https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 14:21:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494885 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:28:16 +0000 JerricaBenton 494885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made one. We're going to hang it over the changing table though. I think it's pretty sturdy but I don't want it over the crib just in case. If I didn't get around to making it I don't think I would have bought one. I really think it's more of an aesthetic thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494872 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:21:10 +0000 keiki_mama 494872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: OMG, so adorable!!!!!</p> <p>We didn't have one, LO survived =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494773 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:22:39 +0000 lovehoneybee 494773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made one, for me. It's above his crib that he hasn't slept in yet, lol. It was a good distraction towards the end of my pregnancy, though :) </p> [attach=1866/13/mgfktr.600x401.mobile.jpg] [attach=1866/13/mgfktt.600x401.Crib-Mobile-Tapestry.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494772 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:21:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 494772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I think PrincessBaby got a stand for the UBV bassinet on Amazon that was way cheaper than the UB one, FYI. </p> <p>I don't think you NEED a mobile, but I know my nephew was entertained by his for a few months-- he would lay and watch it spin/listen to the music long enough to scarf down a sandwich or go to the bathroom AND wash your hands or something special like that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494752 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:07:14 +0000 LazyLightning 494752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: That's adorable!</p> <p>FWIW, i plan to make one too - and it's definitely more for 'me' than the kid at this point. I think it'd be fun to make, and would look cute in the nursery. Will probably hang it over the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494743 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:04:49 +0000 photojane 494743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made one for less than $10. It's totally more for me than for LO though. I'm sort of obsessed with decorating her nursery. It was a little time consuming, but super easy and cheap. Here's an IG pic of it... </p> [attach=1879/13/mgfk02.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494729 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:10 +0000 LazyLightning 494729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: no kidding. gotta have every accessory out there for the TV or whatever his obsession is, but the baby? OMG don't buy anything. Now, on one hand I agree. I don't want a pile of baby furniture everywhere, especially since our home is older and has little storage space and narrow hallways... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494698 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:49:08 +0000 JoJoGirl 494698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: I just worry about my back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494690 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:47:44 +0000 leelee 494690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have this one and DD loves it. It was $30 at buybuybaby and keeps DD occupied while I get ready for work in the morning and coos to it before bed at night. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008TILF7C/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1357854303&#038;sr=8-27&#038;pi=SL75" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008TILF7C/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1357854303&#038;sr=8-27&#038;pi=SL75</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494688 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:46:58 +0000 LazyLightning 494688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: interesting. I pictured middle of the night diaper changes not being very fun on the floor. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494685 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:45:54 +0000 tororojo 494685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: A lot of people tell me that they didn't use a changing pad and it's easier on the floor with a towel! We bought a cheap Ikea one just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494678 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:44:13 +0000 JoJoGirl 494678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: oh lord. glad i'm not the only one. Why must THIS be the thing to be so ultra-minimalist about?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494671 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:40:59 +0000 prettylizy 494671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got one more for the aesthetic than purpose. Our family joke is that it's a stationary because it doesn't move, or do anything. I just like the way it looks mor than anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494663 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:38:28 +0000 LazyLightning 494663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: DH told me we don't need a changing pad because we can just change the kid on the floor on a towel. Sigh. That may be TRUE in principle, but yeah, I'm buying the pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494653 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:35:37 +0000 rachiecakes 494653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never got one because I thought they were ugly. Around 4 months I bought one so that J would sit in the crib for a minute and be entertained while I went to the bathroom or folded laundry.<br /> Once he could pull himself up to stand a few months later it was useless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494633 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:29:36 +0000 JoJoGirl 494633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Once I actually explain the 'bending over all night long' thing to him, I'm sure he'll understand (especially since he's 6'2" so that'll be a LOT of bending for him!), but we have so many other things to worry about first i'm just not addressing it yet. UB sells a stand to go with it but it's just as expensive as a PnP w/ bassinet attachment so that's been my plan this whole time and he's like no, we already have a bassinet, why should we buy another? LOL. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494627 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:37 +0000 Smurfette 494627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Well it isn't the worse thing in the world. At least he doesn't want to you make the baby sleep in the car seat or something. Do you have a table or something you can put the bassinet on so you aren't having to bend over all night long? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494614 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:24:03 +0000 JoJoGirl 494614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: And he like, won't let me talk him out of it. It's tabled for now but it's taking all the self-control in the world to not fly off the handle about it. ;)<br /> /threadjack </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494609 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:23:17 +0000 Springtime 494609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never got one either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494606 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:22:56 +0000 Smurfette 494606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Only a guy would suggest that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494601 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:21:38 +0000 JoJoGirl 494601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man. DH is currently trying to convince me we don't need a *bassinet* (or co-sleeper or anything so the baby can be in our room at the beginning) - he actually wants to put the baby in our uppababy bassinet attachment on the FLOOR at the beginning so we have 1 less thing to buy. LOL. Anyway that's all to say NO, we aren't getting one and you'll probably be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494596 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:20:50 +0000 heffalump 494596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never got one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494594 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:20:32 +0000 autumnlove 494594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never used a crib mobile but she liked the one on her swing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494590 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:20:02 +0000 BananaPancakes 494590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one and he could care less about it. But he does love this thing, so I do think it's nice to have something they like in the crib. I could set him down and he'd watch it while I got ready or just had some alone time. </p> <p><a href="http://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?SKU=15138378" rel="nofollow">http://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?SKU=15138378</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494586 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:19:02 +0000 Rubies 494586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted one but never got around to making one or buying one and as it turns out, it was fine! You can totally do without! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494582 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:17:59 +0000 Bao 494582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have one, she has done fine without one so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-a-mobile#post-494580 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:17:33 +0000 Smurfette 494580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just realized that I haven't even though about a mobile for the nursery. </p> <p>Do you have one? Is this something I can do without? </p> <p>Also, where do you have yours? I have noticed some have them over the crib while others the changing table or other areas of the nursery </p>