The Baby Einstein exersaucer, provides all the features and benefits of Evenflo Exersaucers, but with the renowned Baby Einstein attention to detail. Because it’s manufactured by Graco you can rest assured that the quality is of the highest standard, ensuring that playtime is not only fun, but safe too.
Exersaucers were first designed as an alternative to traditional baby walkers, which have seen a steady decrease in popularity (largely due to safety concerns). In fact, at first glance the Baby Einstein exersaucer looks similar to baby walkers, but instead of your baby standing on the floor their feet stand on a platform (or saucer), preventing them from moving the activity center themselves. To compensate for the lack of mobility most exersaucers include a diverse range of activity toys that are both stimulating and educational, and the Baby Einstein Discover and Play Activity Center is no exception!
In total the Baby Einstein exersaucer provides nine toys and activities:
- a green dragon hand puppet that will be familiar to babies who have watched the range of Baby Einstein DVDs and allows parents to join in the fun (silly voice not included, but you’re free to provide your own!)
- a chewable toy in the shape of a rubberized orange star will help your baby through the pains of teething
- a blue globe that can be spun by baby to make a rattling sound from the beads inside
- a tower of cloth shapes; a triangle, a circle and a square
- three spinning wheels; one that rattles, one that squeaks and one that chimes
- another rattle in the shape of a yellow sun
- a “bead rollercoaster” (basically a wire loop with threaded with colorful, moveable beads)
- a plastic “book” with pages featuring photos of various animals
- corresponding buttons that play the appropriate animal names, sounds, and music when pressed in both English and Spanish
Aside from these activity toys (that are bound to amuse and delight your child) you’ll be happy to know that the Baby Einstein exersaucer has been designed as much with parents in mind as their children. The seat is machine washable, and so is easy to clean of the inevitable baby food stains (we sometimes feed our daughter while in hers – lazy I know, but convenient). The electronic portion of the exersaucer has adjustable volume, with three settings, to give Mom (or Dad) a bit of a break from the educational, but somewhat repetitive sound recordings.
Three height settings mean that as your child grows you can gradually increase the height of the exersaucer, allowing them to enjoy the activity centre for longer. While this feature is not unique to the Baby Einstein model it’s worth noting that this is one of main benefits of exersaucers in general – they are able to grow with your child.
While the physical benefits of exersaucers have never been proven we love to watch our daughter practice standing in hers, knowing that the soft seat is there to support her if her legs give out. Although obviously exciting, it can get frustrating for babies when they’re first trying to stand, and with the Baby Einstein exersaucer you know that when baby gets bored of standing they can still sit and play, without getting themselves in too much trouble.
All in all we’ve been really happy with our Baby Einstein activity center. We had some difficulty choosing between this exersaucer or one of the Fisher Price Jumperoos, which also look really good. Because we bought early, while our daughter was still young, we chose the exersaucer, but I think that we still might try her in a Jumperoo when she’s a little older. I’m not sure we’ll need to though, as currently she’s perfectly happy and can’t get enough of her new Baby Einstein exersaucer and spends much of the day mashing buttons to create a cacophony of animal noises!