What age for exersaucer?

[natablue]

DS is 3 months old as of yesterday, he had pretty good trunk and neck control. He gets bored easily in his bouncer and doesn't care for the swing, I'm wondering if a exersaucer might keep him entertained more but is he too young? I have no idea what the guidelines or she requirements are for these.

If your LO has one, which one is it and what do you like about it?

[nomad]

We asked our girls' physical therapist and she told us not to use it until they were sitting. I think that's later than a lot of people start it. Really they were way too short until then anyway, they still are really short and we have a wii fit board underneath it. We have the fisher price rainforest one and now that the girls are big enough they like it for carrying amounts of time. Generally one will go in and jump around while we are changing/feeding/calming down the other one.

[Deleted]

I think we started around 4 months but he was hella pissed and didn't like it for months so it was only like three minutes at a time.

[shell24]

About 5 months or so

[jinxy]

We first brought it out when DS was 5 months old, but he was too little for it. He fit in it better and liked it more when he 6 months.

[halfpint]

We started at 4 months, he had very good neck and head control. I wouldn't have been comfortable using it before that. Even then, we only used it for short periods of time then - maybe 5 minutes. It wasn't until 5 or 6 months that he was happy to spend much time in it.

[natablue]

Apr 28, 2014 21:19:45 GMT -5 namasteak said:

This blog has a lot of good ideas:
mamaot.com/2012/05/03/exersaucers-the-good-the-bad-the-better/

This brought up a lot of points I hadn't considered. Thank you!

[soozy87]

We have the Baby Einstein one with an under the sea theme. I put him in it starting around 5 months with a blanket behind his back to help him stay upright. He was too short to have his feet touch the bottom of it so I put a pillow under his feet so he was kneeling on it until he was a little taller. He really seems to like it.

[galaxy8227]

I think with DS we started around 4 months, DD we will probably do soon as well. DS's neck control was better at this age then DD's so I think that's why I'm waiting more with her

[bazinga]

We bought one for DD last weekend and she is too short to reach the bottom. She is 5 months but also small for her age. I will have to try using a pillow as others suggested.

[urbancowgirl]

We started at 4.5 months, but I think we could have introduced it a few weeks earlier. He loved it.

[dragonfly08]

My girls were each around 4-5 months old. Still not sitting unassisted, but with good head/neck control. I used a blanket for a little extra support and they loved it.