Or…. as I like to think of it, the quiet chair. Yes, they are expensive. Yes, you need to find yet another place to put them. Yes they are big, but, if you are like me, and enjoy your baby’s.. quieter times with the added bonus of watching them smile, you’re insane if you don’t have a swing.
This one is the Fisher Price Rainforest swing. While I was pregnant, I wanted the Papasan Fisher Price swing because it would have fitted in with my living room decor with it’s neutral colours.. Silly me, I somehow thought I would avoid the bomb site of baby gear enough to worry about my pre-baby decor?.. Now I see the light, or better yet, the colourful rotation of toucans.. And yes I am told they are a real bird, I have my doubts.
Our baby girl could sit in this thing for at least half an hour just watching the mobile and the world around her while she swings; even longer if she starts to fall asleep. If the timer turns off the mobile and the music though, look out, because sometimes it’s the only thing holding her smiley-faced good mood together until it turns off and she explodes like crazed banshee. Often a state she won’t recover from.
There are tons of different ones out there but this one works for us, the swing changes direction from a side to side movement to a front to back one and has at least two non-retarded sounding music options that are simple rain or forest sounds. Excellent for those occasional suicidal moments of if-I-hear-pop-goes-the-weasel-one-more-time hell..
This one is available in Australia for about $250 - $220 depending on where you go.. If you notice, I range pricing going downwards to satisfy the optimist in me, which now that I have had a child, is soon to be squashed like a bug in the baby retail world, so let me have my last moments.
So, if you value your sanity and lack of Menendez style rampages, nurture it and get the quiet chair.
The Fisher-Price line of Rainforest products are great. The bright colors and animals really engage our baby and they are well made.