Hey ladies! Looking for feedback/insight about this
Mamaroo Baby Swing and/or suggestions for any alternative swings/rockers with a similar compact footprint. We know that having a baby means some necessary changes in our home, etc. but some of the most popular swings I have seen in friends/relatives homes look GIANT to us and take up so much space (i.e. Fisher Price swings, etc.). The Mamroo stuck out to us for it's compact footprint and dual use as a swing/rocker. However, for the price tag it has a lot of mixed reviews from parents who say it didn't soothe their babies. Obviously we also don't want a product that won't be of any use in soothing Baby C (especially one this pricey), so if the larger ones really are the ones that do the trick the best, we will just have to find space for it. Thanks in advance for any thoughts/feedback!
Re: Mamaroo Feedback OR Other Space Saving Swing/Rocker?
Due 1/21/17
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Married: 8/11/2007
DD: Born 2/3/17
BFP#2: 5/3, EDD 1/10/19
FTM here, but my friend gave me her Rockaroo (step down from the Mamaroo) for free. But I was in BBB the other day just looking at the Mamaroo, and a lady with 2 children came up to me and said "Every baby I've known has hated that thing. Don't buy it." I'm sure that just like everything else, some babies will love it and others hate it.
Married: July 2015
BFP: 5/20/16 | EDD: 1/28/17 | Twin boys born 1/16/17
I had a Mamaroo for my 2nd kid and he loved it, but it's like all baby gear in that it depends on the baby. We definitely plan to get another for this baby, but will likely buy a used one from Craigslist again or a consignment sale.
The motions for the Rockaroo and the Mamaroo are different, so I really wouldn't say that the Rockaroo is a step down, it's just made with a different purpose the same way the Bounceroo has a different purpose than either of them.
With my first kid, she ended up sleeping in her swing at night from about 4.5 months until she was nearly 1 because of chronic ear infections. The combination of the incline and the swinging motion is the only thing that soothed her enough to sleep for 2-3 hour stretches (she transitioned to her crib pretty seamlessly from there as we walked the speed down for a few weeks beforehand). I wouldn't feel comfortable doing this in the Rockeroo or the Mamaroo because they don't have the 5 point harness that makes sure they can't wiggle out.
We also didn't use our swing until she was about 4 months old, so you may consider holding off on it and then going from there. Since we ended up using the swing at night we just set it up in front of her crib so that she'd be used to her surroundings when she moved into her crib, so it did take up a lot of floor space but also wasn't in our way.
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We have a mamaroo from my first. He liked it, however due to a few factors at birth, he had brachyacephaly (flat head) and we had to limit his time in it. Positioning devices likes swings and bouncers can contribute to flat head syndrome so I just throw that out there. We will use the mamaroo for this one (mama needs to be able to get something done occasionally with a toddler and a newborn). I know babies that hated their more traditional swings, but liked vibrating chairs. It all depends on the baby so spending that money on something that may or may not work is tough. I do wish it vibrated. Otherwise we love the minimal footprint and the variance in motions and speed. Hoping the next one likes it as much as the first
We had this swing, the Graco Swing by me, it folds when not in use and the legs are telescopic so it can be a full size swing or a low compact swing. We LOVED IT!! DD napped in it every single day and she would sleep for 3-4 hours straight in it. It was a life saver and not expensive at all. The ONLY negative is it's battery operated so we had to replace the batteries about every 1-2 months but it was so worth it that we didn't mind.
DS1 - 03/31/2006
DS2 - 12/31/2008
DS3 - 06/26/2012
DS4 - 08/07/2014
in fact throughout my pregnancy last year (it was #2 so the registry was really just for us but a few people asked for it) I would go to BRU and check out one of those registry scanners every time I went there. I would literally register for all the normal things I was going to buy that trip so that they would apply to my reward after DS2 was born. I actually felt like this was cheating until one of the managers even suggested it once when she saw I was pregnant. Last time they did a 10% back reward.
Due 1/21/17
This is a great registry item. Many of my friends didn't have a ton of money so they looked for larger items to go in together on. My girlfriends from home went in on this gift for us. So yes, it is expensive but when a few get together on it and they know they're buying something you'll actually use I think it works out in the end.
Side note--if there's one thing I can suggest, go to your local library and start your rock-a-bye baby collection. We have almost all of the albums and in DS's first year we'd play the tunes as I was nursing at night, during playtime and on long car trips. Much better than hearing traditional nursery songs and he has an intense love of music now. The Beatles, Foo Fighters and Green Day are some of his favorite bands.