1. Posted: Aug 12 2008

   We love this toy in our house! Some of the bad reviews I just don't understand. First, the soft bars stay put just fine if you attach the velcro straps on the bottom. I carry this thing by the soft bars all over the house and I have never had one come out. The reviewer who said the bar on the bottom was under her baby didn't assemble it properly. The two blue bars go to the sides of the mat, not underneath it. It did take me a minute to figure out how to attach the mat to the plastic bars, but I figured it out. The musical fish isn't great. I'll give the bad reviewers that one. My son isn't even close to being able to push the button by batting at it, and the songs only last about 5 seconds. The beach ball is GREAT though. My son learned how to kick it at about 4 weeks old and loves it.

2. Posted: Jul 22 2008

   I bought this when my daugher was 3mo to use at Grandma's house, she's there 2-3 days a week. Now she's 6mo and still enjoys it. She loves kicking the ball and being able to bat at the fish at the same time. She also loves tummy time, she likes to look at the mat and play with the toys. I like that the mat folds so she can easily look and play with the toys and can keep her head up a bit. I don't understand some other reviews, the mat does attach to arches easily and the fish are not made of all solid plastic, they have a few plastic parts but are mostly soft. I can't wait until she can crawl through. I have one of the large play mats with criss cross arches and definetly prefer it over this, but this does the job as an extra and I'm pleased with the purchase.

3. Posted: Jun 8 2008

   I bought this gym for my daughter. She played with it for a bit, but now that she's rolling over, it's pretty confining as an overhead gym. She never liked it as a tummy time mat and she's not crawling quite yet, so the crawl through option is useless for us right now. It's bright and colorful but is really a pain to switch between the different types of play types.

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