When did you officially retire the swing?

lmdbww · January 2009

DD stopped swing napping about a month ago and has been doing great. She no longer uses it during the day and is rotated between the exersaucer and floor time (some on tummy and some on back).

Should I retire it at home as well? She's in it right now but it's the first time in a few weeks....

JennyJen456 · January 2009

About two months...it stopped swinging fast because he was getting heavier...

MainelyFoolish · January 2009

We had to move it out of our living room in December (when DD was 7 months) so we would have a place to put our Christmas tree and DD hasn't really used it since.

vanillacourage · January 2009

DS hasn't been in his for at least 2 or 3 months. He never liked the big one and when he started trying to sit up in his smaller swing it made me nervous that it would tip.

jamie5315 · January 2009

He always hated it lol. I just completely gave up on it a couple months ago and put it away. Maybe the next one will like it!

Sherriberry · January 2009

We still have ours up and running. DS doesn't use it that often anymore. He was a serious swing addict but I broke that habit. I'll probably keep it until he starts to not like it anymore, or when it no longer swings.

thomas&lynn · January 2009

I would have loved to use it for relaxation or something, a place to hang out for 10/15mins, but our swing always equalled sleeping and even that stopped at 3mos. It had been sitting there until the Xmas tree needed a home so we packed it up and put it in storage late November. I had tried it once in hopes she'd like to just chill in it but that did not work.

All told, it was probably the least useful item we bought if you think about how expensive it was (papasan starlight) and how many hours of use it recieved (maybe a part of 3 or 4 nights and possibly 10 naps).

Califlorida · January 2009

she still uses it for naps in the morning. am i supposed to retire it?

vanillacourage · January 2009

Califlorida:
she still uses it for naps in the morning. am i supposed to retire it?

Check the weight guidelines.

Smores730 · January 2009

When she was around 5 months she started attempting to crawl out and wouldn't lay back in it so we shoved it in her closet. She stopped napping in it around 3 months. I'm hoping #2 likes it more.

BlessedMommy723 · January 2009

DD was never really into her swing. She uses it maybe once every couple of weeks now and that's simply when I need to do something (cook dinner/vaccuum, etc.) and she gets unhappy with floor time or doesn't want to be in her bumbo.