XP from May14- Mamaroo

[Susan0utLoud]

We have a craptastic swing and I want to upgrade for baby girl. I found a 4moms mamaroo for $99 at the local consignment. Mil wants to buy it for us, but I wanted to know if anyone had one?

Did you love it?

What didn't you like?

[housecarder]

I've heard people love it. My swing is still upstairs because they love the Rock and plays so much. My biggest thing my swing has to have is a wall plug. I hated trying to find batteries if it died when she was fussy.

[Ray]

My friend has one and swears by it!

[Susan0utLoud]

Jul 25, 2016 14:50:34 GMT -5 housecarder said:

I've heard people love it. My swing is still upstairs because they love the Rock and plays so much. My biggest thing my swing has to have is a wall plug. I hated trying to find batteries if it died when she was fussy.

Wall plug is a must!

[madamewaffles]

Thanks for asking! DS is pretty neutral on his RNP and I see 4moms has 20% off their site today. I'd love a place to put him while I do stuff in the house but I'm not sure I'm willing to place a ~&200 bet if he will like it and I see they don't accept open box returns so that sucks.

[Susan0utLoud]

Jul 25, 2016 16:58:41 GMT -5 madamewaffles said:

Thanks for asking! DS is pretty neutral on his RNP and I see 4moms has 20% off their site today. I'd love a place to put him while I do stuff in the house but I'm not sure I'm willing to place a ~&200 bet if he will like it and I see they don't accept open box returns so that sucks.

Yeah, I wouldn't pay full price for one but there are a ton for between $100-$160 on Craigslist and in consignment stores near us. I'm only considering it because MiL offered to buy it.

[icaughtfire]

We like ours from what we've used of it so far. I like that there are multiple different swinging options, options for music/white noise, it plugs into the wall and it's QUIET. I felt like DDs swing sounded like a chainsaw compared to this thing.

That being said, I wouldn't drop the kind of money they cost on it, I got mine used from a friend for like $100.

[housecarder]

icaughtfire how have you been? I take it that little man made his debut?

[TnT10]

We have one and like it! We used it with both kiddos and both have liked it. It was a shower gift from MIL/ gma IL, I probably wouldn't have bought it brand new.

ETA: It is also much smaller than a swing, space is an issue for us and that was the reason I wanted it so bad.

[Susan0utLoud]

We picked it up tonight! The cover is in the wash! I can't wait to get baby girl into it.

We ended up getting a slightly more expensive version on craigslist, mil still paid for it. Woot!

[Susan0utLoud]

Jul 25, 2016 19:37:25 GMT -5 TnT10 said:

We have one and like it! We used it with both kiddos and both have liked it. It was a shower gift from MIL/ gma IL, I probably wouldn't have bought it brand new.

ETA: It is also much smaller than a swing, space is an issue for us and that was the reason I wanted it so bad.

Space is a big issue for us as well. Our house is under 1000 sq ft.

[icaughtfire]

Jul 25, 2016 17:42:54 GMT -5 housecarder said:

icaughtfire how have you been? I take it that little man made his debut?

I'm good! The newest addition to the Fire household, Ethan, arrived on Friday! Finally feeling somewhat human again so I'm hoping to be around more!

[housecarder]

Jul 25, 2016 21:58:23 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Jul 25, 2016 17:42:54 GMT -5 housecarder said:

icaughtfire how have you been? I take it that little man made his debut?

I'm good! The newest addition to the Fire household, Ethan, arrived on Friday! Finally feeling somewhat human again so I'm hoping to be around more!

Congrats!

[TnT10]

Jul 25, 2016 21:49:13 GMT -5 Susan0utLoud said:

Jul 25, 2016 19:37:25 GMT -5 TnT10 said:

We have one and like it! We used it with both kiddos and both have liked it. It was a shower gift from MIL/ gma IL, I probably wouldn't have bought it brand new.

ETA: It is also much smaller than a swing, space is an issue for us and that was the reason I wanted it so bad.

Space is a big issue for us as well. Our house is under 1000 sq ft.

Ours is 1032 sq ft so I totally get it! I hope she likes it!

[mcktymck]

We have one and I'm a huge fan! Sam takes his longest naps in it and when he starts having a meltdown we'll crank it up as fast as it'll go and turn on one of the sounds and it'll usually buy us a few more minutes.

[Susan0utLoud]

So far I've figured out that she likes the car ride setting on the highest setting with the ocean sounds. This thing is magical!