https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:02:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281810 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:53:27 +0000 birdofafeather 281810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i bought the babysitter on sale at @Mrs. Bee 's recommendation. we'll see how LO likes it come january! we have a small space, so i don't plan on buying anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281763 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:19:08 +0000 Mrs. Bee 281763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have everything you posted. charlie loved the exersaucer. he spent so much time in that thing from 7 months- 10 months. sounds like a short time, but it's awesome to have a place where you can put your baby safely and can go to the bathroom, etc. he loved the jumperoo, but not as much as the exersaucer. olive was the opposite -- loved the jumperoo, but never really got into the exersaucer (although i sold it when she was 9 months old since she wasn't that into it).</p> <p>the babysitter was great until about 8 months for olive. then she got too mobile and wasn't into it anymore. i liked that it didn't take up much room as opposed to the exersaucer. that jumperoo you posted is the one we have and it's ginormous.</p> <p>the music table was played with well beyond one year, so it had the longest life.</p> <p>each thing had its use though. some kids prefer the jumperoo, some the exersaucer. but they also take up a lot of room. i would try to buy them used.</p> <p>you can use the bouncer from an earlier age, but you can use the exersaucer/jumperoo til they're older. </p> <p>i bought and sold everything at pretty much the same amount i spent, so everything was worth it to me. i got my money's worth. :)</p> <p>out of all those, i sold everything (olive is 11 months), and only have the music table now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281752 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:12:21 +0000 luckypenny 281752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: yup! That's it! We love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281749 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:10:59 +0000 pinkcupcake 281749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Tiny Love Gymini bouncer (w/the crab) that we used from about 3-months on. LO loves it, and it was a great way to feed her while I was working since she refuses bottles if she's being held.</p> <p>We got the Luv U Zoo jumperoo when she turned 4 months old. SHE LOVES IT. OMG, sometimes I think she's gonna jump out of it and hit the ceiling. We try to limit her time in it to about 15 minutes a day, but she could easily jump for 30 min + if we let her. </p> <p>We have the LeapFrog activity table but she hasn't been too into it, probably since she's not able to stand alone yet. </p> <p>She also has the Chicco piano walker that we use at my parents' house. She's a huge fan of it (but likes the jumperoo more), but we only use it under very close supervision. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281746 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:09:23 +0000 SugarplumsMom 281746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anacarlin: Is it this one?<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Jumperoo-Animal-Krackers/dp/B005WMPG6Y/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1346785550&#038;sr=8-6&#038;keywords=jumperoo+animal" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Jumperoo-Animal-Krackers/dp/B005WMPG6Y/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1346785550&#038;sr=8-6&#038;keywords=jumperoo+animal</a></p> <p>There's a similar one on Amazon UK that's the same price as the Rainforest one. I thought that maybe the design was newer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281735 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:03:51 +0000 luckypenny 281735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the fisher price "animal crackers" jumperoo and DD LOVE it. It was a huge hit with all the other babies at our mommy group labor day BBQ! Highly reccomend :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281687 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:45:34 +0000 cyndistar3 281687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have that jumperoo that you posted and even though my lo is only 2 1/2 months she loves it! She loves being able to sit up in there and kick her legs to make it make noises and light up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281680 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:37:14 +0000 Mrsbells 281680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have this exersaucer by evenflo that we received used as a gift, LO loves it because she gets to "stand" and I dont really plan to buy anything else </p> [attach=1326/12/m9u923.600x600.81lEhMhXpZL__AA1500_.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281678 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:36:48 +0000 looch 281678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: yup, it's new, and it has a German mode, English mode, music mode and play mode. Try Ebay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281670 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:33:53 +0000 mrsjazz 281670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: We have the infant to toddler rocker, too. Someone bought us the very expensive Mamaroo rocker but LO prefers her $40 rocker that mommy and daddy have to rock manually! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281664 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:31:32 +0000 regberadaisy 281664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: haha I can't read any of it. Is it new and has dual language? I wonder how much shipping to the US would be.</p> <p>@Crumbs: We have this one:<br /> <a href="http://www.target.com/p/fisher-price-infant-to-toddler-rocker/-/A-11037179?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&#038;AFID=Google_PLA_df&#038;LNM=" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/fisher-price-infant-to-toddler-rocker/-/A-11037179?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&#038;AFID=Google_PLA_df&#038;LNM=</a>|11037179&amp;CPNG=baby&amp;ci_sku=11037179&amp;ci_gpa=pla&amp;ci_kw=<br /> It is not a bouncer though, it doesn't bounce, only rocks. And it's not soft and snuggly like the snugabunnies. But my LO likes it. I registered for it because I like that she can still use it when she's a toddler as a chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281655 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:27:07 +0000 SugarplumsMom 281655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Which bouncer do you have? Do you like it so far? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281651 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:23:40 +0000 looch 281651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I just looked up the price for the learning table in the US and I would say we probably paid about twice that. Fisher Price stuff is double what it would cost in the US.</p> <p>amazon.de has one for about 44 Euros, might be worth a look:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Mattel-N3156-0-Fisher-Price-Lernspa%C3%9F-Tisch/dp/B0017V3BN4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1346782977&#038;sr=8-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.de/Mattel-N3156-0-Fisher-Price-Lernspa%C3%9F-Tisch/dp/B0017V3BN4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1346782977&#038;sr=8-3</a></p> <p>----about using the table later, when they can stand, we used it with the legs off from about 6 months. It's still going strong at 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281645 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:20:18 +0000 Honeybee 281645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the FisherPrice Rainforest Jumperoo. Both kids were about 4 months when they started using it; DD was about 9 or 10 months when she stopped using it because she got too tall. I think DS will outgrow it before 8 months because he is super tall!</p> <p>Our daycare has the Fisher Price music activity table, and the kids can't use that until they can pull to standing. DD started using that table at about 9 months, and loved to play with it until probably 15/16 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281644 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:19:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 281644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an exersaucer and a different bouncer. I wish I had the jumperoo and babysitter!!! </p> <p>Ds doesn't last long in the exersaucer but loves the jumperoo at church! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281643 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:19:13 +0000 regberadaisy 281643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: omg I would LOVE to have one in English &amp; German! Is it the same price as the US version? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281638 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:18:04 +0000 mrsjazz 281638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the rainforest jumparoo you posted a picture of. It was a gift, we didn't plan on buying one and didn't register for one but my best friend from high school (a mommy) wanted to get it for me. LO is 4.5 months and started using it at 4 months. She only uses it for about 5-10 minutes at a time because she doesn't know how to work all the toys yet and she gets frustrated. I think she will love it soon, though. I just wish it didn't take up so much space! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281634 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:17:15 +0000 looch 281634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a jumperoo and the learning table. The learning table we bought locally because it has English and German, the jumperoo we had to buy from Ebay and we paid more in shipping than the value of the thing, lol.</p> <p>My husband was nuts about me overusing the jumperoo, so we only used it from about 6 months to 10 months, when he started jumping so forcefully I thought he would bounce into the ceiling! We sold it and got almost the cost of it back.</p> <p>My son was just playing with his learning table tonight, he loves to switch the modes and play music or listen to counting in German. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281625 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:14:50 +0000 regberadaisy 281625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a "bouncer" that's a infant to toddler rocker meaning she can use it as a chair too when she's a toddler. I plan to buy a exersaucer soon -she's 4 months- and a activity center when she can sit up unassisted.</p> <p>No plans to buy a jumperoo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/jumperoos-vs-activity-centers-vs-exersaucers-vs-bb-babysitter#post-281617 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:12:20 +0000 SugarplumsMom 281617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) Which one(s) do you have?<br /> 2) Which do you prefer?<br /> 3) How old was your LO when s/he first started using it &amp; for how long?<br /> 4) If you have a BabyBjörn Babysitter on top of any of the others above, was it worth it? </p> [attach=1448/12/m9u7wl.492x600.which1.jpg]