Battle of the Swings
So, I'm the type of mom that likes everything to be shiny and new. I think I suffer from "New Mom" syndrome but I am slowly recovering. They say that babies either like the swing or the bouncer, well our baby liked neither. When I was selecting items for my baby registry, I thought this Graco Swing and Bouncer 2-in-1 swing was the answer. It looked sleek and new and it seemed to match our furniture, which in a small apartment is key when trying not to look like you are running romper room day care. Anyway, the Graco swing has just sat there for the last 3 months because our daughter cried every time she sat in it. I think the problem was that it had too much of an incline for her small back. She has reflux and is sensitive to sitting upright, hunched, down on her back - basically any position. Well, back to the swing. When I was pregnant, my girlfriend gave me her old Fisher Price Cradle Swing. It sat in our storage room this entire time. Why? Because it was kind of old and run down. Finally, we brought it upstairs and assembled it this past weekend. What happened was we had a HAPPY BABY sitting in a swing. So, learn from my mistakes and don't get that Graco swing. I think it may come in handy around 4-5 months when babies have an easier time sitting up, but for the early months - the cradle swings are the way to go in my opinion. What do you think? We still use the Graco as a bouncer seat and put our daughter in it on the table while we eat dinner - but that's about it.
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