Reddit reviews Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo

The piranha moments where he hurts me, yes, but the mom guilt from me accidentally hurting him are absolute agony, and I also did that twice yesterday. He has gotten REALLY fast and REALLY curious, and REALLY uncooperative, like, drastically fast, so there is a sharp learning curve for me as a FTM.

We just bought a house so we have to get this one ready to show ASAP because the market is “white hot” according to our agent and the sooner we get it on the market the better, so he’s rushing us. I put him in his little exersaucer while I did some much-needed vacuuming. (We have 3 cats and a dog.) I didn’t think it took me that long and he was happy up there. I kept turning off the vacuum and listening and he was just playing up there in his thing. I was working my way up the stairs to him.

When I got to the top of the stairs I smelled poop. I prayed it had just happened because even 10 minutes of sitting in poop will make his bum red. Even that long and there will be a little fleck of blood or two when I wipe. It clears up fast, and he doesn’t seem to mind, but I still feel so bad the 3 times that’s happened in the last 11 months of his life.

I needed to grab a few cleaning supplies from downstairs, so I decided to just grab a diaper, a handful of wipes from the warmer, and some diaper rash ointment so I could change him upstairs. In the other hand I had a handful of Lysol disinfectant wipes, a vacuum attachment, broom and dustpan. I did have a thought about making sure not to mix the two wipes, what a nightmare that would be, but I was aware of it, and I had them both in hands with objects associated with their respective uses, so it wasn’t really possible for me to mix them, right?

I set things in two piles on the bed up there, then set him in the middle, and started working. It was a bad one, and he must have gone at least ten minutes ago, because his bum looked red. 😞 There was even that horrible little speck of blood in one spot. Major mom guilt.

Of course, he starts his usual flipping, gets poop all over my hand, all over his foot, and I’m frantically wiping. He’s also grabbing at things, so previously neat piles are getting moved around as I’m managing a squirming, poop-covered baby grabbing the various objects within his reach. Dumb, rookie mom; should have seen this coming.

At one point he started screaming and crying. I felt even worse because his bum must really be sore and this thick poop needed a lot of wiping, and the friction must feel awful. I tried to hurry and be gentle. I needed more wipes and luckily there was a bag next to me so I grabbed those. He stopped screaming at that point as I finished up, put some diaper cream on, and set him down.

As he crawled away to his toys, smiling, I looked down at the bed in horror. The Lysol wipes were gone. There were NO wipes on the bed or beside the bed. I used fucking Lysol disinfectant wipes on my baby’s diaper rash. EVEN SCENTED BABY WIPES ARE ENOUGH TO HURT HIS SENSITIVE LITTLE BUM.

I wanted to curl up in a ball and die, but I needed to fix this, and visibly panicking was only going to make him stressed, and he seemed fine now. I just quickly ran him down to the kitchen sink, grabbing head-to-toe baby wash, a towel, a new diaper, and his heavy-duty butt ointment on the way. I stripped him from the waist down and washed his cute bum-bum really well. He actually seemed to enjoy the whole process quite a lot.

Still felt like a monster, but he was fine. Mistakes happen, right? That was a doozy, but they happen. Yeah, had another stupid mom accident just a couple hours later. This is already too long, so I won’t go into it, but it involved a head bonk and a minute of crying. 🥺

I don't have a ton of toys, but my baby loves this thing: https://smile.amazon.com/Manhattan-Toy-Sensory-Teether-Activity/dp/B000BNCA4K/

He also really digs his exersaucer/jumperoo (similar to this, but you can pick one up at a yard sale for like $15 or less: https://smile.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-K6070-Rainforest-Jumperoo/dp/B000LXQVA4/), which has different toys all around the rim and allows him to jump up and down endlessly. He hated his swing, is meh on the bouncer seat, but has a ball in this.

Oh god I feel your pain.

My son is..well I don't want to say clingy because he's just a baby, he just wants mommy. Mommy can do things like stand him up and hand him toys. He's frustrated, he wants to do more than what he can.

I've honestly just started leaving him a little bit, it is the ONLY way I can get anything done. I've got a ring with toys on it that is a life saver https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fisher-Price-K6070-Rainforest-Jumperoo/dp/B000LXQVA4/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1480698944&sr=8-2&keywords=jungle+bouncer

seriously he loves it. It lets him sit supported and he just bashes the crap out of the toys haha.

The one we have sits on the floor. It looks like this.

We have this one


Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LXQVA4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_INw4DbTD83RFH

Both my kids loved it. The max weight is 25 lbs and height is 32 inches. So you should be able to get at least a 3-4 months out of it because most kids only gain 1-2 lbs a month.

I agree that baby play mats are great, and you can never have too many books. Lift the flap books are especially good for babies under 1.

For a bouncer/play saucer I really liked the Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo. It is a bit pricey, but my daughter looooved it. Hundreds of hours of entertainment, and a good place to leave the baby while you use the bathroom or whatever. We also got a hand me down non-bouncing play saucer and she didn't like it nearly as much.
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-K6070-Rainforest-Jumperoo/dp/B000LXQVA4/

For a noise machine I really liked the Munchkin Nursery Projector and Sound System. It is reasonably cheap ($20), it shows a soothing slowly moving projected image, it plays a good variety of sounds, and it is voice activated so you can set it to turn on if your baby wakes up. You can also use just the white noise on a timer with the other features off, so it is like a white noise machine with some good bonuses.
http://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-Nursery-Projector-Sound-System/dp/B006SFUEF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417735225&sr=8-1&keywords=munchkin+projector

Since it sounds like you walk a lot, you also might think about getting a baby carrier that will be good for when your daughter gets bigger and heavier. I have found the Ergo really comfortable, and you can keep using it up to 45 lbs. My daughter is 27 lbs and I am 5 months pregnant and it is still comfortable. (I only used the moby a little bit, but it seemed better suited for smaller babies. I might be wrong about that.)

As far as smaller toys go, my daughter's all time favorites were the Kids Preferred Amazing Baby Blanket Teether Bear and the Nuby Bug A Loop.
http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Preferred-Amazing-Blanket-Teether/dp/B000I1Q59G/
http://www.amazon.com/Nuby-Loop-Teether-Bead-Colors/dp/B000J1OOJI/

My 9 month niece is in the 99th percentile. Over 30 pounds and the size of a toddler. She has this jumper, and it’s never betrayed her. Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LXQVA4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1lVwDbHYMH2XB

We did some bouncer thing that's similar. A friend said hers was a lifesaver when her boys got to be of age to use it.

I had both, but a friend of mine has this one (which is kind of the best of both worlds) and her son loves it: https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-K6070-Rainforest-Jumperoo/dp/B000LXQVA4