Exesaucer vs Jumparoo?

Sophia is almost 3 months old and definitely gets bored on occasion. I want to look into getting her either an exesaucer or jumparoo but I know nothing about either, or at about what age its safe to start them in them.

Anyone have any input?? When did you start your LO in one? Which one did you get, which brand? Thanks!

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Never had the jamproo but had the exesaucer with both kids.

It is safe to use when the baby can hold his head pretty well. We started using it at around 5 months. My son loved it and could stay in there for 30 minutes straight. He also loved to poop when he was in it I guess it relaxed him, being in that soft fabric seat and also, with his feet dangling, having all the room underneath for the "deposit". My daughter didn't like it at all and would not stay in it for longer than 5 minutes.

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We started using the exersaucer when DS was 4-4.5 months. He loved it.

We got the jumparoo when he was 6 months.

Honestly, while he did love the jumparoo for a while it was much shorter lived than the exersaucer.

If you must pick one, get the exersaucer. You will have a lot of use out of it. We used ours for months. The jumparoo only a couple of months and he was done.

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I got DD the rainfrest jumperoo and she loves it. Wer started her in it 3 weeks ago but wasn't quite ready. She kept slumping. She is now 4 months and loves it and has no problem in it! I would definately recommend it.

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We have the excersaucer and have been using it since DS was 4 months old. He also loves the jumparoo that they have at day care.

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Have been using exersaucer and jumperoo since 4 months. DS loves them both, but I think the jumperoo would be hard for shorter babies to reach the floor (unless I didnt adjust the height correctly, which is possible too!), b/c ds is 29.5" and his feet just sit on the floor--any shorter and I would think he'd be hanging.

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We only have a Jumperoo, the one pictured above actually. Lucy LOVES it! I believe we started using it around 4 months. Whenever she had good control of her head.

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We have the baby einstein jumparoo and honestly I'm mad I didn't get an exersaucer instead... DD is 4 months and ready for something but she doesn't reach the ground on the lowest setting and doesn't seem to love it. I think I'm going to buy an exersaucer soon, I'm just annoyed that I didn't get that in the first place.

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we had both.... ds loved the jumperoo but used it alot later... the excersaucer was definitely a better choice at 3 1/2 months old... he couldnt use the jumperoo untlu closer to 5 months... both were beneficial... but he also was out of the jumperoo early because the poles would cave in when he jumped... but he was a very big baby

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I'm just about to break out our exersaucer for #2. #1 always liked it. Going to ask DH to take it out today for DD#2. She's a little over 4m.

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We started in them at 3 months old. By that age my kids could reach the ground and we didn't have to add anything to support them in the seat(like a blanket). My oldest LOVED his jumperoo but he HATED the exersaucer. My second was the opposite!

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we have both (the jumparoo pictured above)

DD loves both...I think maybe the jumparoo a bit more...she was in that at 3.5months

and now the exersaucer at 4months

one downstairs and the other upstairs

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we have the jumparoo but haven't used it yet since DD is still too small (12 weeks on tues). my nephew is 9 months and still loves his jumparoo. i'm thinking of also getting an exersaucer for upstairs.

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DS loves his Jumparoo!! He couldn't really use it though until about 4-5 months. He couldn't reach the floor. I use to have to put something under him to rest his feet on. Once he was tall enough, he went crazy jumping in it. He is 9 months and is still loving it!

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IMO, you willl get a longer life/use out of the Jumperoo.

While DD loved the Excersaucer, once we put her in the Jumperoo, it was bye-bye Excersaucer.

I put the Excersaucer in our basement so I would have something down there instead of shleping the Jumperoo up and down the stairs, and she refuses to go in the Excersaucer, so it's just taking up space in the basement.


(It's been 4 months since she's used it last. She's 10 months old now)

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JUMPEROO!!!!!!!!! I put DS in at 4 months and he LOVES it! He is now almost 8 months old and has to jump at least once a day. You can tell he misses it when we don't have time to put him in it. Who ever invented this is a genius!!!!!!!

I HIGHLY recommend the fisher price laugh and learn jumperoo...it is the abc, 123 one! It has a ton of activities like the exersaucer but the benefit of the jumperoo.

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we had both, but opened the exersaucer first and DS loved it.

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We have both. DS liked the jumperoo when he was younger and when he got too big for it, we started using the exersaucer more. We could probably have used the exersaucer sooner, but we were too lazy to set it up

I am no help - I love them both for different reasons! The jumperoo because it bounces and the exersaucer because it has a ton of toys on it.

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thanks for all the input!! Sophie has great neck control, so maybe well look into getting her one for xmas. Only problem is the space issue - our TINY apt can only hold but so much baby stuff! i think its time to say goodbye to her HUGE FP Zen basinette

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DS started using the exersaucer at 4 months. This is the Evenflo one we have:


We didn't get the jumperoo until DS was 6 months old. He absolutely loved it. The exersaucer definitely lasted longer, but I'd look into getting both.