Tiny Love Gymini Super Deluxe – Lights&Music
- Deluxe gymini with plush dangling toys
- Immediate feedback based on baby’s actions for cause & effect learning
- Large mirror encourages head turning
- Nursery tunes & lights encourage head lifting to touch lights
- Mat is machine washable and folds up flat for travel
Product Description
The latest, most feature-packed version of Tiny Love’s award-winning Gymini 3-D Activity Gym, the new Super-Deluxe Lights and Music Activity Gym will enchant your baby with a whole world of developmental benefits, right from day one — and all in one soft and secure environment.This innovative Gymini features the one-of-a-kind Lights and Music Touch Pad with classical music by Mozart and favorite nursery tunes, all sure to delight your baby with accompanying flashin… More >>
Tiny Love Gymini Super Deluxe – Lights&Music
My little brother was always bored, so we went to the store and we bought him this. He didn’t even touch it! He was probally 10 monthes at the time. He is more of an adventure baby. It might be because he lives with a very big family and is not delighted by little joys of life. He just wasn’t interested! (It depends on the baby..)
Rating: 1 / 5
My son did not like this at all. The things that hang down dangle too low and they were hard for him to play with.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ll be frank here. I am a first time mom and I had/have a lot of misconceptions when it comes to babies. I naively believed my child would not suffer from colic because I knew how to handle colic. Well, I was a little off on that one, and I found myself with a colicky kid who didn’t want to be put down for any reason… and I naively believed, then, that if I purchased the right flashy toy, he would get over this and let me put him down, and he’d be entertained and quiet and I could get something done around the house, or maybe I could sit and do nothing at all, a luxury I had no idea how much I would miss during my pregnant-and-looking-forward-to-baby days.
So… even though common sense told me that this was a lot of money to drop on a playmat, I hoped and prayed it would be that magical toy that could make my life that much easier.
It wasn’t.
My baby was about a month old when we bought this… maybe a month and a half, I don’t recall exactly. I know other people had this and their babies loved it – I mean, I knew these people personally, I’m not just saying I know this based on reviews. But my baby wasn’t interested at all. He didn’t lay and happily gaze or bat at the dangling toys, he wasn’t soothed by the music, he wasn’t mesmerized by the flashing lights. (In fact he absolutley hated the flashing lights because he had to be on his belly to look at them and he hated to be on his belly.) Once he got a little bigger and was able to roll over, he would roll out from under this toy as soon as you put him under it. (Sometimes he’d get stuck on an arch which made him really irate…)
So… this toy did nothing for us. I don ‘t deny that your child may well love it… but I think that you need to be more realistic than I was about what it may or may not do for your child. If your child is actually showing an interest in dangly toys, music, or lights – this may be the way to go. If you have a colicky, fussy newborn that you hope to distract with the gymini – you might want to think again.
At any rate… whether it works or not… this is a hyped up and expensive product. The music that this toy plays is, as others have mentioned, repetitive and irritating. Also, this toy claims to have XX number of activities – I forget the exact number – but they arrive at thjat number by counting each and every little detail, such as the fringe on the zebra’s main and the lion’s tail… and c’mon! 1. those are the same thing and 2. that’s not an activity!
Also… aside from this one item, actually, we don’t buy Tiny Love toys… not because there is anything wrong with them per say, but because I feel they really push the “developmental” angle and charge a lot for toys that parents think will help their babies in that area. The simple truth is that to a baby, who comes into this world knowing next to nothing, everything has some developmental benefit. (As an example… my baby is now 11 months and his favorite activity is to take everything out of his cabinet in the kitchen – that’s where we keep pots and pans and rubbermaid containers. He learns about shapes, sound, cause and effect, texture, size…) I’m not saying Tiny Love toys offer no benefits – but I’m saying, it doesn’t take a panel of experts and years of research to put out baby toys with said benefits. It annoys me that TL plays this card to such a degree.
ANYWAY… this is not necassarily a bad toy, but it did nothing for us, which is why I say you need to be realistic about whether or not it will do anything for you. I think these baby gyms can definately serve a purpose, but you need to make sure your baby is the sort who will enjoy it – not all babies do. And if you do want to try a baby gym, I suggest you look for one that is JUST that – you don’t need lights and sound – or perhaps look for the kind that comes with a play pen. I learned much too late that you can actually get a play pen with toy arch/gym attachment for about the same price as this gym alone. If you go that route, at least you have a play pen to use later on (and that’s an item you might not hink you need, but which will come in handy as a porta crib and as a means of blocking doorways to keep baby contained…)
Rating: 2 / 5
The baby did not like this toy. The stuffed elephant and giraffe are the only things she liked about this toy. We used it for about 30 minutes and once the baby starts to move well the mat isn’t big enough. I think this is better for children under 3 months.
Rating: 2 / 5
My daughter HATES this toy. She has had in since 2 months and she is now 5 months and she STILL HATES it. It is too busy. She gets over stimulated and then upset with it. When I take most of the hanging toys off of it she is OK with it but then gets board. The musical flowers don’t entertain her and the angle that the mirror is at makes it almost impossible for her to see herself in it without being so close to it her nose it practally touching it. I would say don’t buy it. Spend less money on a similar one but don’t spend the big bucks on this one. My recommendation would be take the money and buy and exersaucer. They will also last longer.
Rating: 2 / 5