just a few answers to my questions pleeeeeeease . ., , , , ,

MrsSpoon · 30/04/2007 21:22

1/ how old is your baby/child?

older - 8 and almost 5

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc - A variety, asleep usually in the cot or pram, otherwise sometimes car seat, bouncy chair, DS1 quite liked the playpen, DS2 didn't and DS2 had a battery operated swing which was fantastic, he loved it, otherwise they were rolling about on the floor, in my arms usually feeding.
b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room) Only the car seat and bouncy chair were portable.

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal) I was relatively happy with the choices we had.

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
3 value for money
1 ease of use
4 style
2 environmentally friendly

skibump · 30/04/2007 21:22

ds is now 14 months, but I used mainly to put him on a mat flat on the floor, or a bouncy chair if I wanted him to be able to see what I was doing (generally in the kitchen). He's always slept in his cot. Hope that helps

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grannycrackers · 30/04/2007 22:07

thanks for replies so far.
any more ???

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FiveFingeredFiend · 30/04/2007 22:14

A lot older

Wherever they didn't cry

The way the question is worded - it's a no brainer!

VFM

Hulababy · 30/04/2007 22:18

1/ how old is your baby/child?

older - DD is 5yo

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc.

When tiny DD would go in her rocker chair or on her play mat. When a bit older and I needed to contain her for a short period of time int he home she went in her high chair. Never had a playpen. She only slept in her (bedside) cot at night time.

b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room)

We were in a one storey flat so no problem moving things about.

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal)

Never used things like this much, so 1

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
ease of use
value for money
style
environmentally friendly

5/any comments you'd like to add

n/a

Skribble · 30/04/2007 22:19

Degree in market reasearch?

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grannycrackers · 30/04/2007 22:51

skribble - in my last year of an ou degree, mostly environment courses, but htis year's course is about innovations. the market research is just one stage in the process from invention to innovation. i really do appreciate people's responses

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hana · 30/04/2007 23:12

1/ how old is your baby/child?

7 months

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc.

when younger, bouncy chair or playmat/gym thing, or swing. Now, she's on the floor on her tummy mostly

b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room)

yes, but I only moved the bouncy chair room to room

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal)

1

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:

value for money 1 (most imp)
ease of use 2
style 3
environmentally friendly 4 (least imp - as so many baby things are passed on and def get their moneys worth)

5/any comments you'd like to add

good luck

Nbg · 01/05/2007 10:47

1/ how old is your baby/child?
DD 3 and DS 8 months

2/a) When they were tiny babies they would go in their rocker, pushchair or on a playmat.

b)The rocker was portable as was the playmat.

3/ 1. I think there are plenty of products on the market to meet babies needs.

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
ease of use
style
value for money
environmentally friendly

5/any comments you'd like to add

btw this is for part of an assignment for my degree
tia

stitch · 01/05/2007 10:52

youngest is now four
ds1 was usually placed in middle of double bed, or held by me. i only ever left him to go to toilet after dh came home.
ds2 was left under playgym, in baby bouncer, the older sort where they rock themselves with kicking motin. or in cot
dd, either in cot, or puchchair, or carseat. never in babt gym or rocker unless i was watching like a hawk cox otherwise ds2 would give her 'hugs'
cant stand the idea of putting baby in a cage, as i call playpens.

dressedupnowheretogo · 01/05/2007 11:05

1/ how old is your baby/child?

6-9 months

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc.

in her leapfrog grrove n learn thingy

b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room)
yes

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal)

5

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product: 1
value for money 5
ease of use 5
style 5
environmentally friendly 1

5/any comments you'd like to add
hth

good luck

yaddayah · 01/05/2007 11:32

3 and 5
a Baby seat (mothercare vibrating thing)
padded play mat, when older graco activity centre , did have a baby bouncer (attatch to doorframe ..) both hated it with a passion
b) play mat and bouncer portable, but had to take bub out to move it , activity centre was huge but well loved so worth it taking up the whole of our tiny living room !
5 Anything that could keep them occupied for even a short space of time was invaluable
value for money
ease of use
environmentally friendly
style
As a semi lentil weaver i would always go for the more enviromentally friendly option given the choice of two similar products

HTH

Snowboo · 01/05/2007 11:51

1/ how old is your baby/child?

9-12 months

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, playpen, floor, buggy when i need five mins!

b)is it fully portable? playpen yes, floor yes, buggy yes.

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? am happy with the way things are.

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
value for money 3
ease of use 1
style 4
environmentally friendly 2

5/any comments you'd like to add

PinkTulips · 01/05/2007 15:28

1/ how old is your baby/child?

1 9-12 months
1 older

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc.

playpen, highchair but mostly i just dump him on the floor as it's the safest place for him now

b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room)

have floors in most rooms so yes playpen and highchair not so much though

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal)

5, would be nice if he was a bit more contained at times like when i'm trying to clean the bathroom and he's hanging off my legs

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
1 value for money
2 ease of use
3 environmentally friendly
4 style

5/any comments you'd like to add

Tigana · 01/05/2007 15:32

1/ older

2/a) um...the floor? Had a highchair and a door bouncer when little.
b)floors in every room of the house yes . Highchair and door bouncer could be moved if needed, but not often needed.

3/ Floor is pretty good actually.so 1 I guess.

4/value for money - most
ease of use second most
style - least
environmentally friendly 3rd from last (if I'm honest)

5/any comments you'd like to add

littlelapin · 01/05/2007 15:35

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MuffinMclay · 01/05/2007 15:50

1/ how old is your baby/child?
12 months

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - playpen, bouncy chair, etc.
On floor. Baby gym until 5 months, after that he wouldn't stay still anywhere else.
Tried a play pen - much screaming!

b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room) Used to take the baby gym up and down stairs, then invested in one for each floor.

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal)
1

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
value for money 3
ease of use 1
style 4
environmentally friendly 2

5/any comments you'd like to add

LIZS · 01/05/2007 15:53

1/ how old is your baby/child?

older

2/a) where do you put your baby/child, for example - bouncy chair, etc.
mixture of basket/cot, bouncer, car seat, pram, mat on floor (until rolling/crawling/walking)
b)is it fully portable? (up and down stairs, from room to room) most (not cot), tended to have one solution for upstairs and another for down

3/ if you are not satisfied with existing products which act as a safe place to put a baby, how much would you like to have something which was fully portable/collapsible and which a baby could sleep in or play in? please rate from 1(not at all) to 5(a great deal) 3

4/rank the importance of the following in a new product:
value for money 2
ease of use 1
style 3
environmentally friendly 4

5/any comments you'd like to add
not sure whether you aren't suggesting reinventing the wheel !

olivo · 01/05/2007 17:27

6 to 9 months
playmat, fully portable
3
value for money

env fr ease of use style

hope that helps, gc!

lunavix · 01/05/2007 19:43

1 6-9 months
2 a she has a bouncy chair but she's getting a bit big for it. It's portable. Also have a babydan but not used it yet. b yes to both
3 5 depending on what age up until
4 enviro and style first, then value, then ease

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grannycrackers · 02/05/2007 08:02

thanks very much to everyone who's done the questionnaire. all this will go towards the assignment which i have to do soon - it was supposed to be in last week, my tutor has given me an extension of 2 or 3 weeks. so i have to get on with it . .

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