Hellobee Boards

I put her in on the lowest speed starting at 2 weeks or so and it was fine! It seems Fast but I also swing her left to right to soothe her relatively fast (I swivel my top half at the hip).

ETA - she was 8 lbs by that point. I didn't use it earlier because I never put her down lol

We also thought it was waaaaay too fast at first for our LO. He hated it at first. Once he was about 4-5 weeks though I put him in it at 1-2 speed and he's stayed at that speed ever since (now 10.5 weeks). I still have to put a blanket over his arms & tuck him in or else his startle reflex kicks in when it swings and he wakes up.

We bought the Snugabunny because of the fast speed. Like TidyBee, we watched the Happiest Baby on the Block and he recommended fast swings. Baby isn't here yet, so I can't tell you how well it works but the reviews on Amazon are pretty positive!

It does seem really fast, especially at first! When LO was a newborn we would put it on 2. As he got bigger and the swing got more use it slowed down a lot! We are still using it 6 months later but it's not near as fast! I have heard the motor goes out on them easily.. Maybe ours is nearing?

We never went over level 3!

@mrsaudi: try calling fisher price! i have heard they will send you a replacement motor. i dealt with them recently for the rock and play and they were AWESOME - didn't ask for any proof of the problem, just asked me to send a part of the item and they shipped me a brand new one.

It does seem really fast at first, but once your LO is a bit bigger, it won't. We were putting it on the highest once LO was 4 months and wished it went even faster!

We're at full speed now and it moves very little. Try putting a couple of very heavy books in it and see the difference! As baby gets heavier, the swing slows down!