Bouncy chairs

[NoTeaForMe]

Hi all,

This is the bouncy chair we have decided to go for. Cheap and we have john lewis vouchers so efectively free! Does it matter that it doesn't have a 'newborn head support' attached?

Thanks

Looks fine to me. We had a even more basic one than that which I liked as could hoik (sp??) it around when needed to put DD in different rooms depending on what I needed to do, obviously without her in it! I didn't think my DD needed a head support, so long as the baby isn't left in it for too long.

The only bouncy chair I would ever recommend is the baby bjorn one -we got one after our mothercare basic one collapsed - and OMG it is a revelation, it is the BEST bouncy chair - it converts every fidget by the baby into lovely gentle bouncing, and they can use it up to age 2. Worth spending a little more for HOURS of happy baby! baby bjorn chair

this one is great

But the Chicco one is not to my taste at all! Also it is nearly £20 more than the one I posted about. Does the one I suggested look ok, with no newborn head support?

I think a new baby would wobble around in it,but it would be great from about 10 weeks.The chicco one is very comfy and reclines pretty flat.Ours is older and not so flowery!IMO you could easily not use one for the first 10 weeks, dc1 lay on the floor all the time.

I wouldnt/didnt spend too much on one in case the baby doesn't like it.

DD1 HATED it. DD2 loves it though. Woujld need head support thouigh for a newborn - DD2 8 weeks and still needs it. We have a mamas and papas one from argos that was only about £25 i think.

The chair does say it is suitable for newborn?

I'm sure it's not dangerous or anything but I'd be very surprised if a newborn didnt slump in it.

I didn't buy one till a few months later, we used a doomoo for the first few months, so can't tell you which is better. The one you have chosen looks okay, and as long as it says it is suitable then I don't see why it shouldn't be. Only other option is to go and look at a few different ones I suppose.

A doomoo? What's that?

www.amazon.co.uk/Doomoo-Seat-Bubbles-Grey-White/dp/B0027ITQD0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=baby&qid=1282575101&sr=8-2

this si a doomoo, the price had risen since I got mine though.
But my DD who is 3 still uses hers as a beanbag.

ooppps sorry.

www.amazon.co.uk/Doomoo-Seat-Bubbles-Grey-White/dp/B0027ITQD0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=baby&qid=1282575101&sr=8-2

Wow, that looks so cosy - no way I can spend £100 on a bean bag though! Thanks though!

Yes I agree they are much more expensive than they were 3 years ago, but I suppose they were only just out then so were a bit cheaper.

we had a fisherprice one (a gift) didn't even know there was such a thing as a head support for it for newborns. It is suitable from birth but I think it was a few weeks before dd used it. She never fell out, slumped or looked vaguely uncomfortable. In fact she loved it.

Will be using the exact same one with no.2 soon when he finally puts in an appearance.

If the info says suitable from birth it will be fine I'm sure. They have such a short lifespan don't spend a lot. And this one looks nice.

As for one that lasts until age 2 can't imagine dd wanting to sit in it. If it isn't an 'adult' chair she just isn't interested!

Although I know you weren't asking for alternative suggestions, I would second the Baby Bjorn recommendation and comments.

I had a M&P bouncy chair, similar to the one you linked to and DD never took to it and always seemed slumped/uncomfortable in it. A fried recommended (raved about) the BB and I bought for DS (now 12 weeks) against DH's wishes as he thought it would be a waste of money. It's been worth every penny and friends 9 month old still loves bouncing himself (agree that up to 2 might be pushing it). It's much more of a hammocky suppport and head has never slumped as it did in the other chair, even at 3-4 weeks old.

Sorry, I am just a bit evangelical about it but realise it's much more money and (I don't thinnk) John Lewis stock it.

Anyway, to answer your original question, the M&P chair did have a "detachable head hugger" - just a flimsy thing that didn't attach to the chair, just perched behind baby's head - which didn't make much difference to the slumping problem IMHO so I wouldn't worry about that if I were you.

I have just looked at the BabyBjorn one and John Lewis do stock it. We don't quite have enough vouchers for that, but it doesn't seem that different to the really cheap ones. I am sure it is though I guess.....

Still no way I can spend that on a bouncy chair though! And my husband qould go crazy!!

It really is so different - simply in the way it bounces with every movement the baby makes. It is SO worth the extra £££, for me it made the difference between being able to get on with things and not, as the baby was so happy in there.

The up to age 2 - it adjusts, so you raise the back a bit, take off the harness and it is like a kid's chair, so it doesn't feel so much like a baby chair.

Although DH agrees that the chair is fab he till shakes his head at the price!

It is different - doesn't seen to "bend" the baby like most do (see if there is a picture of the side view which might explain what I mean) and the self bouncing seems fairly unique - but the price seems to all be in the design (? patented) rather than the materials/workmanship. Wish I'd invented it!

Although it's been fab for us though, I would never encourage you to spend more than you are comfortable with and every baby is different. Awful if you had a baby that hated it after spending that much!

Just wanted to add in case anyone else reading this is tempted by the BB - you can get it for less than £75 (delivered) online so don't just go stratight to John Lewis (and I never usually say that!)

Will shut up now before I get reported by someone who thinks I must be on commission

But the more basic chairs (like the one I posted about) bounce with the baby it's the vibrating/music playing ones that are comfy seats but don't bounce, so I don't really see the difference. Are you not just paying for the name?

Sorry to chip in - and this isn't a dig at the OP at all - but isn't it amazing what we are persuaded we need nowadays?

Do you think our parents had vibrating iPod-playing chairs that bounced themselves, swung, had headrests, flat screens etc. etc. for us?

No - they had a plain old bouncy chair which we probably all giggled like crazy in and guess what - we weren't any worse off for it!!!!!!

I was going to say that actually. My mom had a very basic one for me and my sister obviously!! My only question really about the one i posted about is does it need a head support, or am I getting sucked in to buying something I don't need?!

I'm guessing not - use your instincts. If your baby looks uncomfortable, take them out!!

If we're told we need something and it's given an official sounding name like 'head support' it's so tempting to go 'ooooh, well if it hasn't got one, it can't be as good'!

Ignore, ignore ignore - no product would stay on the market if it wasn't safe!

(& I work in marketing - shame on me!!!!)

bigredtractor you write total sense 'If we're told we need something and it's given an official sounding name like 'head support' it's so tempting to go 'ooooh, well if it hasn't got one, it can't be as good'!'

There are so many baby products around that just aren't necessary but I'm sure we all have at least one that we got sucked into and have since used and thought what a waste.