Comments on: Review: Baby Mobile for Automobiles

By: Stacia

Stacia — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:58:25 +0000

I have purchased 2 of these in the past 4 years. I bought one for my first daughter and she loved it. Eventually she became older and when it fell down (on rare occasion) she'd get ahold of it and tore the pieces off. It does say to 18 mths... but I had just left it.
So when I was pregnant with our second daughter I wanted another right away. They did not have the garden friends one I had the first time, so I got the barnyard friends. My baby LOVES it just as much as my first child. She giggles and coos at the animals. I am buying one for our infant nephew for his first Christmas. I would not hesitate to buy again. Just love it!

By: dani

dani — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:35:16 +0000

I bought this about 3 years ago for our son and it wouldn’t stay attached to the inside roof of our car. The attachments could be better. Though the length of the dangle wasn’t too annoying from a rear view mirror/driver perspective. Needless to say we got rid of it and bout something to keep him busy that went on the car seat and windows. This toy never made it out of our driveway, I was afraid it would fall on him while I was on the beltway!

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:29:00 +0000

The instructions state, "Repeated applications and over use of Auto Mobiles could damage vehicle's headliner."

I suspect when our due date approaches I'll spring for the Galactic Pals and have one in both cars. I'm going to throw it up there and leave it. I'm not worried about it.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:57:26 +0000

I agree with you – at first I thought, ‘Oh, I can make that!’, but it’s the time to do it that I don’t have – I’m concerned about the micro Velcro messing up my nice Cayenne though….

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:10:44 +0000

Could I make a foam mobile myself? Yes.

Could I make as nice a mobile for under $19 ($13 with $6 shipping)? I don't think so. If I'd bought it in a store without the shipping cost, forget it.

I've not noticed Micro Velcro at craft stores before; I'll have to look. I suspect the price of precut foam pieces, paint, cord and Micro Velcro would approach $19. And in my case, I would be pretty fuzzy on my idea and end up buying a lot of foam that doesn't get used.

I've heard more than once that making your own clothes is now more expensive than buying them because labor is cheap and retail fabric is expensive (unless maybe if you buy on sale and are adept as using every last scrap).

If you're a do-it-yourselfer, the enjoyment of the process of creating a mobile probably exceeds the cost issue. If not, the Auto Mobile is an easy solution.

My wife could sew baby clothes, receiving blankets, etc. Does she? No way, for the usual reasons... time and money.

By: phyllis@imabima

phyllis@imabima — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:06:27 +0000

this is super cute…but don’t you feel like you could make one yourself? we have a chiming mobile that we hang from the hook (for dry cleaning?) over the baby’s carseat and she loves it…i like the chiming noise it makes when i’m driving around…plus, we’ve hung another toy to the bottom of this one and she can reach that to make the chimes jingle even louder. that’s what she likes best, i think.