At first it scared my 5 week old Baby, by 7 weeks it was an essential piece of damage limitation kit!
~~About the Chair~~ Under all its glitz, it's a bouncy chair, decorated in funky blue slightly padded material, with pictures of feet, swirls and stars on it. It can be used just as a normal bouncer..but then there are the add ons……
~~Vibrating Unit, bzzzzzz~~ This was invaluable, it is a similar effect to the baby being in a car and can calm during fractious times, it was also handy if I needed to get something done, like eating dinner, Baby would sit alongside (well most times anyway) happily buzzing away in his chair! This can either be switched on or off and is powered by a big D cell battery, given the amount it was used the battery seemed to last quite a long time.
~~Detachable Toy bar~~ 3 Textured toys attached, a big sunshine in the middle with a mirror for the baby to look into (not a real one - baby safe of course), he liked that the best - poser! It also had some teethers dangling from it. Then either side there were a couple of toys that span around and rattled. The whole bar was also really easy to detach and reattach.
~~Music~~ You can either have the music constantly playing or so it interacts with the baby's feet kicking. i.e. when they move their feet a sound or bit of music plays. There are also lights on the side of the chair that light up and flash. I was worried when he was very small that this feature would not be a lot of good really because he would need to kick, but actually just a small subtle move was enough to make it activate.
The music is nursery rhymes with a modern feel, it sounds a bit like one of those polyphonic mobile phones! There are 16 of them, 10 songs and 6 sound effects. There are two volume settings, I did find if you had it on the louder setting that the batteries in this part needed replacing pretty frequently (3 AA's).
You can chose to have vibrate and the music on at the same time for maximum distraction.
Baby really enjoyed his chair, as a bouncer for playing in, playing with the toys and especially the bit where he kicked for the music to come on. It gave me a little break too!
~~Any other problems?~~ The only bit I can really fault was when he was coming up to five months, his feet started to stick over the end, although the kick pad was quite padded, the bit round the outside was not and I was so worried he would hurt his ankles. Oh and the fact that you need to stop using it when baby can sit up, or is over 9kg / 20lbs or is over 6 months of age. Only a problem because he loved it so much and I was gutted to see it go!
~~Life without the Kick and Play Chair~~ Well the chair had to go, because Baby was trying to sit up. It has been replaced with the Fisher Price Birth to Toddler chair, it has a vibrating unit on it which does help! Unfortunately it doesn't have any of the toy features otherwise I would say you would be better off buying this one in the first place.
~~The Price and Stockists~~ This chair is currently on the market for around £40 - £45.00 which is quite pricy for a Bouncy Chair, especially as it will only last about 6 months. But then you're not just getting a bouncy chair…..and for the daily use I had from the chair it was definitely worth it, they also hold about 50% of their value currently for resale on EBay.
Kick and Play Bouncy Chair is currently stocked in Boots (larger stores and internet), Mothercare, Babies R Us and Argos.
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Actually not really bad value for a quality chair/bouncer if you 're planning on more than one child ...A very good review! ~ Tony xx
unquietmind 01.10.2005 18:06
looks great and sounds like a life saver. x
Chardon 27.09.2005 22:02
Nice review! I had one of these for my son but always regretted that it wasn't a vibrating one, as he liked being swung and on the move all the time. xxx
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