Mamaroo vs. Swing

[zpanjwani]

Hi Ladies. We already have a decent swing and bouncer, but we're considering purchasing a mamaroo because it looks to be much smaller and I've read great things about it. Does anyone here own a mamaroo and if so, can you please let me know if it would be worth it or will be a waste since we already have a swing and a bouncer. Any insight is appreciated!

[trixi282]

I don't have one, but I'd say if you already have the other two I personally wouldn't waste the money. They're so expensive.

[zpanjwani]

Thanks for the input trixi282. We just figured that the mamaroo would replace the swing and bouncer while taking up much less space. But with this being my first girl, I probably have better things to spend my money on... like all the glittery tu-tus in the world

[tribute17]

After having a kid who hated the swing and bouncer I wouldn't get one. It would have been a very expensive decoration in our house. Hopefully this second one does because I imagine I'm going to have to put him down occasionally.

And like you said, there are other things I would want to spend my money on.

[bliz1712]

I've seen them in the store but never had any personal experience with them. I think they are similar in size to a swing. They look like they'd work, but for the money I just couldn't justify that risk. I might consider if it was my first child or if I knew I'd be having another that would use it down the road. I used the RNP and the swing or bouncy chair.

Maybe you could get one of those combo swings/bouncer chairs that someone posted about awhile ago in the preggly thread. I think it was a swing and then the seat is removable to become a bouncy chair. That might allow you to condense to one item versus 2.

[sarasansh]

I'm also considering one. Our swing is not in great shape after Robin, who used it for a solid 6 months (and probably would've used it longer if he hadn't become a tummy sleeper) and a lot of the nicer Graco/Fisher Price swings are $120-150, whereas a 2014 Mamaroo is $199.

I like the small footprint it has on the floor and that it offers several different motions. Also if you splurge and get the 2015 model, you can control the entire thing from an app on your phone.

I will most likely buy one from Amazon closer to my due date since they have the most lenient return policy, and return it if it's not a hit.

[versed]

We had the mamaroo for DS1 (borrowed). It was nice. He napped well there. It wasn't amazing. He also had a bouncer and a RNP.

DS2, we just used the RNP. No bouncer. No mamaroo. No swing. It worked great. Just had one on each floor. I liked that I was high enough that DS1 could see him but couldn't harm him in any way.

[cbear]

Honestly for the short amount of time they use the swing and for as expensive as they are, I wouldn't get one. Plus with the unknown on how she will like it, it wouldn't be worth it to me. My best friend has one and both her kids hated it!

[abseptember]

We have both- 1 for each boy. They like them both but if I had the swing already, I wouldn't buy the mamaroo

[justbeth]

We don't have one at home, but we have one at the preschool. Emma never liked it. The teacher in the infant class told me back then that they move fairly slowly compared to a swing so some babies don't like them as much. Just her opinion FWIW.

[barefoot84]

How about the Nuna Leaf? It's expensive but you can get much more use out of it and the toddlers can use it too.

[sarasansh]

barefoot84 Have you ever tried a Nuna Leaf? I just looked it up and it seems awesome.

[bliz1712]

That looks amazing. It says it's up to 130 lbs!

[barefoot84]

May 20, 2015 14:00:52 GMT -5 bliz1712 said:

That looks amazing. It says it's up to 130 lbs!

It is amazing. We decided against it since we had such little place when we first had Liam, but I' ve only heard positive comments. I know Tumaini would have sat in anything we got Liam the moment he wasn't in it, so it's the only one we considered. I'm still a bit sad we didn't buy it.