My sister's baby has every bit of baby gear known to man, from various play mats to bouncy stations, bouncy chairs, swings, exersaucers, bumbos, I mean the works. I have one big playmat, one small one that plays music, a bouncy chair, and an exersaucer. I'm fine with what I have. Do you have a lot of gear?

We have a walker, a playmat, a swing, and HAD a bouncer that he is now to heavy to sit in anymore. Other than that we have regular toys he plays with and his highchair. I did just recently get one of those grocery cart covers though, that was a great investment as it has little areas where I can clip toys, and it keeps Alex entertained for hours.

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Tigriz
Mom to Alex - 1/21/06

I never had much gear. We did have a swing, but only because it was given to us, as was a bouncy chair - which is a must have in my opinion. Play mat? We used a blanket on the floor and put some of his toys down. What is a play mat?

No - I had a mionimum of stuff, but we had a very small house, wo I was adamant of not filling it with stuff. Hardest thing was to get people to not kee buying us stuff.

A playmat or "play gym" is something that lays on the floor and has toys that dangle down over the baby for them to grab and kick at.

I don't think I have a lot of stuff either. We did well with a travel swing, bouncy chair, intellitainer and I think that was about it. Now that she's one, all that stuff's gone and we just have her Incrediblock and toys.

I love our travel swing! Half the size of a "real" swing and easy to move around the house!

Amy - I hear you about people wanting to buy you a lot of stuff. We lived in a tiny apartment (the baby swing took up the whole living room floor) and people would keep buying things. I thanked them and told them to take it back.