From birth babies can play

Babies love interaction

From birth babies need space to move

To kick and wriggle

To lay and gaze

From birth babies love to be held

To be cuddled

To be talked to and sung to

Babies love and need people

They love and need their mummy

And their mummy adores them too

But it is not practical to play and cuddle and coo all the time

There are things a mummy needs to do

Places a mummy needs to be

And when mummy must do and be

She needs somewhere to safely leave her baby

That I am certain is why someone

Some clever someone

Designed the baby bouncing chair

Since the first bouncing chair

Used for safely stowing a baby

Keeping baby amused

Bouncing baby to sleep

The baby bouncer has evolved

There are so many styles and designs on the market now

It can be very hard to choose

We have used two bouncy chairs with Bea

A Baby Bjorn Bouncer Balance Soft

and the

Fisher Price 2-in-1 Sensory Bouncer

The Baby Bjorn is a very simple chair

It looks sleek and stylish

It folds flat for easy storage and transportation

It is a great bouncer for small rooms as it takes up very little space

Bea loved this chair

She slept soundly in it for short periods

She was raised from the floor to interact with her siblings

She could be at a great angle for watching the older children play

I like that this bouncer reacts to baby’s own movements

As the chair moves baby is developing balance and gross motor skills

The bouncer has three positions: sleep, rest and play

Thanks to proper head and back support, the bouncer has an ergonomically correct design for very young babies

Bea used this chair regularly for her first four months

Until she preferred to be upright and was busy practising her sitting

The bouncer can be changed into a comfy child’s chair

By simply reversing the fabric to hide the harness straps

This is a lovely soft bouncer for baby

A safe place to leave a little one

When there are no arms or laps available

A safe place to sleep, rest and play

The Fisher Price Sensory Bouncer

Bea adored this bouncy chair

She loved the black and white characters on the toy bar

She would sit and chat away to the ladybird

She also loved admiring herself in the mirror

We did not ever add batteries to the chair

So we did not hear the music

And Bea did not feel the vibrations

For Bea the bouncy chair was enough as it was

She loved the comfort of the deep seat

And the design of the double sided toy bar

This baby bouncer changed with Bea’s growing needs

From birth to 4 months

When our clever giant baby started sitting on her own

And trying to stand in the chair

If a friend asked me to recommend them a bouncy chair

I would be torn between the Fisher Price and the Baby Bjorn

They both have different uses and strengths

I would choose the Baby Bjorn for resting, sleeping and social interaction

And the Fisher Price for sensory and developmental play

We were sent both of these chairs to review

At Christmas we donated these chairs to families in need

Thank you Baby Bjorn and Fisher Price for making that so