Infantino Merry Monkey Travel Gym
List Price : $29.99
Our Price : $24.44
Manufacturer : Infantino
Color : Merry Monkey
Product ASIN : B0018979KQ
Availability :
Average Rating : 3.0
Total Review : 24
Label : Brand : Infantino
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Features
- Zips into convenient travel bag
- Interesting sounds and music capture baby\'s attention
- Cute monkey pattern has bright colors and various textures
- Toy bar detaches to become the perfect crib activity center
- Super plush travel gym entertains baby through sight, sound and touch
Product Description
This super plush travel gym entertains baby through sight, touch and sound. Detachable toy bar becomes the perfect crib activity center. Zips up into a convenient travel bag! Mat measures 38 x 23. Ages newborn and up.
Amazon.com Review
With the Infantino Merry Monkey Gym, your baby has a fun, captivating outlet for learning, exploring, and developing his senses and coordination. From the moment they're born, babies are little learning machines, and since this toy is designed for newborns, your baby can start using this play gym right away.
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The Good: Compact activity mat provides tummy-time fun and plenty of exciting sensory stimulation for young babies
The Bad: Compact size is convenient, but it doesn't provide as much play room as some other larger activity mats
In a Nutshell: Versatile activity mat provides plenty of fun, developmental stimulation for newborns and older babies | At a Glance Ages: Newborn and up
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Babies will love pulling on different shapes and textures. View larger. |
The activity mat zips up for quick and easy storage. View larger. |
Activity Mat Features Variety of Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Activities The Merry Monkey Gym features a plush, softly padded mat that appliquéd with an oversized, adorable monkey. Baby can pull its ears, which make a crinkly sound that babies like, and feel its nubby nose, as well as explore the other soft textures on the mat. And because babies are fascinated with bold, contrasting imagery and with facial features, your infant will also like looking at the monkey's big, black-and-white eyes.
Your baby can lie on the mat on his back to interact with the activity arch above. It features three bright, interesting, and interactive toys, including a plush zebra, a baby-proof mirror that gives baby the opportunity to discover his own face, and a cute monkey that plays a short melody when you pull its tail.
When you and your baby are finished playing, you can easily zip up the mat to store it away. The activity arch detaches easily and can be quickly installed over your baby's crib, making for more versatile use.
A Toy to Grow with Your Little One
The Merry Monkey Gym offers plenty of opportunity for growing and learning. We especially like that the characters on the activity bar are angled to make important eye contact with the baby, which isn't always the case with activity mats. This mat also encourages the tummy time that pediatricians recommend for infants for strengthening neck and arm muscles. Unlike some other mats, the Merry Monkey provides enticements for your baby to spend more time on his tummy with its interesting colors, textures, and fabrics.
The Merry Monkey is designed to grow with your little one through several stages of his early development: as a newborn he'll love just looking at the characters and watching you interact with the toys -- but before you know it, he'll be reaching for them himself with his hands and feet, and rolling over on his own to play with the monkey's ears.
Finally, this activity mat's compact size and relatively inexpensive price tag make the Merry Monkey an economical choice. It is a bit smaller than other activity mats on the market, which give your baby a bit more room to play, but its compact size makes it easy to store and carry without sacrificing fun or educational quality.
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User Reviews for Infantino Merry Monkey Travel Gym
great for the babies
Infantino Merry Monkey Travel Gym
The babies love this.They can lay on their back or tummy to play with any of the things on it.
Mixed Feelings--Monkeying in the Middle
This play gym was one of my shower presents that I pulled out when my son was born. He didn\'t have much interest in it for the first month, but since then has enjoyed the mat for lying on and reaching up towards the toys. He is now exactly at the 3 month mark and able to reach the center ring without a problem. He seems to enjoy it.
On the surface, this is a nice little gym, easily portable since it zips up and has handles. Works well for young children and has bright colors and stimulating toys hanging from the arch. Our son particularly likes the dangling mirror toy and talks to the reflection of himself. However, there are some design features that are not entirely intuitive--my husband and I didn\'t realize the red pockets on the bottom opened up and the purple feet swung out to form an \'L\' on both sides to support the arch. Before that we were using books to support it and baffled as to how anyone could keep the arch up. Now that we\'ve figured out the trick, no books are needed.
This is clearly a toy for very young children. Our son at three months is just about ready to outgrow it: he\'ll be rolling over soon and right now is crashing into the arch when he tries. Also, the toys are not meant for him to chew on, and it won\'t be long before he\'s able to. He\'s managed to hit the arch over with his legs if we don\'t place him well under it (seems to enjoy that game). I believe that the play gym is meant for about up to three months or so, thus I\'m not entirely surprised about the fact he\'s outgrowing the gym.
I am, however, concerned and confused by a few things. The first is that the mat should be machine washable--but I can\'t figure out how to detach it from the plastic parts to throw it in the wash. I\'ve had my entire family try to figure it out. However it works, it\'s not obvious or something is wrong with my particular mat. Secondly, one of the tags included on the play gym has a clear warning that states there is a strangulation hazard and that it should not be attached to a crib or playpen. This goes against that actual advertisement for the item itself which touts the fact that it is designed to attach to a crib. So, unless that warning is meant for the mat part of the structure alone (and it is not clear that it does) I am faced with a very mixed message.
Overall I\'m more confused than entirely dissatisfied. This isn\'t a bad product for a 0-3 month old infant, but I\'d like to have the difficulties I\'m having cleared up, and would have like the supporting feet to be a little more obvious.
Happy Playing! Shanshad ^_^
Great for on the go or just laying around...
The Happy Hippo Travel Gym is a great buy for anyone. It is fairly inexpensive and provides lots of entertainment for your little one. It is colorful and has a hanging mirror, rattle and toy that are all detachable. All of this is packed into a convenient carrying case that zips up. The gym is great to unzip and lay on the floor for tummy time or back time. It has just enough padding that your baby can play or nap comfortably on it and still not take up a large amount of space. The only down fall to this product is you have to make sure the levers are turned so that the overhead wire that holds the toys stays in place. If it is not tightened it will start to droop towards the floor. It is not harmful to your baby in any way it just does not stay in place unless it is screwed in. We have two of these, one for our home and one for Grandma\'s. My baby absolutely loves his tummy and back time on the Happy Hippo.
A Life-Saver Product
This product provides an Activity for the infant that allows you to watch television, talk on the phone, or whatever. My grandaughter enjoys this mat very much.
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