Worth it? Mamaroo

[ThePalindromicOne]

I was turned onto the Nuna Leaf a while back and plan on getting that... $220ish, small footprint, holds bigger kids (watch the Nuna Leaf Curve video online for an example how bigger kids use it), not battery operated, and not nearly as gawdy-looking as some of the other swing - type devices, although the Mamaroo isn't a bad alternative

ETA: Although I might add I'm a FTM with no practical experience with these things!

[mrskblack11]

We are registered for it on Amazon. I don't know if it is worth it since who knows if baby will hate it or love it. DH is obsessed with it and is the one thing he really wants.

[turtletyme]

Mar 7, 2015 17:22:05 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

We are registered for it on Amazon. I don't know if it is worth it since who knows if baby will hate it or love it. DH is obsessed with it and is the one thing he really wants.

My DH is obsessed with it too! I was ready to buy a rock n play. So funny. I hope the baby likes it as much as her dad does.

[bendherova]

I bought one for $159 from Albee Baby two weeks ago.. Does Albee ship to Canada?

[tjanca22]

Mar 7, 2015 17:28:50 GMT -5 turtletyme said:

Mar 7, 2015 17:22:05 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

We are registered for it on Amazon. I don't know if it is worth it since who knows if baby will hate it or love it. DH is obsessed with it and is the one thing he really wants.

My DH is obsessed with it too! I was ready to buy a rock n play. So funny. I hope the baby likes it as much as her dad does.

+1 for DH being totally obsessed. This is the only thing he wants for the baby!

[megeliz1]

We have one and DD never really loved it. She would tolerate it but a regular swing or bouncer would have been just as good. Also, like pp's have said, not $400

[mrsdee1982]

I am obsessed with it and wish they made it in my size. We are registered for it on Amazon.

[ktbear]

Mar 7, 2015 17:28:50 GMT -5 turtletyme said:

Mar 7, 2015 17:22:05 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

We are registered for it on Amazon. I don't know if it is worth it since who knows if baby will hate it or love it. DH is obsessed with it and is the one thing he really wants.

My DH is obsessed with it too! I was ready to buy a rock n play. So funny. I hope the baby likes it as much as her dad does.

So funny- my DH wants one too! He thinks it's pretty much the coolest thing ever. I talked him out of it because we really don't need anything else in our small living room, and we can just reuse DS's swing. Plus, they're so expensive!

[mrsmonogrammed]

We put one on our registry- DH thought it was "cool". FIL ended up getting it for us for Christmas because he's obsessed with it!! It's already set up in our living room. FX baby likes it! It does look pretty cool:)

[erbear]

I know where they make those in Pittsburgh. A friend of mine was going to do an internship with them and I told her to only do it if she got a free product!

We didn't register for one. I've heard many people say their babies hated it.

[sugarkissed]

We got ours as a gift, but I've seen them for $269 at Babies R' Us in Alberta, so maybe check there. $400 is crazy!

DD loved the Mamaroo as a newborn but after a few months it was too slow and she preferred the Fisher Price swing.

[lalamomma]

We have had one since they first came out. DD loved it and it's not huge footprint wise.
I also loved being able to plug an iPod into it to play music that I actually enjoyed and it wasn't 3 songs repeating.
Since then lots of friends have had babies and when they visit the mamaroo tends to be a favorite. It was money well spent. It's expensive though.

[lalamomma]

Also price wise we got ours new under $200. So I would shop around.
We loved the quality of it so much. This time we got the new 4moms bath tub... DH watched videos on it and is so excited about it.

[dmoney]

We registered for one because like so many of your DH's mine was INLOVE with it as well!! If someone else wants to spend the money on it for us then thats great. But if not Im not going to shell it would, I will get a regular swing and pray that DD likes it.

[laurenlou83]

DH thought it looked amazing, and it does, I just thought it was pretty pricy. We settled on this one instead. It goes side to side, back and forth in a glide motion, the seat can recline, it can be plugged in, and the seat can be removed and become a manual "rocking" seat.
And the price was better

www.buybuybaby.com/store/product/fisher-price-reg-4-in-1-rock-n-39-glide-trade-soother-in-aqua-stone/1043191314?categoryId=30505
www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babygear/products/4-in-1-Rock-n-Glide-Soother-CBT81

[ThePalindromicOne]

Mar 9, 2015 8:39:39 GMT -5 dmoney said:

We registered for one because like so many of your DH's mine was INLOVE with it as well!! If someone else wants to spend the money on it for us then thats great. But if not Im not going to shell it would, I will get a regular swing and pray that DD likes it.

I'm the complete opposite of this! Lol. Admittedly I get registry guilt (I did with my wedding too), but I only put things on my registry that I'm also willing to pay for. I don't really follow the "it's your wishlist, set you bar high" philosophy that registry places push on you.

I only put our crib and dresser on our registry because I wanted the BRU kick backs when I bought them and then our parents bought them both and I felt terrible because we probably splurged on those items generally speaking which means then they splurged too.

[baytosa2013]

I actually just put the Rockaroo together last night to test it out. A good friend of my husband's sent it to us. They used it for their son and he's too big for it now so they just gave it to us. I will say that I would NOT have spent the $179 that it retails for. I think the rockaroo and the mommaroo are different though. This one just rocks back and forth and it HAS to be plugged in to the wall which I don't care for. It also does not vibrate and you have to plug your phone in to it to play music if you want that. We will use it and see if baby likes it but we also registered for a pack n play that comes with a removable simple bouncer that vibrates and plays music.

[noeliav]

DD hated anything that was not our arms. We have a bouncer and a swing (snugabunny Fisher Price), and I'm not buying anything else, lol.

Oh. She did decide that she liked the swing around 18m. She now puts her "babies" in it, as I've finally convinced her that she's too big for the "baby swing."