Fisher Price Rainforest Friends Take-Along Swing

This swing from Fisher Price is part of their Rainforest collection - I must admit, nearly all the toys that we've bought for Squidge have been part of this range - so far he also has the play gym, the jumperoo and the old style swing (the one that has the leaf hanging over the top).  I love the style, how colourful they are and all the sounds.  The seat is covered in the Rainforest Friends you'll have seen on their other products like the play mat - Squidge loves the Giraffe, he always stares and smiles at him :)

The settings are on the side of the arm that you can carry the seat by.  The seat has 6 different speeds, 10 different musical tunes, including nature sounds and 2 dangling animals (a plastic lion & elephant).  The baby is secured in place with a 5 point restraint as well, similar to the kind you get on some prams, and on the previous Rainforest friends swing.  The seat also has a vibrate setting - to do this just secure the seat in place with the restraint underneath (it fastens with velcro when not in use to stop it dragging on the floor).

The vibrate setting is the little man's favourite, it really chills him out.  It doesn't send him to sleep, but he seems really content in it, even without holding a toy.

Five point fastening to keep the baby in place, all in front of a padded polka dot patch.

This can hold a baby up to 25lbs, however, I have read that it's suggested that once the baby is able to sit up unaided, they ideally shouldn't be in these as much - I don't know how true that is though?

I love how much more secure this new version feels compared to the old one (pictured below), the pattern on the seat is also more bright and colourful.  It's so much easier to pick up and move around as well as you can do it one handed, whereas with the old one, you really needed both hands to move it about.  

I think that this newer version was easier to put together than the old one as well, always a bonus when you're looking after a baby at the same time!  The only suggestion for improvement I'd give Fisher Price for the new take-along swing, is to make the buttons are easier to depress to be able to collapse it - personally, I'm just not strong enough to be able to do that by myself (unless I'm doing it wrong!?).

The new swing has different music to the old one too, personally, I like them both - the new one has better variety but I think the old one had more memorable tunes.

Our old one now lives at Squidge's grandparents, that way whenever he's there, he can still enjoy it and have some chill-out time.   Overall, I really like the new version, I think it's all-round better than the old one and improved on.  It also looks neater and more together, and isn't as wide as the old one, so it takes up less space, it feels like much better quality.

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