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Indoor sensory swing recommendations?

MummyGruetzieMummyGruetzie member
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We're in the process of redoing our playroom to add more sensory activities for DD. We've been looking for an indoor swing for a while and I'm ready to buckle down and get one already! .... I'm concerned that the door frame swings wouldn't be safe (When we tried the Jenny Jump up, DD would repeatedly bump into the door frame on purpose)... I'd also been looking at some that we could hang from the ceiling and us put mats underneath. But DH is having issues with hanging anything from the ceiling in our formal dining room. I don't really mind, but don't want to push him on this. The swings from IKEA are super cheap and IME pretty good, but I'd need something to hang it from? Any thoughts? 

Ideally, I'm thinking something like this where we could do a rotational hang or 2 point suspension, just not for $1949! :)

https://funandfunction.com/on-the-go-swing-system-p-1706.html 

Thanks! :) 

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Re: Indoor sensory swing recommendations?

  • carlinlpcarlinlp member

    We put up a swing system in our playroom when DS was recovering from his vaccine injury.  He needed deep pressure and we were exhausted from swinging him in a sheet between the two of us.  Our OT made him a stretchy swing and we installed a system from our ceiling.  We used supplies from home depot and some hooks / rope from IKEA.  We no longer need the deep pressure swing, but we left it all up because my kids LOVE it.  We use the teardrop shaped IKEA swing and then a true outdoor swing we got from Lowes.  We attached the 2x4 to the studs and it's meant to hold over 300 lbs of weight, we kind of went overboard there, but I was nervous about it.  You can see our ceiling setup here:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2194223248523&l=347a74f23e

    I highly recommend it.  I never dreamed we'd have a swing inside our house, now I can't imagine not having it!  Especially on rainy days!!



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