Chicco Duo Gym Activity Center

I previously owned the Fisher Price Kick and Drive Gym which my first child used. She loved it and played with it for quite some time. I loved that the kick pad actually made the toy come on. It was also very easy to move from the lying position to the sitting position. The wheel does make a noise that could scare some children if they are not used to it but it was no problem for us.

The Chico gym is a joke. The foot panels do nothing more than squeak like a dog toy. It is not electronically connected to the rest of the toy. Also, you have to disassemble the gym in order to simply move it down to the sitting position. I wish I had never sold the Fisher Price one. I can say that it is attractive and does do the job as far as a toy goes, but don't count on getting any time for yourself out of it.

Like many overhead gym type toys, this one turns out to be for short or legless babies. When my daughter kicks the kickplates, she kicks the toy right away from her (and this is on carpet), and when we brace the toy against something, she kicks herself right out from under the toy. We have found the same to be true for a number of similarly designed toys. Now that we have looked at the box more closely, the baby in the picture has his/her legs bent really hard in order for the baby to fit under the toy. Our daughter is 3 1/2 months old and is already too big for this. On a positive note, this is a very well made toy in all other respects. Looks durable, as are all Chicco toys, and the music and lights are pleasant. Another negative: you apparently have to push the two hanging toys to get them to activate sound and lights, and most babies want to pull them. Might be good for a tummy toy, but we're not waiting for that--we'll try the Chicco 3 in 1 gym instead, as it appears to be a much better bang for the buck and does not have a kick plate.

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My 3 month old baby loves this toy! They have one at her daycare and she loved it so we bought her this one for home. She thinks its fun that she can make the toy make noise and light up. I love that she can use it when she is on her stomach as well. She hates tummy time but this makes it so much better for her because she is distracted enough w/ the noises and lights and doesn't cry as much. I would definatly recommend this to a friend.

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Totally not worth the price we paid for it. The kick panel is only interesting if the baby can use it! Unfortunately, our 3 month olds legs flop over it and when she does manage to kick, the toys above her head fly down to belly level meaning she can't see the lights OR touch the toys anymore. BOO. Not a good product.

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I bought this toy for my 1 and 1/2 month baby boy expecting it to be similar to playskools kick gym (not available now) which my daughter used to play a lot(when she was 1 month old).

In playskool toy the height and width was good and the kicking space

was huge besides it used to play song and move the hanging handles on kick(ie encouraged

kicking).

In this one -first of all the height and width is too small for even my 1 month baby(9 pounds).

Its hard to kick it (as small foot space) and it only makes small squeaking noise(no lights or moving of top hanging handles) on kick.

The only good thing is the top hanging parts on moving makes some lights and song. So maybe it will

be good toy for baby to use with handrather then kick toy.