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I don't know if it works better than a regular swing since we only had a mamaroo , but DD LOVED it . It's the only place she would nap for 6 months. My friend borrows mind when she comes to town and says her son takes way better naps in them and it's convinced her to buy one for number 2. My sister's DD also sleeps like a champ in it.

I know there's some HB babies who didn't take to it, but all the real life babies I know love it !

DS loves it. It is DHs life saver for when I am not there, it does a great job soothing him a lot of the time. He is still at the stage that the faster the motion the better, so it is at top speed on the car ride motion.

DD never really loved it. I don't think she ever napped in it but she would hang out in it for small periods of time while I cleaned the house. Wasn't worth the money I spent but I plan on having more kids so hopefully they'll like it more!

It was a fail for us. Actually trying to sell mine and u won't even bother with next LO (whenever that may be).
But I do know people who swear by it. Could you maybe borrow someone's for a few days to test it out?
Good luck, I know the feeling of just being desperate enough to try anything!!!

I actually bought a Rockaroo and returned it before my son was even born. I have since heard from 5 or 6 different friends that they are so upset they spent so much on a Mamaroo/Rockaroo because their LO didn't love it. Our son didn't even like the swing-he was super fussy and loved being worn in the Moby, sleeping in his vibrating Rock n' Play, or bouncing in his Bjorn bouncer. Those three things combined are less money than a Mamaroo and did the job for us. Hang in there-here's hoping your son grows out of his fussy phase soon!

We didn't have one for DS and I wished I would have pushed harder for one. I bought one for DD and she LOVES it so much. She is almost 7 months old now, still fits, and still likes to chill in there when she is having a grumpy day or having trouble napping. I feel like it was worth every penny. I ended up selling both my swing and bouncer.

We had one used for $100 and it was ok. Nothing magical. But he didn't hate it or anything.

IF your LO doesn't love the swing I would not go out paying full retail expecting a miracle.

My son is not a fan. He really prefers the regular old swing. We're keeping it around for a while in case he decides to like it, but I'm not expecting a miracle.

My LO hated the swing and loved loved the Mamaroo! pS we bought ours and covered it with blankets in the beginning just so it wouldn't get dirty so that we could return it if need be. It's a good way to test one out.

LO loves ours. We were lucky enough to get a swing and a Mamaroo for free via friends. But, I wouldn't pay (esp not retail) for a Mamaroo if we already had the swing. The swing is definitely better for calming her down and lulling her into sleep. She is content in the Mamaroo but if she's pissed, she will remain pissed. The swing is like magic though.

@dc yoga bee: We have the Fisher Price bunny swing.

http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babygear/products/my-little-snugabunny-cradle-n-swing

My LO wasn't a fan. She would stay happy in it for 15-20 min if she was already calm, but it never put her to sleep or calmed her down. We only had it for about a week and returned it (she was less than 6 weeks old though, so it might have worked better when she was older).

She loves her swing though!

There is no way we ever would have bought a Mamaroo but my friend gave us hers as a hand-me-down. It turned out to be the only way to put our son to sleep (other than sleeping on someone) for the first 6-8 weeks. We used it for naps until he outgrew it.

But we didn't have any other swing to compare it to.

I kind of wish I could borrow one for a couple of weeks for LO #2 to see if she'd like it. We didn't use a swing or anything of the sort for LO #1 (we eventually got a hand-me-down bouncer that we started using while I showered and stuff when LO was 4 months or so). But I'm curious to see if it's a magi baby sleep tool.