Fisher-Price Infant to toddler Rocker, Alpha Fun

Comment: I was given an older version of this chair and I loved it for my daughter. Unfortunately, it broke when she was about 5 months old and I had to get a new chair. The newer one is, in my opinion, not as good as the old one. With the kickstand out, the chair reclines too far and my daughter was unhappy in it. The different back positions are barely different and it made almost no difference. We stopped using it shortly after we got it.

Now that my daughter is older (almost 2) and capable of sitting in a chair on her own, we thought we'd give the rocker another try. It's still not much good. When she backs up to it to sit down, it slides backwards across the floor and makes it very hard for her to sit. When she does manage to get into it, it still reclines too much and she quickly gets out. It would be nice if there were a smaller kickstand on the back to make it more stable.

Aside from it being of little use to us, it's kinda big and, unlike the older version we had, it doesn't fold. This makes it somewhat inconvenient to store when it's not in use or to take it on a trip. Maybe (hopefully) this chair will be of more use when we have another child and can use it from the time that child is a newborn, but I wouldn't recommend it for babies who can sit up or toddlers who want their own chair.

Comment: This is a great rocker/vibrating chair...the only thing I wish it did was fold up, and played music. The middle toy plays a short song when you pull it, but thats it. But if you are looking for something to strap your baby in, that you can use for more than just a few months this is a good buy. It will last them years rather than months. I could of bought this instead of just a bouncy vibrating chair, which only lasted about 3 months with my daughter.

Comment: We bought this for our baby when she was 2 months. She hated the vibration at first and now tolerates it. Now at 3 months we use it mostly like a play gym. We have 3 large dogs so having an elevated play gym helps. The rattle toy that comes with it is OK. We hang our own toys off the bar using links. She likes the song it plays. We get a lot of use out of it already and I'm glad we will be ablr to continue using it when she is a toddler.

Comment: I wish there were more stars to give this product! My mother got us this rocker as a gift when our son was two weeks old. It has been a sanity saver ever since!

When he was a tiny newborn, we'd just put him in this chair and turn the vibration on, and he was asleep within a minute or two. It was so soothing to him at the time! We even had him sleep in it next to our bed while he had a bad cold, because he slept on an incline that allowed for his sinuses to drain. We let him sleep there for several weeks after that because he just slept so peacefully in it!

As he got older, it became a good place to set him down if I needed free hands for a few minutes. Now, he's started playing with the toys on the toy bar (which is removable). He LOVES pulling the chain on the little umbrella because it plays a song for him. He pulls it over and over and over until he's ready to be picked up again. My only wish is that the umbrella came with more songs, because it does get a little annoying after hearing it for the twentieth time in the last five minutes. I imagine it would be relatively easy to take out the batteries, but he loves it, so I can handle it.

I can see us using this for months to come, and probably for the next baby too!

Comment: Our 2 month old loves to sit in this and just watch everything around her. I have taken off the toy bar because she would rather observe her surroundings and makes it easier to put her in and out. We weren't using the harness uptil now but with the increased kicking, we will have to very soon. It rocks just the right amount that she enjoys it but won't get addicted to rocking to andd fro. We also have a lamb and cradle swing but baby prefers this MUCH more as she would rather be sitting up and watching.