Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium

I could not decide between the Ocean Wonders soother and the Rainforest Peekaboo Soother, so I got both in order to see which was best.

They are priced comparably, although it seems that Amazon just raised the price on the Ocean Wonders one, for some reason. It is still available at other places like Target for about the same price as the Rainforest Soother.

The Ocean Wonders Aquarium soother is what I'm sticking with, and here's why:

1. My 5 month old likes it better! The Rainforest Peekaboo soother has lights and motion, but it's not as dramatic as the bubbles that you get in the Aquarium soother. My 5 month old got tired of the Rainforest soother after a few minutes, while the Ocean Wonders soother holds her riveted. (I think it's the bubbles!)

That was, of course, the deciding factor. Other considerations that pushed me over the edge were:

2. Ocean Wonders has longer music and motion cycle than the Rainforest soother. The Ocean Wonders soother goes for 18 minutes. You can optionally turn off the motion or lights or music. Conversely, the Rainforest soother only has an 18 minute cycle if you choose "music only." It has a 12 minute cycle if you choose "music and lights" (no motion). But if you want all 3 -- music, lights, motion -- you only can get that for 6 minutes. Not sure what the folks at Fisher Price were thinking there (perhaps battery life?), but no thank you!

3. Ocean Wonders comes with a remote. So, if that 18 minute cycle is longer than you would like, just shut it off from the doorway of your child's room.

4. Ocean Wonders has more music to choose from. There is a toggle button that allows you to choose 5 different music tracks (classical, nursery rhyme, etc) and just plan sound effects (bubbles, waves). The Rainforest soother, from what I can see, only has one choice, although it plays about 3 different tunes.

5. Ocean Wonders has a bigger start button, which makes it easier for your child to activate on their own. My daughter has turned the aquarium on all by herself just by stretching and kicking her feet. Which is fine by me! The Rainforest button is smaller and not as prominently located on the unit.

In short, they are both fine soothers, but I think the Ocean Wonders Aquarium soother has more going for it. And my daughter thinks so too!

We've had this product for three months now (since my son was about 2 weeks old), and he's always loved it. I would love it if I could attach it to the Pack N'Play, but since he doesn't move around much yet, I usually just prop it up in the corner. As soon as he falls asleep, I have to remove it so he doesn't knock it over on himself when he wakes up. I'm not saying this is a bad thing - it is only meant for use in a crib, and the packaging clearly states this. I have found that if you use it a lot, which I was during the first month, the batteries will run out quickly.

I love that this product has two volumes (if you just wanted to use the sound, you could definitely prop it up outside of your pack n' play or crib, and the baby would still hear it just fine). The music and ocean sounds are really nice - and the lights and bubbling are enjoyable to watch (well, for the baby). I never use this without the lights and bubbling action, but that is an option.

You might find that your TV remote can turn this product on and off. I don't find this to be a big issue - I think it's rather amusing, actually. It's also a bit heavy (it takes 4 "C" batteries), so I do worry a bit about it falling on the baby... but that hasn't been a problem yet. I definitely recommend this product! Of course, I suspect some babies would not enjoy it - I mean, these things are a matter of individual taste - but I'd say give it a try.

i bought this for my granddaughter.she is 2 months old and she loves this toy on her crib.thank you so much it was in excellent shape.i was very pleased with this purchase.

I had a similar fish aquarium baby mobile, but I replaced it with the Ocean Wonders Aquarium. What a difference! I like that the lights are not too bright to keep my son awake. The movements of the fish, crab, and seaweed are quite realistic. My son loves the bubbles! The music is very soothing and of high quality; it puts me to sleep quite often too. The song/sound choices are excellent. I particularly like the medley of all the songs. The remote works great and I haven't had any problems with it. The thing I like best about this mobile as compared to my old one is how long the music plays for. It plays for about 18-20 minutes. If you like to have the lights, music & motion on at the same time, it does go through 3 C-sized batteries fairly quickly. My son is almost a year old and I've had this mobile since he was just a few weeks old and he still loves it! I don't know what I would have done without it.

We had this toy for a little over 4 months and it just stopped working. It wasn't even used daily. It started acting funny, the lights would go out and the music would slur so I thought the batteries were getting low. I replaced the batteries with all new Energizer brand batteries and it seemed to work okay. 2 days later it won't even come on..