Tiny Love Gymini Super Deluxe - Lights&Music

I put this mat on our registry based on all the good reviews and I can't say enough good things about it. We got another activity mat as a gift as well, the Baby Einstein Baby Neptune, but this one by Tiny Love is far superior in quality, design and ease of use. When we first got it before my son's birth, i was so taken with it, i spent a good half hour just playing with it myself! My son is now nearly five months and has been using this gym since he was a couple weeks old. It's been amazing watching him interact with this mat as he develops different skills.

The mat unfolds easily out of the box and is ready for play right away. The snap holding the arches together in the middle can be easily undone and the arches laid flat to enable baby to nap on the mat. The arches can also easily unsnap altogether when you need to wash the mat. I unsnapped the arches and curved them into my suitcase on top of the folded mat when i recently went overseas for an extended trip with my son. We spent two months out of the country and this Tiny Love mat went with us. He played and napped in it every day and i thanked my stars everyday that I had brought it.

The dangling animals are incredibly cute and creatively designed with eye-catching colors and textures. My son loves to hold the monkey's hand as it dangles outstretched. He has gone from just looking at the parrot to actively fingering its crinkly wings. And he also has great fun with the 3-D elements on the mat -- he can spend 10 minutes just scrunching the big elephant's ear so he can hear it crinkle.

The music and lights are soothing, never obnoxious. I've looked at a few other activity gyms and this one just seems head and shoulders above them all in terms of design and creativity. I'm planning on holding on to this for our next baby!

When my baby is on his back, he enjoys swatting at the toys... but when we do tummy time and his face comes in contact with the fabric, it causes a rash. I'm not sure if the rash has to do with the fiberglass batting (great idea for a baby product, huh?) or the cheap, rough fabric. Regardless, I would highly recommend looking for a similar product that doesn't contact fiberglass.

We love this activity mat. My 11 week old son is learning to grab toys, and he "talks" to the animals as he reaches for them and bats at them. When we first purchased it he was 6 weeks old and he could really only stay on it happily for 5-8 minutes at a stretch, but now at 11 weeks he will enjoy independent play for a good 10-15 minutes - long enough for Mommy to put in a load of laundry! We also use it for the dreaded tummy-time, as it has flaps with crinkly noises that distract him a bit from how frustrating tummy-time can be.

I was disappointed in this mat, based on the fact that I was looking for something to encourage my 5 month old son in his tummy time. I thought the musical buttons on the mat would be great cause and effect fun, but they are hard to press. Sometimes he can make them work if he hits them with his heel, but then he has to be on his back which is not the point for tummy time! If you are looking for a gym for your baby when s/he is on their back, then this is a fine one to get. It folds up and snaps for easy storage. Unfortunately, ours is stored more than it is used!

My 4 month old enjoys this pretty much. When he started rolling over at 3 months I decided to get something for him to play with also. Now he does not roll anymore. The only complaint I have is that I purchased this so he would enjoy tummy time more. Now he does not want to be on his tummy.
A friend of mines 1 year old loves it, so I will give it more time. He will probably start to like it more later!