Graco Snug Glider???

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

Has anyone seen this???

http://store.usababy.com/product/car-seat-accessories/562/graco-snug-glider.html

I think it would be handy for baby #3 when I can't keep driving to let them sleep. HOWEVER, I can see serious misuse and injuries already with people not strapping babies in, ect.

Plus I just prefer to hold the baby most of the time anyway... but with kids who have trouble sleeping, ect I can see it being handy. I can also see it being dangerous though.

Any thoughts?

[Loves2sing]

I could totally see it coming in handy, if your kid is a swinger. Jenna loved her swing, and I had her in it a lot. She seemed to prefer the swing to my rocking:( . Well, in her defence she was born in a very hot August with an extended summer. But I don't think I personally would bother with the Snugride swing, as I already have a swing, and my swing also swings side to side, which was Jenna's preferred method of swinging.
http://store.babycenter.com/product/code/7110.do?scid=SSE:GOO
The other reason I think I would leave it, is because I think it would just give people another excuse to leave their kids in the carseat way too long. It is better for their spinal development to take them out of the seat when you arrive at your destination. Although, that thing would be mighty handy for church. I used to be either missing the whole service in the nursery, or pacing back and forth with her in the back of the sanctuary. That would have been nice to stick in her in her swing at the back and get to sit down for a while.

[tarynsmum]

Yeah what Amanda said (re: the leaving them in the seat). I see it sort of as a way for parents to have no physical interaction. Not saying everyone who buys/uses it is doing that, but inevitably there will be parents who stick the baby in the carseat and walk away :( I don't have the links right now, but leaving a baby in that prone position all the time can lead to plagiocephaly (flat-head) and can't be good for emotional/physical growth either. I would rather have DD in a sling or carrier, or even just in-arms, than going from one 'device' to another, kwim? Not flaming anyone or anything, just my :twocents:

[rlsadc]

Yeah what Amanda said (re: the leaving them in the seat). I see it sort of as a way for parents to have no physical interaction. Not saying everyone who buys/uses it is doing that, but inevitably there will be parents who stick the baby in the carseat and walk away :( I don't have the links right now, but leaving a baby in that prone position all the time can lead to plagiocephaly (flat-head) and can't be good for emotional/physical growth either. I would rather have DD in a sling or carrier, or even just in-arms, than going from one 'device' to another, kwim? Not flaming anyone or anything, just my :twocents:

well parents that are going to leave their kids are going to do it with or without a swing...:(

and there are several causes of plagiocephaly, and it typically takes more than just hanging out in the carseat or swing to get bad enough to be noticed (ever since the back to sleep campaign, plagio has gone through the roof) as long as baby is getting appropriate amounts of tummy time it should be fine. but like aleahs plagio was cause by her torticollis...

i loved my sling, and preferred it to anything else. but this wouldve come in handy ALOT since aleah had reflux and couldnt sleep laying flat. too bad i didnt see it before lol.

[Loves2sing]

Well for Aleah then this would have made a lot of sense. I would have used Jenna's swing for that problem though. She actually did end up taking a lot of her naps in the swing!

[Splash]

Graco Snug Glider- Now making it completely unnecessary to ever touch your baby....

[ThreeBeans]

Not a fan. For one thing, it encourages 'detachment parenting'. For another, infant seats are just not GOOD for baby's spines! Carseats should be used IN THE CAR...not as baby holding devices in the house.

[tarynsmum]

Graco Snug Glider- Now making it completely unnecessary to ever touch your baby....

This is pretty much what I was trying to say without being so blunt (I didn't feel like I've been around long enough to be that open with my wording). Thanks for doing it for me ;)

[broken4u05]

ok this has been talked about before and again i say with the boys i watch there where many times that they feel alseep in the car and i wanted them to sleep just a little bit more to get a bottle ready for them or let one sleep more so i could feed the other and i was rocking the seat with a foot and feeding on baby. I would not use it all the time or as my every day swing but sometimes i would have liked the few more mins of sleep so i didn't have to feed them both at the same time at 3 months. I liked feeding them one at a time but sometimes couldn't because they both woke up from an outing (the few we took) at the same time.

That being said i can see how many people would over use this and have their kid in it too much and so on and i do not think i would get it uless i have twins but with 2 some help would be great

[rlsadc]

i just reread my post, i wasnt tryig to contradict your post taryn...lol..jsut trying to elborate on it ;)

[elle7715]

IMO, the only people who would get enough use out of it to justify buying it, would be the ones abusing it. I can see how it'd be handy every once in a while, but it's not worth $60! A lot of babies practically live in their car seats and it breaks my heart.

[lovinwaves]

IMO, the only people who would get enough use out of it to justify buying it, would be the ones abusing it. I can see how it'd be handy every once in a while, but it's not worth $60! A lot of babies practically live in their car seats and it breaks my heart.

Just wondering how you that other infants are "practically living" in their carseats? You would only know that if you were with the infant 24/7.

If you see an infant in a bucket in public do you automatically assume they are there all the time?

I am a SAHM and my kids were NEVER in their infant seats at home, but when we went in public they were in there. Which is not bad for them. But, I would hate for someone to assume my baby was practically living in their carseat, because I left them sound asleep in it while DH and I enjoyed a nice out to eat meal, you know?

Just trying to make the point that... "Things aren't always what they seem"

[rlsadc]

once again i see where this post is going to go. so before it goes there can i just remind everyone that every member here has a different parenting style than the next. just try to keep that in mind when talking about different ways parents handle their children. again i dont think that anyone on this board intends to harm their children. so can we keep any judgmental posts to a minimum?

[Jewels]

Personally, I didn't like leaving my baby in his carseat if not in the vehicle. Even when we went to the city I felt bad leaving him in there. I would rather hold him, have him sitting in his stroller or wear him. Even for walks I feel it is better for babies to be laying or sitting if they are old enough too. The only thing I like about travel systems is it is convienent to put a carseat onto the stroller for quick ins and outs or if you really need too (ie. cold weather). I think different positions are good for babies and they shouldn't always be in there carseats although I know at times it is easier to have them in their seats and I don't think that just because I see a baby in their seat that they are always in there, really I am just checking out the seat and wondering if the baby is strapped in properly! Just my :twocents:

As for the swing, I wouldn't use it. Wasn't there a baby who died when the caregivers took the carseat into the house while the baby was sleeping and the baby died? Can't remember all the details, I will have to look for them tomorrow.

[elle7715]

If you see an infant in a bucket in public do you automatically assume they are there all the time?

Nope, and I sure hope others don't assume that of me either. I 'wear' my kids a lot, but if I'm running errands and my son is content in his car seat, then that's where he stays. If we're in the mall for a decent amount of time and he wakes up, well then yes of course I'll take him out. But I see no reason to wake up a perfectly good sleeping baby. Once we had an entire dinner (with actual conversation LOL) with our daughter sleeping in the infant seat. She fell asleep right after we got in the car and didn't wake up until we got home. There's a time and a place for car seats, and I love the convenience of infant seats. I just hate the overuse. One of DDs cousins has spinal problems because of too much time in the car seat. When she was hungry they would prop the bottle and just leave her in there. It got to the point where she would be upset if she was taken out of it. She 'liked it so much' they used it as a car seat until she was 18 months old. So maybe I overreacted a bit because of that, but yes, some babies do live in those seats.

[ThreeBeans]

I assume when I see a baby sitting for hours (yes HOURS :mad: ) in a carseat in a private home that he is in there all the time. I don't have a problem judging that ;)

FWIW, it's not necessary to have an infant carrier to enjoy a meal in a restaurant. I wore my kids in a sling, and brought the infant carrier just in case they wanted to stretch out it in. That didn't happen very often though ;)

[Splash]

Charlie spent far more time in his basket than I would have liked. I couldn't use a sling with him, it would have been far too painful for him, not to mention dangerous.
If we were going to be somewhere for a long time, I took him out. Otherwise, I left him. I did this because picking him up rubbed his skin off and caused him tremendous pain. I would have loved to put him in a sling or carry him around, but just holding him hurt him.

So yes, most kids in the baskets are there because their parents are ignoring them (my nephew, for instance). But sometimes there is a real reason that the kid is there.

[easterbun]

Well, considering the cost of most (higher-end) swings, I don't think it sounds that outragious... I mean it's basically half the cost of buying a swing, if you already have the snugride to use in it.. I know that both of my kids had their moments where the swing was the ONLY way I could put them down for a few minutes. I held/wore them a lot, but mom has to have a break every once in a while to go to the bathroom or fix dinner, KWIM?

Ages ago (like 12 years or so?) there was actually a swing on the market that featured a removable carrier (and I think it may have even had a cradle type attachment for the swing too) - I never really understood the removable carrier thing though..

[lovinwaves]

So yes, most kids in the baskets are there because their parents are ignoring them (my nephew, for instance). But sometimes there is a real reason that the kid is there.

Ignoring them? So, are you saying the baby needs 24/7 attention? I mean my kids were in their "baskets" when I needed to eat, do laundry, go to the bathroom, take a shower, etc.. I would hardly say that is ignoring a child, would you?

Also, my friend has 4 kids. Her newborn has a lot of time in his swing, bouncy seat, etc... He gets to see everything that is going on, and mom constantly talks to him. She wears him when she can, but I don't blame her for not doing it ALL the time. And, when she is not wearing him I don't think for even a second she is ignoring him??

When you say "ignoring" I immediately think "neglect".

[broken4u05]

the boys spent a lot of time in the swing and the bouncy seats not because i was ignoring them but because i had to get things done. Like i said they are twins and also they had a hard time with eating so it would take 30-45 mins to feed each on and than i would be holding whoever i was feeding but than when the other one had to eat i used the swing, a chair or a play mat. When i was not feeding them i would play as much as i could with them but i also had to wash dishes, bottles, make bottles and do the laundry. And they ate every 2-3 hours so it seemed like i was always feeding someone. And like i said before i would love that swing because that would of saved me a soar ankle from pushing it with my foot to keep one asleep for just a little longer. And when we went out we had a double snap and go so they stayed in their seats. I would take them out as much as i could but i never felt bad for putting them down.

[Amaris]

I usually don't put my :twocents: into things that are debated, but here goes anyway. IF you want/need a swing and IF you will always use the seat properly when it's in the frame and IF you realize that leaving your little one in an infant seat or swing "all the time" isn't good then I personally do not have a problem with this. We are considering getting a swing for the baby due in July simply because she will have to have somewhere safe (away from the 120lb dog who has to lick everyone) that we can put her and I would really prefer that she be able to see what's going on instead of in a play yard or bassinet or something. Due to back problems I cannot wear her as much as I would like and will have to have somewhere she can be. Due to the size of our dog and the fact that this only sits as far off the floor as a travel swing or bouncer it's just not big enough for us, so the search continues because I don't want to spend $100-$150 on a swing that will not be used much!!

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

I didn't want to start a debate, I was more focusing on my concerns over the safety aspect of something like this. A swing when parents don't buckle the child in is dangerous. But with this I was concerned that there would be space where a child could get caught, strangle, ect. As long as it's used correctly I'm sure it's fine. I just don't have faith in the general population to use it correctly. :)


I would not have used this for either of my first two kids, because I didn't have a need for it. Ali was such a good baby, and would have been too big when Sadi arrived. Sadi I could have used a regular swing but we switched her to the Marathon at 3 months anyways. So, it wouldn't have helped us a whole lot.

However, when I have #3 and I have two kids in school, with homework, dinner to cook, laundry to do, I can definitely see once I get home on my own with all the kids and baby is asleep... putting them in the swing without waking them up will be very handy.

That's the only time I would really use it. When I babysit now, I can carry a baby and chase two toddlers. Lol. So as long as baby was in the infant seat in parking lots, ect I would be fine. But definitely that extra few minutes to get something done with two free hands would be awesome.

I'd never use it as a first time Mom though, simply because I was always carrying them. I rarely even took them inside anywhere in the infant seat. It was just easier to carry the child themselves. :) Plus I was too busy looking at them or playing with them. Lol.

[Amaris]

I agree that a lot of people would misuse it. I would be afraid that a lot of people wouldn't strap the baby into the seat when using it as a swing. I definately agree about always holding them though, especially the first! When Michael was a baby he had so much stuff we had to take everywhere (he was sick a lot) that I would take him out of his infant seat and put all of his stuff in it when we got somewhere! It worked really well for carrying a lot of stuff in one hand and having him in the other! His seat saw more of his stuff that it did of him!