What a difference eight years can make.
Since Shane has been sleeping in his crib all through the night Santa decided to give im a cool mobile for his crib.
When my other two were little they had mobiles in their cribs as well but definitely not as fancy as this one. They were the hand wind up kind that would play tinkly music and spin till they wound down then mom or dad would have to go in an rewind the mobile.
This is the Fisher Price Precious Planet Projection Mobile.
As far as music goes you have your choice of a soft classical piece, soothing nature sounds or a comforting heartbeat. Shane prefers the classical music. The heartbeat would have been something I would have liked to try when he was younger but know it holds no interest so far.
The mobile spins just like every other mobile and even has the little animals hanging from it but it has one twist. It projects a cute colorful image on the underside of the mobile or as baby gets older it also can project the moving images on the ceiling. I thought this was a really neat addition to the mobile and my son loves it! A couple more feature of this mobile that sets it apart and shows some real thought went into its making. It comes with a remote so you do not have to enter baby's room to turn on mobile and this after about 20 minutes of run time. As it winds to the end the light slowly dims and the music plays till it slowly fades to a stop.
Now this thing is definitely a bit more than any one baby needs but it is fun and it doubles as a way to put him bed and he likes to play with it during the day as well.
I am so amazed at the difference a few years have made in the baby world but I enjoy finding all the new toys and things to play with!