This is a continuation of our series on Baby Furniture Wars. If you've made the decision of Playard vs. Crib and chosen playard, you are probably going to want to look into getting a compatible mobile that spins without you standing there all day. This is my story:
Clark usually sleeps in his Graco Pack 'n Play playard. It came with a mobile. Three plush (pastel green) turtles hang from the mobile. Clark has loved those turtles every since he came home from the hospital, especially when they spin. I can't stand there all day and spin the mobile, even if that's what Clark would prefer. It took me a few weeks, but I realized we needed a mobile that spun on its own. Such a thing has to exist for a playard, I can't be the first one to think of this.
Babies 'R Us (BRU) would have had an easy sale had they made me aware of the existence of such a product for our playard at the time we bought it. I was left to my own parental devices to discover the need for a self propelled/spinning mobile and to find a suitable mobile to address the problem. I did an internet search and found mostly products that were no longer being sold. I finally found exactly ONE product that fit the description and was available for sale online, the Tiny Love Take-Along Mobile
. Internet rumors abounded about OEM models, but I couldn't find any available for sale online.
. Internet rumors abounded about OEM models, but I couldn't find any available for sale online.
My next step was to head out to Toys 'R Us (TRU) because their website sold that mobile model online. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it at my local TRU or BRU stores, though they sold other models by the same manufacture. It was rather frustrating. I purchased Clark's playard from BRU. They sell hundreds, if not thousands, per month. How could they not carry a moving mobiles designed for them? I couldn't be the only who wanted one.
