Baby GYMS any one LOVE or LOATHE theirs?

[NotAnOtter]

I am looking at this HESS one pricey but looks good...

any tips?

the baby einstein is agan pricey but is it worth it?

any hints welsome!

ooh I have a baby einsten one, got it reduced at TK Maxx, LOVE IT. Loads better than the hand=me-down DD1 got!!

I am fairly ambivalent about them
neither of mine were that interested in them early on.
by the time they were vaguely interested they were also rolling and would roll into the sides and get tangled up.
and they got frustrated by not being able to erach the stuff, or, once they could reach it not being able to pull it off and eat it lol

so, persoanlly I wouldn't spend a lot of money on one. but I am sure there are plenty of other
"normal" babies who love them

yes the baby einstein one does look nice

tbh N is not good at being awake and i am feeling a bit desparate !

do you think they are worth it? I cannot remember how long they go under them?

thanks thisisyeaterday - that is what i am worrying about...

ahh yes, I had one of those. sadly he screamed despite the gym, and the rocking swing, and erm, pretty much everything. eep

oh yes, I had forgotten about how he just trashed it once he was bigger.

I have that one
It is well made
It takes up a lot of room
The hanging toys seem popular
The bolts need tightening occasionally
It looks nice in the room
I have put cork circle under the wheels as I think walkers are dangerous
Occasionally a bay will bump his/her head on the bottom circle

eek! when did he .......stop?

hatrick see my thread

oooh thanks Katymac

worh the ££££?

oooh when did he stop? erm.

this was posted in feb,. so he'd have been about 4 months old. and he was getting better then.

it's very sad that I had to look on ther eto find out though

Well it was for me - but I do have quite a lot of children to use it

although, there is then this in march. which suggests it wasn't all good :p

we have this

massive hit wiht both dcs

v portable and doesn;t take up too much space

www.abctoys.co.uk/sotn/dprod.php?products_id=107

Well, at that price, it would surely have to do more than one baby, eh NAO???

lol lol lol

just asked dp if we were done and he said yes!

omg have you got the most beautiful daughter on Mumsnet!!!???

NAO - you are obviously talking to me

Yes.

Oh, and I meant to say, that although the Hess one is gorgeous, I don't really like baby gyms- people leave babies under there too long I find, and I see loads of babies with plagio- or brachy-cephalic heads these days. (erm-not in a professional capacity you understand, just a nosy, looking at other babies type fashion!)