Leap Frog Learn & Groove Activity Station

Advantages: Keeps baby entertained for hours!
Disadvantages: Price is quite high

AVAILABILITY AND PRICE ***************************** The Leapfrog Learn and Groove is brand new for 2005 and was only available in most of the shops from March. They retail at around £80 and are available from places like Mothercare and Argos. I bought mine from Argos online which cost me £85 including postage and packing. This does seem a little steep but one month on I'm already realising it was worth every penny. REASON FOR PURCHASE ****************************** ...
...Swing which was only usable until she was six months old so I was looking for some kind of replacement sit in toy to take it's place from this age upwards. Not a fan of babywalkers (due to the risks associated and the fact that I want to keep my baby away from most things, her moving around this house to me would be a complete nightmare!) my choice was very limited. Then I saw activity centres in the Mothercare catalogue. These are excellent devices ... Read review

Advantages: Keeps baby entertained
Disadvantages: Expensive

My sister in law bought this for my twins for christmas, I thought it was a bit expensive to be buying them but I didnt argue and now I am sooo glad I didnt. My children love this activity station, They go in it at least once everyday and they have so much fun. We got ours from Early learning centre and it cost around £80, which is quite expensive but definately worth every penny, I owe my sister in law big style for buying the babies this. ---Assembly--- ...
...together and it took them around ten minutes - it comes wth easy to follow instructions. The station requires three AA bateries to function, I changed the batteries mid-march for the first time, which I think is very good to say it has been used at least twice every day since christmas! There are three height potions as your child grows, the height is very easy to adjust. ---What it does--- Your child sits in the activity station like sitting ... Read review

Advantages: keeps baby entertained
Disadvantages: can get uncomfortable for baby after a while

This is our nickname for Scarlett when shes in the learn and groove centre, poor kid she has a lot to put up with! Scarlett is an expert roller over and is on the brink of being able to crawl, so when we are not in the room or able to closely supervising her she needs a kind of 'holding' area. She's now a bit big for her bouncy chair and is able to sit up in it, so we needed to find another way of keeping her in a safe area, so that I could go to ...
...had eaten the computer wires. We looked into door bouncers, but there is a step down into our kitchen, not a good idea! We decided upon the perkily named learn and groove station. It's designed for babies from 4 months to walking age (its definitely not for babys who can not support their head) The best way to describe is as a round shaped station with five interactive elements the baby can play with. There are two levels to the station, the area ... Read review

Advantages: Keeps baby safe, happy & in one place, portable, wipe clean & washable
Disadvantages: It is a large item / toy

We bought the Leap Frog Learn & Groove Activity Station as an early Christmas present for our almost 4 month old son quite recently and I have to say it is our most valued item for him the house! The station itself looks a bit like a traditional sit-in baby walker but it's not. It is a stationery activity centre in which the baby sits/stands in the middle and is surrounded by an array of things to play with. It has five items/toys for your baby ...
...disco ball - Record Player - Microphone - Song Book Baby can get at all of these because the seat in the middle rotates 360 degrees. The station has two modes of play so when you flip the song book over it changes from music to learning. So for example the piano keys either say the numbers and colours when you press them or play a specific type of music such as salsa. The record player works by the baby pulling down the record players arm across ... Read review

Advantages: Safe and great fun, teaches abc's and 1,2,3's.
Disadvantages: Expensive.

My dad bought this for our 7 month old girl's Christmas. She loves it! Unpacking and building*************** The 'donut' as i call it is very easy to set up, just click the three legs into the top part and thats the main bit done. Click all the music sections into their spaces on the top and hook the fabric seat onto the frame. Bingo! All set. Oh... batteries, three AA is what you will need, they are not supplied which was a bit of a bummer. If ...
...and you find it doesnt work have a wiggle at the music sections that you had to plug in yourself, if one isnt plugged in right it wont work. What's it do then?****************** First you have a yellow and blue microphone, made of rubber and plastic it's great for babies to have a good chew on. As they tug and pull it either sings 'ba ba doo wha' or 'sing it baby' depending on which setting the 'donut' is on. Next we have a disco ball which baby ... Read review