Back a few weeks ago we were having a play date at a friends house, and that friend had a jumperoo, so the little man had a play in it. Instant success! He loved it! Straight away he was bouncing and having fun, and for a decent amount of time. At that point it dawned on me that we really should get one for him - it was very timely as it was when he started wanting to stand all the time (he still wants to stand all the time). Realising just how expensive these are, we took to Gumtree to find a bargain, and after a couple of days of searching, we found one in Penarth for £25, amazing! It was in great condition, and with working batteries.
Around the seat are different activities to entertain themselves with, and the seat itself swivels really easily so they can move around. There's also dangling stuffed animals for them to look up to and reach too.
The red frog seat can be removed and washed - you'll need to do this for two reasons, one being how much they slobber on it, and the other is the notorious 'jumperoo poo' - if your little one poops when they're in it, it's a bit of a poo-splosion and might well seep out onto the material.
The whole seat unit is held on by 3 straps which have 3 different heights. Once your baby is able to put their feet flatly on the floor, they suggest moving it up to the next level. Squidge is nearly 6 months old and has been on the level 2 setting for about 2 weeks (and he's a pretty small baby).
This is one of his favourite toys on the Jumperoo, it's a spinning rainforest frog with little coloured beads/balls in there that make a noise, he loves spinning this.
This is one of the dangling animals, the other is a soft-toy version of the rainforest frog above, he loves looking up at these :)
This is the main activity centre - there's 2 dangling toys and the blue one is an elephant that twists around. There's also a barrel with pictures on it that rolls and coloured lights. What I love about this is that the music responds to his movements, so when he bounces he makes the elephant make sounds, teaching him cause and effect and encouraging him to bounce.
Just look how happy he is in it :)
I'm not sure I'd spend the full money on buying one new, but if you can pick up one second hand they're absolutely worth every penny - he spends lots of time in this and loves it - plus it gives you that few minutes to make a cup of tea or a sandwich, or stick a load of washing on :)
This is by far his favourite toy/activity :)
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