crib mobiles

nikinikinine

do you have one? if so what does it do (i.e. is it just shapes or does it play music/light up etc.) and where did you get it?

I want to put something up in their crib, I'm thinking something that casts light on the ceiling. I'm headed to BBB this afternoon to scope some out, shopping online for this has  been too hard.

TIA! 

robynss

I dont have any advice but I do want to tell you that they are adorable! Is it really hard????

nikinikinine

robynss:

Is it really hard????

depends on when you ask me

I don't think it's too bad, I had very low expectations for things so I think I've been pleasantly surprised. My only really "hard" day was when DH caught a 24 hour stomach bug and both kids were up every hour overnight. I had no help and no sleep and I ended up yelling and crying A LOT.

I am lucky though, only one of my babies is fussy/colic and the other one is an angel. If I had two kids that cried like my DD I would probably lose my shiit  

MrsLnt

We have a mobile from PBK and it plays "You Are My Sunshine".  It's got seahorses, shells and starfish (their room is beach-themed).  I really only use the mobiles when they're in their cribs and awake for entertainment. 

We have the FB seahorse as a soothe-to-sleep sort of thing, and the Homedics Soundspa with projector as a last resort, if someone will not go to sleep.

kimarino13

We didn't use them. We used the seahorses.

keg

We had a FP aquarium one that I think projected on the ceiling.  I guess they liked it okay.  When they starting sitting up and we took down the mobile, we replaced it with crib soothers (one FP aquarium and one PF rainforest) and these have definitely gotten a ton more use.  We still have them on their toddler beds and they turn them on quite frequently. 

nikinikinine

kimarino13:

We didn't use them. We used the seahorses.

Mine may be tOo young still, but they don't calm down bc of the seahorses. I mostly want a mobile for entertainment when they are awake in their cribs. Ryan is really into lights and shapes right now so I thought he might enjoy a mObile.

busybea

We have the FP precious planet mobile. Excellent mobile with remote control you can even take the canopy off when they grow older and use it to light up the ceiling.

MrsLnt

nikinikinine:

kimarino13:

We didn't use them. We used the seahorses.

Mine may be tOo young still, but they don't calm down bc of the seahorses. I mostly want a mobile for entertainment when they are awake in their cribs. Ryan is really into lights and shapes right now so I thought he might enjoy a mObile.

Give it time.  We got them theirs as Christmas gifts (6ish weeks) and, while they'd stare at them or babble at their seahorses a little bit, only towards 8-10 weeks or so did it become the magic that everyone claims about the seahorses.  Even when they didn't put them to sleep, we put them on at bed time every night, just to create the association. 

allabydreams

We started using these when our guys were around three or four months old and they LOVED them: https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Love-Natures-Serenade-Mobile/dp/B001BCFWMM

We kept them up until the boys were around nine months and were standing up in their cribs and pulling on them ... otherwise we would have kept them forever!

TwinsieTown

This is the one we got. Fisher Price makes it and it is so cute! It plays Bach with ocean sounds and lights up. Plus it has a remote so after it goes off you can turn it back on without your baby seeing you.

 

Autumn

www.twinsietown.com