Lamaze Freddie The Firefly Musical Mobile

by Lamaze

• Choose from 15 or 30 minute play modes
• Wings slowly flap. Engaging baby and strengthening visual tracking
• Choose from 4 musical selections with volume control

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Parents and babies have always loved the Freddie the Firefly Play & Grow toy. Expanding on that best-selling toy, Lamaze introduces the Freddie the Firefly Mobile. Part developmental toy and part room décor item, the mobile features a large colorful firefly with wings that slowly flap. With high-contrast patterns and additional flying characters, the mobile is perfect to engage baby and strengthen visual tracking. The mobile includes 4 music selections, 15 or 30 minute play modes, two light modes and volume control. It also can be easily attached to all cribs.

Product Description

Parents and babies have always loved the Freddie the Firefly Play & Grow toy. Expanding on that best-selling toy, Lamaze introduces the Freddie the Firefly Mobile. Part developmental toy and part room décor item, the mobile features a large colorful firefly with wings that slowly flap. With high-contrast patterns and additional flying characters, the mobile is perfect to engage baby and strengthen visual tracking. The mobile includes 4 music selections, 15 or 30 minute play modes, two light modes and volume control. It also can be easily attached to all cribs.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars must have! August 27, 2012

By kim

Amazon Verified Purchase

I ordered this after spending a few weeks looking for a stimulating mobile that would look OK in my baby's room. I just hooked it up for my son who is 2.5 months and he loves it! He smiles and laughs, with arms and legs moving like crazy. Plus, the design isn't too overwhelming. I definitely recommend this to all parents looking for an engaging, stimulating mobile. It's become a go-to toy. Hard to tell if it will ever put him to sleep, but the 20-30 minutes of engagement (read quiet time) is totally worth the $40.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed December 24, 2012

By Dane Adam Orion Vick

Amazon Verified Purchase

I had really high hopes for this item so I guess that is why I am so disappointed with it.

This moves too slow and the motion it does is not easily viewable when laying upside down in a crib.

My son loves the look of it and the colors but is otherwise bored with this. This mobile hangs from a plastic arm that curves outward over the crib. If you are there with your child, you can push it so it swings back and forth while the butterfly goes up and down. If you do not do that, I do not believe this will provide enough stimulation for you child while in the crib looking up.

To fix this, the motorized motion should swing the arm left to right while also having the butterfly go up and down with its wings. Barring that, I find this completely lacking and in my case, did not live up to expectations nor did it adequately entertain my son.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Very few complaints about this mobile! November 18, 2012

By GuestReviewer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This thing is WONDERFUL! It's HUGE, well made, and my son LOVES it. He will sit under it and just coo and babble at it for a good 30 minutes. The best part? It doesn't even need to be on! The patterns and colors captivate him enough. When I turn it on, and the music plays, and the wings flap, he absolutely loses it! He doesn't stop smiling and kicking his legs and arms. We're both VERY, VERY, happy with this product!

The only things I don't like:

- You have to manually change the songs. While the songs are cute, and not as annoying as most other mobiles, I don't really want to listen to the same one for 15 or 30 minutes.

- There is no mute button. There are two volume levels; "soft" or "deafening". Okay, it's really not *that* loud, but it's pretty loud, and there's no way to turn it on the quieter setting first. It always plays the first song at the highest volume.

- The firefly, itself, doesn't spin. There's nothing that says it does, but it would be nice if it did. It just dangles from a hook on the arm and sometimes my son just needs that little extra movement to keep his attention. But, it's nothing a little manual spinning doesn't solve. It'd just be nice if it did it on it's own.

- The arm that hangs over the bed wiggles back and forth A LOT. While I'm sure it's not going to break off, I would feel better if it were a bit more steady.

- The wings are a little difficult to switch. My son is easily captivated by the different sides, but sometimes he favors one over the other. It's not that big of a deal, the joints are just a little snug (which wouldn't be a complaint if I didn't want to switch them :P)