Just wondering, Elijah wants to be sat up all the time (with help!) and gets so frustrated in his bouncer, we are getting tired arms and wondered if a baby nest is any use?

If you have had one, how long did it last? I don't really want to buy something that will only be useful for a few weeks!

I was thinking of this one: http://www.mothercare.com/Early-Learning-Centre-Sit-Me-Up-Cosy/dp/B001CTFLVQ/sr=1-2/qid=1284974733/ref=sr_1_2/279-7919638-9141561?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=42874041&mcb=core

But at 16 weeks, is it a bit late to bother???

I wouldn't have thought so - some babies don't sit up til 10 months (like Isabelle!)

Flick had this one and she liked it as a nest but the sitting up bit was too light for her, as soon as she leaned on it it fell over xxx

i have one of these i didn't find it stood up properly it kept falling over.
he loved laying in it though

same as emz xx

I think they are a great idea, I'll definately get one for the newbie, Libby couldn't have one because she was in a harness til she was 6 months and by the time she came out of it could sit quite well (well, we would sit her with her back against the sofa with cushions either side just in case ), but yeah I think they are good xx

i had a doughnut tyep nest, like a little seat. with a tray. it was great and didnt fall over! i will hunt down a link

this is in asda. only my tray was solid plastic. i find them a better idea

Hmmm, Eli is turning into a bit of a chunky monkey so he might be able to push it over when he's a bit older - I just read some of the reviews and now it sounds a bit rubbish! Bah!

Any other recommendations for a 3+ month old who is bored of laying on blankies (ahh it was good while it lasted )?

I think they look quite good, if it falls over when they lean on it then you could put it up against a chair! I might try to persuade OH we need one of them!!

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I had one of them for Stephen but he doesn't really like it. Have you thought about a bumbo seat? I got one off netmums, I know some babies don't like them but Stephen is really long and chunky but has plenty of room in his and he loves it xxx

Yeah i wud recommend a Bumbo. I bought one for alfie at about elis age and he goes in it quite a lot but has justb started to like it now!
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I thought those nest things were rubbish tbh it titled backwards and we had tiled flooring so i really didnt trust it. Id defo recommend a bumbo though!

hmm we have a bumbo that someone gave us, I thought you were meant to wait til they can sit up to use it??? Eli's head is nearly not wobbly but he's pretty far from sitting...

I love that open doughnut thing though! I want one! For me!

get a bumbo. the idea is to sit babys up that sit up themselves. suitable from 3 months.caleb is still rubbish at supportng his head let alone his back but he loves going in him bumbo when hes bored of his bouncer and playmat x

what u posted is the one we got callum and have only just put it away hes 14months he loved it he use to sit in the middle of it when he couldnt sit unaided then when he could he liked sittin on the mat leanin bk on the bunny and when he could stand he stood against it playin with the bunny head x so good worth every penny for me xx

I have never seen my baby so angry, we just put him in the bumbo

We didn't like the bumbo for Tyler tbh... used it about twice. He didn't really like it and it always made him sick!!

We had a nest like this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Galt-Soft-Play-Playnest-Gym/dp/B00000IVWV/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=baby&qid=1284980291&sr=8-2

and he LOOOOOOVED it. He was a buit like Elijah, wanted to be sat up all the time but couldnt (too nosey like his mum I think!)
but that nest was great, and he never tipped it over.

oh but as soon as he could "move" he managed to climb out of it.

ooh that galt one looks really good, sturdy I don't mind him climbing out of it haha not too excited about the bumbo, maybe when he's a bit older? I'm glad we didn't pay for it if it's going to make him that angry though!

We had one of those when Moo was little, It was brilliant for sleeping on/in like this -


But as he got older we didn't really use it as a sit me up support, as it toppled easily, we just used cushions and his v pillow. We never used it for him to 'sit in' as he always looked really squished as he had quite long legs

we had a bumbo for paige.. but her legs got too fat for it after a while. then i used to just hold her up! x

his legs are a bit fat for it now! I'm hoping he's a very early crawler and burns it off hahaha

We had an inflatable playnest ("Galt" brand), which we used for tummy time probably from around 3 months and then for sitting up around 5-6 months. We did try it from newborn but he didn't like it them, probably because it didn't offer that much support.

Whilst it wasn't used for that long, we used it so much around 5-6 months that we took it with us when we went away for 4 days. It packs away relatively compactly and the fabric cover is machine-washable. Obviously being inflatable there's the risk of a puncture but we haven't had one.
(We got ours 2nd hand at an NCT sale for 3 quid, though I noticed at our local sale at the weekend that some people were pricing them around a tenner.)

Seb did work out how to roll onto his tummy, push with his feet, and launch himself out of the nest, so it was no good for "containing" him. However I think this was relatively unusual.

Ros

Mari deffo go for the galt one if you can it is so sturdy!

Tyler never tipped it over and he used to thrash around in it lol

He loved it too cos eh felt all independant.

It was actually something my mum got for keeping round hers when we took Tyler there but I nicked it because it was so good!

Chloe had the same one that Zee posted and she still uses it now as it converts to from a nest to a half ring thing, she has it in her room and sits against it to read her books so it's definitely been worth it for me x