Customer Reviews

Fisher-Price Rainforest 1-2-3 Musical Gym

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This gym is OK for a little while, but once your child gets to exploring (4+ months) and needs more room to roam, this Gym is useless. It's very small, and only functions for the minimalist. In other words, the baby will grow bored rather quickly. If I could exchange it, I'd get the larger fisher-price baby gym with more toys on it.

I had a late shower (5 weeks old) and received this as a gift. She has loved it from the get-go. She was entranced by the music at first, then learned eventually how to make it go on her own. She learned to pull the butterflies off the velcro. She chews on most of the things, but that's what babies do. The only pointless part I think is the pillow. I'm not a huge fan of the way the ball and mirror and all that work (and the little flap is pretty pointless too), but she was never very interested in those anyway, so for us, those don't go into the score (or it I guess it would have been a 3 or 4). Overall, we are very pleased, and at 6 months, she still enjoys it.

What I like:

- Colorful

- Hanging objects are mildly entertaining

- Small

What I Don't like:

- Baby was only entertained for about 5 minutes max

- "Musical" part was two 5 second tunes

- Claim that it will grow with baby. I think baby will not be amused by it as soon as theres anything else to look at.

- Pillow is so small its useless

This will be the first to go when I start to sell my baby toys. I wouldn't bother saving it for my second child.

We bought this when my baby girl needed some tummy time. She hated tummy time, but loved to lay on her back and stare at the toys. I think this gym was helpful when she was learning to reach and grab at toys, too. She even loved to sit in her Bumbo and play with the toys from that angle. Overall, we got a lot of play time hours out of this gym, and I even made up words to the song the little white tiger plays.

We have loved this as a back-up playmat that we keep in another room, while we use a larger playmat in our main living area for daily use.

The best feature to this playmat is the tummy-time display at the end with a mirror, rolly-ball, and silky leaf-flap. This continues to be a favorite place for tummy-time. The little pillow that comes with is pretty useless, but a good idea. We also switch up the structure of this so that the arch is over the actual mat.

This is also a great set-up for play in a bebepod/bumbo chair, as the hanging toys are within reach of a baby in such a seat.

I wish that there were more options for hanging toys...here, they attach with velcro to a small hanging strap rather than a typical loop that you can attach a link to. The giraffe is pretty cute : ) The colors, while bright, are not as obnoxious as the square Rainforest playmat. Another bonus is that this disassembles and folds up pretty compactly.

Overall, if I could only have one playmat, I would stick with the larger Precious Planet playmat, but as another play area option, this one is great!

This gym was a great purchase. Doesn't make noise every single time you touch it, so it doesn't get annoying, but plenty to keep their attention. Very durable, too. The dogs tear across it and hasn't shown any wear. Had it for about 3 months, love it.

We (me and my wife) bought this for our nephew a few months after he was born. He loves it. It really entertains him. His parents love it to, because it is an educative toy and helps with the development of the child.

Great purchase.

I bought this for my daughter to have at daycare. I liked that it was narrow & portable! Fits perfectly in a portable crib too.

I give it 4 stars because it's a good product for what it is; however, if your baby is rolling, get a different one. I wish I would have bought this when she was 2 months old not 4. She rols to much & needs a larger mat now.

My sons favorite toy to this day, he's now 5 months old, is the Kitty that hangs from this playmat! It makes the cutest noise when the ball turns and is black and white, so I believe he really loves the high contrast.

Sometimes he plays with it for 10 minutes, sometimes he plays with it for over an hour. Just the few times he's played with it for that long makes it well worth it :D

This was a great buy for the money!! No reason to pay a fortune for other gyms, this one does the job. My son loves this mat. We got some extra key rings to hang some of his other toys from and it keeps him occupied for at least 30 minutes at a time.