

We bought two of these for our twin sons back in Feb 2006. They love sleeping in them and kicking in them. The babies love the music on the mirror on top. We liked that it allowed them to lay flat instead of bunching up in the other swings. We thought you got a lot for the money. We loved that it had the vibration and the mobile but in less than two months one of the mobiles on the bouncer broke and the other one makes a loud sound. I contacted Fisher Price to see if there was something we could do they were not very helpful they told us to take it back to the store (we got rid of the boxes) or to take the base and one wire leg and pay to ship it back and wait six weeks to get a replacement. We were upset that the item did not last longer and that the company is giving us a hard time about returning the item

I bought this bouncer to leave at my mother-in-law's because she keeps my son. My sister had given me her old bouncer which was just the old standard bouncer. He liked it okay and would stay in it for about 10 minutes without getting fussy. You can imagine my surprise the first night when I put him in this bouncer and my husband and I were able to eat dinner uninterrupted. His face just lit up when I put him in it! I took it to my mother-in-law's the next day. He uses it every day. He was about 2 1/2 months when I got it and now he is almost 4 months. He will stay in it for almost an hour now. He seems to discover something new about it every day as he develops new skills. As an example, just a few weeks ago he discovered the bee. He loves it, especially the mobile. I would HIGHLY recommend this bouncer. I read the reviews before I buy anything and I usually see where even though someone likes a product, they always seem to mention a drawback. I don't have one negative thing to say about it. If you are looking for a bouncer, either for yourself or as a gift, this is the one!

My daughter hates her swing, so I bought this bouncer. She absolutely LOVES it. The moblie is clearly visible and grabs her attention. The toys on the side are at a great position for her to hit them and activate the mobile. She is only a month old, and realizes the moblie is above her head. The bouncer is also flexible onough for her to bounce it on her own. GREAT for a newborn!

I ordered this bouncer yesterday and received it in the mail today, and I am more than pleased with it. First of all, it bounces reverse of other bouncers...the legs are "backwards" which allows the feet to bounce more than the head. The other thing I like about this feature is that for big babies, the heavier they get (and the older they get) the more upright they sit rather than weighing themselves down. My first son was out of the infant carseat at 3 months because of his weight, and the doctor has already told us that this baby is going to be the same size or bigger. We had the Fisher Price kick'n'play bouncer with my first son, and he loved it, only the bigger he got, the closer his head got to the floor and we were constantly rebending the wire legs to keep him upright. I love the music features - both parent and baby activated, and the spinning mirror globe is a great feature. My 20-month old has been looking at himself in the mirror all day. The toys are cute and are placed right by the baby's hands...my only complaint is that Fisher Price advertises (even on the bouncer's box) that you can purchase additional toys, and I can only find them on UK websites that want a lot of money to ship to the US - not even the Fisher Price website carries them. All in all, I love the bouncer - the design, style, fabric, features, colors, etc. and I can't wait until my son gets here to use it (10 days and counting...)!

This was a gift at my baby shower and turned out to be the biggest life-saver of all. It's all my son would sleep in the first week of his life; all he would nap in for nearly two months! My only complaints: the "vibrations" are a bit noisy; you have to be SUPER gentle with the "mirror dome"- we slung it back one too many times and the 'rotating' feature stopped working; it sucks batteries like crazy (though, in the big scheme of things, it's totally worth it!). My son (now 9 months) is too big for the bouncer, but still loves the bear/bee rattle toys. Also, it's so easy to toss the cover in the washer, then let air dry. Loved it and now buy it for all of my expecting mommy friends!

We LOVE this chair. My son has loved since he was a newborn. It really helped when he was colicky, to shift some of the air bubbles around in his stomach. Now that he is three months old, he loves to grab the rattles and play with them. He has never liked the overhead arm, so we don't use it often. He just doesn't like to look up, he'd rather be looking around the room. The only improvement I would request is that it somehow fold up. It's not portable, which is a shame because it's our son's favorite place to sit and we wanted to take it to the babysitters, but it's just too big to take places. It also seems to use up batteries.
However, we highly recommend this chair because:
-It's easy to clean
-It definitely keeps him entertained, long enough for me to get a shower and get dressed.
-It helps with colic
-The music is not too annoying
-My son LOVES the bee rattle.

We had the Delightful Dream bouncer for my son who is 5-1/2 weeks old and a little over 9 lbs. and it just didn't do anything for him. So after a lot of on line research we bought this one. It was a toss up between this and the Fisher Price Aquarium bouncer. But this one had more features and we really like that we can move the mobile, speakers and hand held toys out of the way so he isn't over-stimulated.

Also, this one isn't so inclined so his head doesn't get tilted forward. It's at just the right angle for him to lay in it comfortably.

My son loves this!! The mobile is right above him and he'll just sit and stare it.

Would recommend this to anyone!