is the mamaroo worth it?

Jazzra369 · January 2014

Anyone know? It's so expensive but if I have another colicky baby I'd give anything a shot.

Sweetest116 · January 2014

My SIL had it with her first and I've noticed with her second she hasn't used it at all - she uses the FP cuddle bunny swing (or whatever it's called). I am going to assume that if she didn't dig out the mammaro then it wasn't worth it.

Beedeck · January 2014

We had it with DS, the movement was too fluid, he didn't care for it. My sister used it with her son and he seemed to like it okay. We will try it again with this one since we have it, but I wouldn't waste the money on it.

Milo5181 · January 2014

I don't know anyone (IRL or online) who thought it was a good buy, but I have no personal experience with it.

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

It worked glorious for us for all of 3 weeks, and then DS2 could care less about it.. We also didn't buy it, though, until he was 2-ish months old.. so, perhaps it'll work better with our 3rd being able to use it from the beginning. DS2, though he is an amazingly good baby, he never napped in the beginning.. hated the traditional swing.. so, mamaroo was a good option for us.. but, like I said, it only really helped for 3 weeks.. I wish the movements would go faster.. then I think it would be more useful.. the up and down motion is genius, it's just sooooo slowwwww! If I were you, I'd wait and see.. if you have a traditional swing already, give that a whirl and if it doesn't work, then maybe see if a friend has a mamaroo you could try before investing? You also might be able to find one on craigslist..

flummadiddle85 · January 2014

Did you ever try baby wearing? DS wasn't colicky, but it always helped. Especially when he just wanted to be held all. The. Time.

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

NVandGZ said:

Did you ever try baby wearing? DS wasn't colicky, but it always helped. Especially when he just wanted to be held all. The. Time.

This is a really good point.. I'm a big fan of baby wearing.. I actually got started with it because my DS1 was super colicky for 4 months!

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LM915 · January 2014

Milo5181 said:

I don't know anyone (IRL or online) who thought it was a good buy, but I have no personal experience with it.

This.

Easypeasymom · January 2014

My son loved the mamaroo until he was too heavy for it anymore. I lived how quiet it was over the clicking of the swing we had before it

aggiefrau08 · January 2014

The Mamaroo is the only one I've seen that actually has a plug in which is a feature that I REALLY want this time, but I don't want to spend that much money! :-P

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

Carabiner252 said:

Oh yes, I have all sorts of wraps and carriers - moby, ergo, beco, meI tai, storch, etc. They didn't help with the colic. I don't think anything helps, we tried so many things. I'm scared of it happening again!

That's a bummer! My DS1 had terrible colic.. but, wrapping him helped sometimes.. SSCs didn't hold him tight enough to my body, but if I wrapped him, he was content.. for a short period.. We were terrified our DS2 would be colicky as well, but we got lucky.. he was/is an angel baby!!

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