BabyBjorn Bouncers

A BabyBjorn bouncer earns its keep in the ten minutes you need to eat something. It gives your baby a safe place to sit and watch you, it folds flat when the floor is needed for something else, and it does both without a power point anywhere near it.

How a BabyBjorn Bouncer Earns Its Floor Space

There is no motor in these. The rocking comes from your baby's own kicking and wriggling, which means nothing to charge, nothing to switch on, and no batteries to find at the worst possible moment. It also means the movement matches what your baby is actually doing. 

Three height positions let you set the seat upright for watching the room or lower for resting, and the whole frame folds flat for storing behind a door or taking to the grandparents. It weighs little enough to carry from room to room one-handed while you hold the baby in the other.

Bliss, Balance Soft and the Fabric Decision

The Bouncer Bliss is the one most parents land on, and the choice within it is really about fabric. Air Mesh is the cooler option for a Sydney summer, the 3D Jersey is softer to the touch, and the Woven Petal Quilt is the one people buy because it looks good in the living room. The Balance Soft covers the same job in a Woven and Jersey tri-fabric finish. All the seat fabrics are machine washable, which matters more than it sounds once solids start. 

Colours run across sand, light grey, light beige, dusty pink, anthracite, gray beige and a dark green, so there is usually one that disappears into a living room rather than announcing itself. BabyBjorn lists the Bliss fabrics as OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Class 1 certified, made from 65% recycled polyester and 35% cotton.

From Newborn Rest to a Toddler's Chair

The Bliss is rated from newborn to around two years, and the reason it lasts that long is the conversion. Once your baby is sitting and standing on their own, the seat becomes a small children's chair rather than something you put on the kerb. 

The Toy Bar is the one accessory worth adding early. It clips to the front with soft toys your baby can reach for, which buys you a few more minutes in the stretch before they can roll. If you already know you want both, the Bliss and Balance Soft are each sold bundled with the toy bar. 

Buying them together usually works out cheaper than adding the bar a month later, once you have worked out that you need it.

Shop BabyBjorn Bouncers

A bouncer is usually bought alongside one or two other things from the same brand, so it is worth looking at the range together:

• BabyBjorn

• BabyBjorn Carriers

• BabyBjorn Potty

• Bouncers

• Playtime

We post Australia-wide, or visitAlexandria orMiranda to feel the difference between the mesh and the quilted fabrics before you choose.