My daughter LOVES her Baby Bjorn Bouncer. But, now that she is getting stronger I am wondering if we should try a toy that encourages more mobility. Most of the exersaucers I see are so ornate and huge so I am sort of on the fence. Any suggestions? A doorway jumper? What's worth it? Help!
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I'd only do a doorway jumper since they're pretty cheap at this point. Our jumparoo/exersaucer didn't get much use after 8 months.
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Maybe post on Facebook or a similar place to see if anyone has an exersqucer or jumper that you could borrow for a couple of months? Those things are so big that I'd easily lend mine out to whoever just to get a break from them in my house (between babies). I also got both as hand-me-downs, and agree with prior poster that you won't get a ton more use. I think my first used them between 4 and 8 months the most.
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We have a Jumperoo and both my girls love it!
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My almost 7 month old LOVES her exersauser and doorway jumper. But she's been using them for months at this point so I don't know how much longer she'll be interested in them. Buying them for a 6 month old may mean you only get limited use.
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My LO has been using an exersaucer since he was 4 months old. We have high doorways so a standard jumper wouldn't work for us. But, I have used second hand jumpers and the baby Einstein jumper I did not like. The seat was too deep and the spring was too hard so he could r get a good jump in it. But, I think the jumper could be the best bet.
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I may be in the minority, but I never bought a jumper or exersaucer for DS. He played with loose toys on the floor or in the PNP at 6 months. He had learned to roll well already and by 6.5 months he was sitting really well. I didn't want to buy another huge piece of gear, plus some say it's not good for babies to be stuck in that position. I say don't feel like you have to get either. LO is nearly 8 months now and he's almost crawling, scoots around like crazy, stands up well assisted, and will probably be pulling up soon, too.
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If you want to encourage mobility I would skip the baby containers
balls, wooden blocks, and musical instruments were my kids favorites at that age. We did have an exersaucer, but mostly just so I had a safe place to put her when I needed to be in the kitchen and didn't want to worry about her brother being too rough with her. Ww bought it used at 4 months and sold it when she started trying to sit and crawl at 7 months.
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@Mrs. Lion: agree! We have an Exersaucer but since about 8 months LO actually plays with it more from the outside! It's helpf if we need to keep her contained for a few minutes while going to the bathroom or something but overall she really wants to be crawling and moving around. She likes her activity center/bead maze, anything she can chew on, blocks, balls, etc.
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@Mrs. Lion: @macintosh: Good point! I guess I thought she *needed* something for trying to use her feet as opposed to just sitting in a bouncer chair, if that makes sense. I didn't realize these types of things would be so time limited, from what other posters are also saying! She is just beginning to sit up so maybe we won't worry about this type of toy- which doesn't bother me one bit!
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we have a musical activity table I bought second hand that my daughter loves now at 8 months to stand at.
She uses her exersaucer every day. We got it free (curbside from a neighbour) I call it the poop maker. I like to put her in it after meals to help her digest
If you have the space they are handy (but get it second hand)We also have a jolly jumper we got used but I find it more of a pain to put up and down all the time so it's not often used.
Both of these are good when I want to keep her in one place, she's been crawling for a while and cruising now but falls down without supervision so if i'm cooking I'll put her in those with some toys and she'll be happy for 10-15 min.
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@ldh112: do you have an activity table? They are great because you can take the legs off and use it at floor level first and the. Add the legs back for them to practice pulling up.
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I second the activity cube/activity table idea! I got a b toys zoo cube for my LO at 6 months and it was the perfect age. She could play with the side activities but was also motivated to stand and get to the activities on top. As she's learned to pull up she's been enjoying it more and more.
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My LO hated the jumpy thing, but loved the exersaucer. But the activity table is great too!
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@macintosh: same! We just put a PnP in the kitchen once she was sitting up so we had a safe space. I didn't want anymore baby gear and I was concerned about possible risks.
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@T.H.O.U.: @Smurfette: @anya: I didn't even know what these were until now! This is definitely a much better option! Thank you for enlightening this new mom over here.
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I got a used jumperoo!
balls, wooden blocks, and musical instruments were my kids favorites at that age. We did have an exersaucer, but mostly just so I had a safe place to put her when I needed to be in the kitchen and didn't want to worry about her brother being too rough with her. Ww bought it used at 4 months and sold it when she started trying to sit and crawl at 7 months.
If you have the space they are handy (but get it second hand)Reply
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