Product Description

The newest addition to the Gymini family, the Total Playground Kick and Play offers a comprehensive solution for the developmental challenges faced in your baby's first months of life. Featuring an engaging Noah's Ark theme, this fun-packed playground offers 17 developmental activities. Activities include a large mirror, 5 rattles, bells and teethers and a musical kick-and-play response pad.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5493 in Baby Product
• Brand: Tiny Love
• Model: 811
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 27.25" h x 25.25" w x 4.50" l, 11.02 pounds

Features

• Deluxe gymini with plush dangling toys
• Immediate feedback based on baby's actions for cause & effect learning
• 10 minutes of classical music
• Folds flat for easy carrying and storage
• Adjustable Kick & Touch response pad

From the Manufacturer
Features 5 hanging toys, baby-activiated Musical Kick & Play response pad that provides 10 minutes of classical music; larger mat for longevity and activities on the mat

Customer Reviews

Wont grow with your baby
This was the second play gym that we have tried for our new baby. The first was the baby einstein discovering water, which proved to be to mature for her. This however was clear it would not grow with her.

While looking at this in the store it looked like it had everything, music, toys, lights, a colorful mat and that it said it would grow through different stages with your baby. Once we got it home and put her under it I realized it wouldnt last long.

The bars that hold the toys are extremely low, they dangle the toys almost on top of my baby. With the gym my first daughter had the bars were up high and you could control the length of the toys by looping more rings on them to lower them.

The pad that activates lights and music requires your baby to kick in certain areas and to kick hard. Not great for little feet that kick wildly at first. Also when baby is laying down she cant see the lights as the pad isnt high enough for them to see.

The 10 minutes of mozart is just a 60 second loop. At least other mats by fisher price or baby einstein play a selection of music that lasts longer and has more options.

My older daughter used her play mat for longer than 10 months, it was educational and fun. This is clearly a young babies toy and at 70.00 thats too much to pay in my opinon.

Anisa's Mom
I just bought this mat this past weekend from my local Babies R Us after comparing it online with other playmats. My local Toys R Us didn't have any in stock, and I didn't want to wait for one to be shipped to me. One reason I was drawn to this one is because the mat is much bigger than a lot of the other ones. I also like the idea of snapping the sides together to form somewhat of a border around my baby. As soon as I bought it home, I couldn't wait to unpack it. I set it up, which was very easy and put my daughter, Anisa, who is 3 1/2 months old, on it. Right away she started batting at the dangling figures and kicking on the kickpad. She really likes the tiger :-). She spent about a 1/2 hour playing on this mat and was just smiling and laughing. I left her with her dad for about another 20 minutes, and when I came back, she'd fallen asleep right there on the mat. I guess she played so much, she wore herself out. Wow!

Another thing that I like about this mat is the fact that the bars that hold the hanging figures simply unsnap from each other, lay flat and I can then change her right on the mat without having to pick her up to change her diaper somewhere else and then bring her back to play.

I do have an issue with the kickpad. It seems to take a lot of strength and exactness for the lights to light up and to play the music. If she doesn't kick exactly on the imprint showing the ball of the foot, it doesn't light or play the music. And I've gotta say my daughter has pretty strong kicks when we are playing, but I guess they are not strong enough when she kicks this kickpad.

The description on Amazon.com said that 3 AA batteries were included, but when I bought it at Babies R Us, there weren't any batteries included. Now I don't know if Amazon has a slightly different one or they get some extras from the manufacturer, but I think if you are paying $70 (which is quite pricey I must say), batteries should be included. After checking 3 other Total Playground Activity Mats on the shelf at Babies R Us, I gave in bought a 4-pack of AA batteries at 4 more dollars :-(.

Overall, I really like this mat because it has some really nice features, eventhough it is a bit pricey. Aside from the kickpad issues, we really do like this toy because it is both educational and fun and it keeps Anisa well entertained and happy.

Update: I see that Amazon has corrected its description regarding the batteries. They now state that batteries are required, not included. Thanks Amazon for the correction.

Great toy to give moms a break
Great toy for babies. My daughter can spend one hour on the mat by herself. I also made a few adjustments for her to enjoy the toy even better by placing the mirror on top, so she can look at herself while laying down on her back. She absolutely loves it. Also, I placed the bird chime towards the end where her legs are so she can kick it since the kicking pat doesn't respond to her kicks at all. The chime makes wonderful sounds.
The kicking pat really need to be improved. The kicking pat doesn't respond unless you kick hard at the exact spot. This kicking pat is not designed for little babies, maybe useful when baby gets older.