Hi mamas,
I have a 7 month old DS and he is only about 16 lbs. We still put him in his Fisher Price Rainforest swing. It's pretty sturdy and he can't reach the mobile or anything. However, he is getting kind of long for it! I looked it up online and it said the weight limit is 25 lbs. That seems like a long time to be able to put a baby in it! I stopped using a swing with my first baby around 6 mos. old. However, he was a bigger baby. I am just wanting to know when you all stopped using a swing?? Thanks in advance!!
I kept using mine until my boys were too big to sit in it comfortably. We also used the "johnny jump up" door jumper...which they LOVED. They'd jump and jump until they'd fall asleep in it!
I think we stopped around 9 months, when our daughter could reach out and grab the side pole and stop the swing :)
My 6 month old is 22 lbs, and he loves it. I am dreading the rapidly approaching day when he is too big for it. He can swing for an hour, just smiling, looking around and cooing.
With my older kids I stopped closer to 9 mos, even though they were still well within the weight requirements, but they were crawling and wanted to be on the go, or in the doorway jumper.
The swing till about 4 months, the exersaucer from 4.5-6 months. the door jumper from 6-9 months. Each toy wore out its usefullness as DS met another milestone. Swing was good till he could stand and reach. Exersaucer was good till he could really crawl. Jumper was good till he could cruise successfully. He's now got a push toy that is the cat's meow. So weight and height weren't our stopping points, his growing skill set and impatience had us moving on.
About 5 months ( once or twice after that, but no later than 6 months). At that age my son was only in the 30th percentile for height and weight, so he was not a large baby, but he would lean forward and try to grab the poles that hold the swing up. I was not comfortable with this, and the swing got packed up!
My twins used their swings until they were about 7months old. I stopped when they started to be able to pull on the mobiles.
Over a yr old with my daughter [she's a thin girl] and about 7-8mos old with our son.
When they stopped climbing in it/enjoying it/falling asleep in it.. I have a photo with my daughter, I think 2 or 3 yrs old, fast asleep in it - lol. Since the swing was a few inches from the ground it didn't worry me. And - swing is fine, even after two kids using it for many years. Now my son didn't enjoy the swing until he was 1 so I'm glad I didn't put it away and gave it another shot. If I wanted to go out, it was the only way my husband could get him to sleep.
5 months or so. he was like 19-20lbs then and the swing said 25lbs, but it wasn't swinging well with him. he too was long was it as well (he always been in the 98th percentile for height & weight).
My little one was also a small baby and she stayed in her swing for about a year. When she turned one, she still wasn't 20 lbs and she loved her swing so much, we just took advantage of it. Whatever works, is my motto!
My son was 25lbs by about 6mo. He was born 23.5 inches long and 10lbs. (37.5 and 36lbs by 2) I know he outweighed ours before he was crawling.
I LOOOVED the swing. I would have MARRIED the swing if I could have kept him from grabbing the side and stopping the swing all together. I actually CRIED the day the swing got packed up to go back to my sister's house.
I would LOVE to have him BACK in the swing. 4.5 year olds sure do move fast and make a mess. Swings were awesome. They just sat there and smiled...NO MESS!
Probably way too long, but my son would ONLY sleep if he was in the darn swing. So we used it until he was 13 mos. Lemme tell you, that was a LOT of D batteries LOL
I still use mine, and DS is 9.5 months. I've had to take the toy mobile things off since he can reach them, but he still likes swinging on occasion and looking at the pretty lights.
