Customer Reviews

Tiny Love Musical Nature Stroll Toy Bar

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I purchased this stroller activity toy bar for my active baby boy when he was 3 months old. He took to it immediately, and within a minute or so started pulling on the little strawberry-shaped pull that activates the spinning propeller. The spinning propeller has decals on both sides so it's interesting from either side. He loved looking through the Lion "Prism", he'd look through and smile and laugh. He loved spinning the Parrot spinner, at 3 months, it was totally his skill level so it always gave him something active to do to distract him from being frustrated. At the beginning, I set aside the little musical mirror that hangs from the Lion Prism, mainly because the music is on the loud side, it activates itself when it hits something, or you press it, and without fail, it was always went off once the baby fell asleep. There's no way to adjust the volume level or even turn it off. Now at 14 months, we enjoy playing with the musical mirror, just not on the stroller....

How does it fit onto the strollers? Place the little blue clamps onto a spot on each side of your carseat/carriage. Turn the orange twist knobs, they tighten down the clamps. The whole thing has four bend points across the arch (after each toy) so that it can be moved and adjusted into a number of shapes.

Strollers: I used this for six months on my Graco Snugride carseat/Graco Snugrider stroller combo, it tightens on fine. Then I moved it to my Peg Perego Pliko P3, where it also fits fine. On the Graco it was useful because it forms a frame so that I can drape a nursing cover over the existing sunshade and the Toy Bar to extend the sun shade like a little tent over him so that he was completely out of the sun and could sleep in peace.
We still use it at 14 months on the Peg Perego to do the same thing, and it forms a little tent in from of him (desert sun....) but he can still look out to the side as he's falling asleep, so the Toy Bar prevents him from losing his entire view....

Travel: This was useful to have on our carseat on the plane when we took quite a few long flights.

Compare to Tiny Love Sunny Stroll Toy Bar: It's much better than Tiny Love Sunny Stroll Toy Bar (which we also own): If you're deciding between the Musical Nature Stroll and the Sunny Stroll Toy Bar, then definitely buy the Musical Nature Stroll (even if it's more expensive...) A few reasons:
1. The Strawberry-shaped pull that activates the spinning propeller is much easier for a young baby (3-4 months) to grasp vs. the Sunny Stroll rattly-birdy shaped ball. On the Sunny Stroll, he almost never pulled the propeller, on the Musical Nature, he was always playing with it.
2. Musical Nature Stroll includes the little hanging mirror that is also musical, which we still have fun with today (although as a minus, there's no way to shut it off....see above). The Sunny Stroll mirror isn't musical. The mirrors are plastic on both, he never really looks in them as mirrors.
3. The little Lion "Prism" on the Musical Nature Stroll was always captivating for my baby, I think he likes Lions. He never showed the same interest in the little Sun Prism, the shape or the colors just aren't as eye-catching.
4. The Musical Nature's Parrot Spinner, again, is just that bit more interesting. The little butterfly hangs from it. On the Sunny Stroll, there's a Butterfly Spinner, and then a butterfly hanging from it, and it always strikes me as being a bit boring, because it's a butterfly with a butterfly, i.e. the concept is duplicated.

Overall, the Musical Nature Stroll was one of the best purchases we made. It's very adjustable and versatile and we still use it on the stroller in conjunction with a cover to keep the sun off the baby.

This is a really cute toy. My 5 1/2 month old daughter seemed interested in it when I took it out of the package. Unfortunately it didn't fit on my carseat (Britax Boulevard - carseat sides too wide) or stroller (UppaBaby G-Luxe - bad angle). I had to return it.

We bought this for our son mainly to use on long car rides. The item is well made, the colors are perfect, and we love being able to pretty much bend it any way we want. When we first got it, he was about 11 weeks old so we just attached it in the most upright position and he would just stare at it. Now that he's older, we set it a little lower so he can grab the attachments and use his feet to play with it. He grabs and chews on the butterfly and the rubber strawberry. Pulling on the little strawberry makes the fan spin. He also kicks at the mirror in the middle. If he kicks it hard enough, it plays a little tune. You have to hit it pretty hard to get the music to play though so it's something for younger babies to grow with. I like that it has two rattles, one inside the bird and the other inside the back of the mirror. So, when we're driving he always has some noise keeping his attention even if he's not actively playing with the toy. It's also great for getting his attention when he's being fussy about being placed in the car seat. Once I place it over the car seat, he instantly quiets down and starts playing with his toy. He loves it and we do too!

We have attached this to a car seat, stroller seat, bouncy seat and the hospital crib my daughter was in for a long time. The colors and mirror encouraged her to look to the side we placed it on, which was helpful in the hospital. She is 3.5 months and is starting to bat at it. It will be a while before she can really interact with it, but it's a great, flexible toy to have around. It also folds up pretty small for storage or travel.

Few good features: the musical mirror is fun for my 5 month old son. It scared him the first time, it's a little loud! He wants to put it in his mouth more than look at himself though! The hanging strawberry is the best! He loves to pull the string & watch fan go around. Disappointed in how it mounts. The "claws" aren't very secure & when my son pulls on the toys, as he wants to suck on everything, the whole unit pulls down into his face! Buy something more stable!

A friend had recommended this product but I've found it doesn't stay attached to the type of car seat we have. Cute toy when it's up, but if falls down often and easily.

It claimed to have 3 musical tunes. But it had just one very short tune which you have to keep pressing every second. The bar is also very fragile, the side clips does not attach firmly, falls vey easily on the baby. only positive thing about it is the color; bright enough for visual stimulation.

My baby enjoys this attachable toy. The only thing is that it does not attach to all car seats. It attaches great to our maxi coos car seat, but not to our baby trend.

I was a bit nervous when I first received this as the box was labeled 0+ months and my daughter was almost 9 months. I thought she wouldn't get much use of it. It has only been month but she seems to enjoy it. She doesn't cry as much when I put her in the carseat because she has a distraction. It clips on nicely (by turning the orange knobs).

This product is one of the best purchases we've made since our son was born. He is now 6 months and could not stand to be in his car seat - in the car, or in his stroller - it didn't matter. So, being out and about was challenging. We bought the Tiny Love Musical Nature Stroll about 4 weeks ago and he LOVES it! He reaches for it as we're buckling him in and he can't wait to play. He loves to pull the lever for the fan and is constantly whacking at the mirror sun ball to hear the songs. He will play with this in the car, in his stroller, at restaurants - anywhere we go, it provides him with endless entertainment. This was a great value and it attached to his car seat with no problems. I highly recommend this to any parents who's baby is fussy in his/her carseat!