Newborns can either be laid on the machine-washable cotton mat to play with the interactive hanging toys or use it for tummy time. The sturdy wooden frame can be slotted together with just 6 bolts, standing like a strong mountain that’s ready for adventure. Little hoppa starts life as a baby gym, creating a unique sensory experience from birth to 6 months. After a testing year for most families, this Christmas gift will be certain to bring joy, fun and practicality to the home of new parents.Įverything has been thought through, including a design focused look and with a focus on sustainability, most parts are made from wood, metal, natural rubber and cotton.
Little hoppa is an innovatively designed 3-in-1 baby gym, baby jumper and children’s activity table that grows and adapts with children from birth to four years. However, you can move the toys along the toy bar which is a clever feature – the people at Chicco call it a SlideLine system.Now launching! Red Dot award winning little hoppa, this amazing piece of baby kit will see little ones from newborn right up to toddler years, and is an absolute game changer in the market. I am in the latter camp, as the toy bar, which comes on and off easily, can be taken off by older children and I think this is a downside to the Chicco Hoopla bouncer.Ĭertainly my five-year-old, who thinks she is a baby expert, keeps removing it. Toy bars are like (sorry for the clichéd simile) marmite, some people love them because they offer stimulation for babies and others hate them as they think they may be safety hazards. However, that aside, I much prefer it to my other bouncers (Fisher Price, Mamas and Papas) – although to be fair they are about eight-years-old now! I must say it takes up quite a lot of space in our medium sized kitchen and my older daughter did trip over it once. If space is an issue the Hoopla may not be suitable for you, as it is, compared to other bouncers, on the large side – 45cm in length to be precise. Yes, the pads wash well on a gentle or wool wash and as they are synthetic they don’t take long to dry. There are also four recline positions and this is easy to achieve by pressing both side buttons simultaneously – it is easy I promise. The headrest cushion is adjustable to three different positions and as the baby grows the two cushions can be removed to give baby more room.
The headrest cushion and bottom ‘booster cushion’ are useful and well placed, as not only do they provide baby with super comfort they can be easily removed for washing. Yes, the feet are closer to the ground than other bouncers and it is less wire than other bouncers, giving it a sturdier feel. When our daughter gets a bit bigger I would imagine that her weight would gently rock her without us having to intervene. Our daughter is now three-weeks-old and I love the fact that it rocks gently on its non-slip feet – though you have to do this manually as it is not electric. It also removes the need to have a Moses basket or buggy as baby can sleep in it! Since then we have used it downstairs every day because it is an ideal post-feed option when you may not want to lie a newborn flat. The weight limit is 9kg – which is around nine months for an average baby and as our daughter was just under a week old when we first started using it, size was not a problem.
I initially had some reservations as I had read a few online reviews that said the Chicco Hoopla does not really work for larger (in this case a seven month old) babies. Not really, the straps were a bit fiddly and they are difficult to extend. No, you never actually need to assemble nor dismantle the Hoopla as it simply folds flat for storage. I used it for our newborn daughter Celestia when she was two-days-old as I wanted to the lie flat mode was all about. To me, the Chicco Hoopla looks like the Rolls Royce of baby bouncers. Rivaling the likes of the BabyBjorn Balance, Summer Infant Cuddly Owl and Mothercare Love So Much bouncers, it offers three-point adjustable waist harness, toy bar and non-slip feet.
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