BABY SWING WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE

FULL SIZE SWING OR TRAVEL TAKE ALONG OR BOTH FULL SIZE AND TRAVEL

Well I'm just the Grandma and I think I have bought everyone and every kind of swing out there to be bought. First it started out to just buy things to sell on okay, then our new Grand daughter came into the world on October 16th, 2006, and she had a lot to say about what swing she liked. I will give you a list of all the swings that I have bought and pros and cons of each and what we ended up with for baby. Believe it or not your baby does have a say so in all this. We like to think not when we are out there picking the swing that they will swing in, but READ THIS ARTICLE and it might change your mind on how to go about choosing your swing for your baby.
Well here is my list of Baby Swings that I had bought prior to the BIG Event of our Grand Daughter being born.
FISHER PRICE TAKE ALONG TRAVEL SWING - Plain No Music, No Lights, Just A Swing -BABY HAD TO BE ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD TO SIT IN THIS SWING
FISHER PRICE LINK-A-DOOS TRAVEL SWING - Music with Mirror and Toys Attached -BABY HAD TO BE ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD TO SIT IN THIS SWING
FISHER PRICE AQUARIUM TAKE ALONG TRAVEL SWING - Music, Lights, Pretty Aquarium Fishes In Water to LOOK at. BABY HAD TO BE ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD TO SIT IN THIS SWING
FISHER PRICE OCEAN WONDERS AQUARIUM CRADLE SWING - MUSIC, NATURE SOUNDS, LIGHTS, 6 SPEEDS, TOYS GOING AROUND THEM. FISH SWIMMING IN THE BALL ABOVE THEM, THE SEAT LITERALLY DOES CRADLE THEM TIGHTLY, ROCKS AND SWINGS IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, MUSIC IS SOOTHING AND EVEN MAKES ME TIRED. MUSIC IS REAL GOOD.

FISHER PRICE NATURE TOUCH CRADLE FULL SIZE SWING - MUSIC, NATURE SOUNDS, LIGHTS, 6 SPEEDS, TOYS GOING AROUND THEM. ROCKS AND SWINGS IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, MUSIC IS SOOTHING AND EVEN MAKES ME TIRED. MUSIC IS REAL GOOD. BUT FOR A BABY THAT LIKES TO BE CRADLED TIGHTLY, LIKE MANY BABIES DO AFTER WHERE THEY JUST CAME FROM. THIS CRADLING WAS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH FOR OUR GRAND DAUGHTER.

EVENFLO 2-IN-1 TRAVEL SWING - WE HAD TO WAIT TILL BABY WAS ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD TILL SHE COULD SIT OKAY IN THIS SWING. OTHER THEN THAT IT IS A GREAT SWING.

GRACO LUV-N-HUGS FULL SIZE SWING - CRADLES BABY VERY NICELY, 6 SPEEDS, MUSIC, NATURE SOUNDS, TIMER, HAS MOBILE BUT NOTHING FANCY, NO LIGHTS, MUSIC IS CLASSICAL AND BABY DID LOVE THE MUSIC, ADULTS DIDN'T BUT THE BABY IS WHO COUNTS, NEW NEW BORNS CAN SIT IN THIS SEAT JUST FINE.
GRACO SILHOUETTE FULL SIZE SWING - CRADLES BABY VERY NICELY, 6 SPEEDS, MUSIC, NATURE SOUNDS, TIMER, HAS MOBILE BUT NOTHING FANCY, NO LIGHTS, MUSIC IS CLASSICAL AND BABY DID LOVE THE MUSIC, ADULTS DIDN'T BUT THE BABY IS WHO COUNTS, THIS SEAT SITS UP TO STRAIGHT FOR BRAND NEW BORNS.
ALL THE ABOVE SWINGS TAKE 4-D BATTERIES. NOW I DO SEE THEY HAVE A NEW FISHER PRICE SWING OUT THAT TAKES BATTERIES AND ELECTRIC CAN BE PLUGGED INTO THE WALL. SOMEONE FINALLY GOT SMART.
If you can afford both so you have one for going away to take with you and one full size to keep at home then that is Great. The smaller travel swings take up very little space in your home and they are a lot less expensive. If I had to regemend one of the Travel Swings, I would have to say, the Evenflo 2-In-1 Travel Swing. It has the fold away legs so that you have a full size swing and fold the legs up and you have a smaller travel swing. It also has a lot more then what you see in a picture of this swing. I will include a picture of what all there is to offer baby.

6 SPEEDS VOLUME UP - DOWN BUTTONSMUSIC FOR SLEEPMUSIC FOR PLAYNATURE SOUNDSTIMER FOR 60 45 30 15 MINUTE INTERVALS THIS SWING RUNS ABOUT $89.99IT HAS A LOT TO OFFER THE BABY AND TO MOM AND DAD.
If your baby is a Music baby you do not want the Fisher Price Take Along Travel Swing, cause it offers no music, no colorful toys for baby to look at. This swing is just that, just a swing, you know like the olden days. Like I had for my son who is 24. THIS SWING RUNS $39.99
The other Travel Swings do offer music, some have lights, and play things.
OUT OF THE NUMBER OF SWINGS THAT I HAVE HAD IN MY HOME FOR NOW 7 TO 8 WEEKS. I HAVE TO SAY I WOULD PICK THE FISHER PRICE OCEAN WONDERS AQUARIUM CRADLE SWING OR IF I WANTED ONE IN BOTH I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH EVENFLO 2-IN-1 SWING.
NOW WE CAN JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT FISHER PRICE PUTS THE ELECTRIC ONTO THE FISHER PRICE OCEAN WONDERS AQUARIUM CRADLE SWING. IF NOT I GUESS FOR MY NEXT GRAND BABY I WILL BE TRYING OUT THE NEW
FISHER PRICE RAINFOREST OPEN TOP CRADLE SWING WITH ELECTRIC. WELL IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I WROTE THIS ORIGINAL REVIEW ABOUT THE SWINGS AND I FINALLY DID BUY THIS SWING AND I LOVE THE MUSIC ON IT, I LOVE NOT REPLACING THE BATTERIES, BUT IT DID HAVE A DOWNFALL FOR SOME REASON ON ELECTRIC OR BATTERIES THIS SWING DOES NOT SWING AS FAST AS THE FISHER PRICE OCEAN WONDERS AQUARIUM CRADLE SWING, SO OUR LITTLE GRAND DAUGHTER DID NOT LIKE IT QUIT AS WELL AS SHE LIKED THE OCEAN WONDERS CRADLE SWING. SO SHE GOT TO TRY IT OUT, I BOUGHT IT, PUT IT TOGETHER TO TAKE SOME REAL NICE PICTURES AND LET HER OUR GRAND DAUGHTER TRY IT ONCE AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON okay TO SELL IT. EVEN THOUGH I DID LOVE THE MUSIC AND I LIKE PUTTING THESE THINGS TOGETHER SO THAT I CAN TELL ALL MY CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY ARE LIKE, HOW EASY THEY ARE TO PUT TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM ALL THE SPECIFICS ABOUT A PRODUCT THAT I MIGHT BE SELLING. I DON'T LIKE NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THINGS THAT I SELL. SO NOW YOU HAVE IT THE LOW DOWN ON JUST ABOUT ALL THE SWINGS OUT THERE. BY THE WAY I DID HEAR THAT THEY ARE geING OUT WITH QUIT A FEW ELECTRIC SWINGS. SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR THEM AND I'M SURE WE WILL FIND ANOTHER TO PUT IN OUR REVIEW SOME DAY SOON. HAPPY DAYS MOM AND DADS. NOW GO PICK YOUR SWING FOR YOUR LITTLE ONE. I WILL PROBABLY BET ANOTHER ELECTRIC ONE FOR OUR NEXT GRAND BABIES BUT OUR LITTLE TRINITY IS ONLY GOING TO BE IN A SWING FOR ANOTHER MONTH MAYBE AND I FIGURED I PUT BOTH FISHER PRICE'S UP ON AUCTION AND THE ELECTRIC ONE WENT. I DO THAT A LOT, I LET MY CUSTOMERS MAKE THE DICISION FOR ME OF WHICH ONE TO KEEP, WHEN I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND. I'M DOING IT WITH TWO EDDIE BAUER STROLLERS RIGHT NOW TOO. THEY ARE SUPPER NICE SO I HAD TWO NEW ONES AND COULDN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE TO KEEP THE BROWN OR NAVY BLUE. SO I LET MY CUSTOMER DECIDE FOR ME. HAVE FUN WITH YOUR BABIES AND I WILL TRY TO WRITE MORE REVIEWS AS I BUY AND PUT THE THINGS TOGETHER.
THINK ABOUT YOUR BABY AND HIS OR HERS PERSONALITY. WHAT THEY MIGHT LIKE WHEN THEY FINALLY geE INTO THE WORLD. MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE OF A FEW MORE DOLLARS OR YOUR SANITY. CAUSE THAT SWING CAN GIVE MOM AND DAD SOMETIMES HOURS OF PEACE AND QUIET. OUR GRAND DAUGHTER SLEEPS IN HER SWING FOR SOMETIMES 2-3 HOURS. BY THE WAY WE HAVE BOUGHT 3 OF THESE. ONE FOR AT EACH GRANDMA's HOUSE AND ONE FOR AT MOM AND DAD HOUSE. WATCH THEM ON okay AND YOU CAN GET THEM FOR CHEAPER THEN IN THE STORE. BUT EVEN IN THE STORE $99.99 IS NOT BAD IF YOU CONSIDER THE HOURS OF PEACE AND QUIET IT MIGHT BRING YOU IN THE END. AND SOME BABIES SPECIALLY COLIC BABIES NEED MORE geFORTING THEN OTHERS. WELL I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY, TRY IT OUT AND RESELL THE ALL NEW FISHER PRICE RAINFOREST ELECTRIC SWING. IT IS GREAT AND NO REPLACING BATTERIES AND THE MUSIC ON THIS SWING IS WONDERFUL. SO HAVE A GREAT TIME DECIDED WHICH ONE YOU WANT.
THIS SWING DOES GIVE PARENTS WITH SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP THEY LONG FOR AND NEED. SO DON'T JUST DO FOR THE BABY DO IT FOR YOURSELF. HERE'S MY CHOICE AND I'M JUST THE GRANDMA. WHO TAKES OVER ON WEEKENDS TO HELP OUT AND LET THEM GET THERE SLEEP. NOT EVERYONE GETS TO HAVE GRANDMAS ON EVERY WEEKEND.
FISHER PRICE OCERN WONDERS AQUARIUM CRADLE SWING