I want to get an activity table for LO so she can practice pulling up. I've narrowed it down to these three:
(1) Baby Einstein Discovering Music Activity Table,
(2) FP Laugh & Learn Musical Table,
(3) Bright Starts Having a Ball Activity Table
Do you have one of these? If so, does your LO like it?
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
We had a leap frog one and a fp ocean wonders one. He loved them from 8-14 mos and even at age 2 will spin some tunes on them!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We had #1, and she LOVED it. It's where she pulled herself up the first time, it got a lot of use out of it! She still plays with it at 19 months when she sees it in the basement storage room, pretending it's a piano!
GOLD / grapefruit / 4555 posts
We have one really similar to the second one (just the Leap Frog version by FP) and both my 1 and 2 year old play with it on an almost daily basis. My parents got it for DD for Christmas to help her practice her standing and cruising. She was 9 months old and loved it from the get-go. So did DS for that matter!
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
We have #1. The boys love it, but they also like the one at daycare, which I *think* is #2 or at least similar to #2.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
We have a Bright Starts one (it was gifted to us, and wouldn't have been my choice, but I didn't want to spend any money on something we already had!). It definitely got her pulling up to stand. She still plays with it now at 17 months. It has a hippo that you can open and close, and she likes to put things in and take them out.
My biggest beef with this one is that once the legs are on, they're on. You can't take them off. Luckily, we use my parents place as storage, and they have tons of room, so it's not a huge issue.
papaya / 10570 posts
@lawbee11: Once again, you're on exactly the same wavelength as me today! I've been researching activity tables!! 
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
We have this leap frog one. I think I am going to retire it. R never plats with anymore.
persimmon / 1198 posts
The boy I babysit LOVED the third one. I'm sure they are all pretty similar, but he loved putting the balls in the hole and finding where they came out at
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
We had #2. She got it for Xmas one year. She liked it but not as much as some of the other toys she had.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
@lawbee11: and now I have the "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" song stuck in my head 
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
We have #2 and LO loved it when we got it (around 11 months), and she still likes to bang away on it now (she loves the music) at 20 months.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@MsLipGloss: We have the Vtech walker and it has a little purple phone on it and LO is obsessed so I am thinking she'd like #2 a lot.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
@lawbee11: That is one of my LO's favorite *accessories* . . . she chatters away on it like it's the real thing!
pomegranate / 3858 posts
One of these companies should come up with a modular system so you can pick out the best toys to have on each one!
grapefruit / 4903 posts
We got #3 when LO was 8 months, and she still plays with it all the time at 17 months. We looked at the others as well, but I liked that this one had more to interact with versus just buttons to push.
honeydew / 7811 posts
We have #2. LO liked it a lot at first, but he's over it now at 13 months. Be careful about the pulling up though, the first couple times, LO pulled the whole thing over on top of himself 
They are very light and top heavy.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
LO doesn't have one but we went to indoor play gym yesterday where they had one & LO lost her mind with joy. We have got to get her one. She thought it was the best thing ever.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
We have this vtech one. Both kids love it.
(2-in-1 discovery table)
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I bought #2 at a consigment sale for $!5. She is obsessed, still, 6+ months later
eggplant / 11716 posts
We have #3---based on price and Mrs. Chocolate's post. LO seems to really love it so far--especially the balls in the middle. And it's where she pulled up for the first time a week ago!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
We have #1 and C LOVES it. It was the second thing she pulled up to stand at (the first was a full laundry basket- yay mom, not putting away the clothes). She probably spends hours standing at it every day, no joke. And the music choices actually aren't really annoying, which is good since you will be listening to it a lot.
persimmon / 1165 posts
We have #2 and LO loved it. At 14 months she is starting to get bored of it, but still likes the music.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
@Smurfette: WE love this one!
I agree, that removal legs are really nice. Plus you can lay it flat on the floor for them to crawl over to, or use two legs to "prop" it up for tummy time.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
yup, we have #2. she actually still enjoys playing with it haha! she's 20 months.
pomegranate / 3053 posts
We had a LeapFrog one and both boys loved it. We gave it away when we moved, otherwise, I'm sure they would still be playing with it at ages 2 and 5. Maybe not so much the 5 year old but he would go play with it b/c his little brother is playing with it.
honeydew / 7295 posts
We have the second one and Tor djs with it! He still loves it but hubs makes me hide it because it sometimes really annoys him
squash / 13764 posts
We have #2, he played with it from about 6-14 months or so? At 18 months, he doesn't really have much interest in it anymore.
pear / 1812 posts
We have #1 and dd LOVES it! Especially "bard" - "blah blah blah blah!" Lol
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We had #1, DS loved it and played with from early on (4 months?) to 14? months? I put it away after that, but he'd probably play with it even today if it was still out!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I was hoping there would be a consensus that one was awesome and the others were just ok, but sounds like they're all great! Guess I can't go wrong
coconut / 8475 posts
@lawbee11: we have #2 and LO hasn't given it too much attention. He will wander to it now and again though.
Eta: oh wait! He took the phone off and "calls" daddy all the time. He answers his plastic phone when *my* cell phone rings. So, the phone was a win.
cherry / 179 posts
We have #3 and LO still uses it at 14 months. She doesn't play with it quite as much as she used to, but it does still get her attention.
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
I have number 3 and my 2 kids (age 10 months and 3 years) both play with it. I wrote a post about activity tables a bit ago
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@Cherrybee: Not sure if you got one already but we ended up getting #3 and she LOVES it! She already figured out how to pull the balls in the center.
papaya / 10570 posts
@lawbee11: Hey, we bought one off Ebay with a helter skelter toy (both for £5). It is much older than any of these but E seems to like it. Has M tried to pull up on it yet? That's why we bought one and it is working, she is trying!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@Cherrybee: We just got it today! She has been playing with it all afternoon, though. She's pulled herself up to kneeling with it but not standing. We've been standing her up at it and I think she's getting a lot of good practice standing/building her leg muscles because it's the perfect height.
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