Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soother

My son is 18 months now. I bought this when he was almost 4 months. I agree that in the beginning it was more stimulating than soothing and I didn't use it at bedtime for many months. I did buy a second one to put in the car for him to watch if we were driving at night. It worked beautifully to stop his crying in the dark, and the remote was perfect for this. If you do choose to try it in the car, I recommend you put it off to the side rather than directly in line with the car seat, because it is quite heavy and you wouldn't want it to hit baby in the event of an emergency stop. Mounting it in the car took some clever work with Velcro straps to fully secure it, but was worth the effort. When we started using it at bed time, I would turn it on as I rocked him with his bottle, and put out the light when I put him down. In the morning I would switch on the light/music if I needed him to be entertained in his crib while I use the bathroom/get dressed. Worked like a dream for this. As he grew older, he learned to stand and press the light button and the light/sound button. Now he even switches the mode switch on his own. Here is why I am so in love with this thing: We completely black out his room for sleep. When he wakes up in the morning in the dark, he crawls to the edge of the crib and feels for the soother. Then he turns it on and sits quietly until we wake up to get him. I don't wake up to crying in my baby monitor every morning, I wake up to a faint click of the button pressing and the soothing music coming in over the monitor. Love, love, LOVE that. I don't have an issue with the volume, personally. When it is strapped tightly to the rail, the speaker is up against the crib and this mutes it significantly. Also, I use a homedics sound machine to play constant rain white noise, and sometimes over the white noise I can't even tell if I turned it on or not with it set to music only. I have to hit the button a few times until one of a few songs come on that start on a higher note (like Air on a G String) to know it is even playing. So if you use white noise and/or have a broad flat crib rail, the volume certainly won't be an issue. Second thing to note is that it DOES guzzle battery juice like a college student at a kegger. Buy rechargables. No doubt, this is completely necessary. When my son got older and we stopped driving at night so much, we took the second one out of the car and just had it ready for a quick swap when the batteries died on the first one. I know this is an extreme workaround to the need for a nascar pit crew ready with a power screwdriver to change the batteries during a baby meltdown, but it worked for us. One suggestion I would make for the manufacturer would be to give a low battery warning before it dies, rather than it just turning off suddenly and leaving a scary red LED shining in the dark. Not a fan of that. One more thing to keep in mind is that you do have to turn it on to get it to "listen" for the remote. I am not sure how long it takes for the IR receiver to deactivate because I don't really use the remote. But if it has been off all night, you won't be able to turn it on with the remote. Also, the remote needs a line of sight. It is not RF so it will not work around corners or through a door. I know a lot of people wish it would. I learned to accept this limitation and live without the remote. I still love this soother. With two of these on rotation for daily use for 14 months, I have experienced no defects or failures. That is more than I can say for that rotten Munchkin projector/sound machine that I exchanged four times before giving up on it... But that is a different review. Grumble. Also worth noting is that I have the strap adjusted all the way out and it barely fits around my crib rail. It won't wrap around the side rail but it will go around the end rail. A handy DIYer might be able to replace the strap with a longer one. It is just a 1" wide nylon strap with sewn ends. My end rail is 3 3/8" tall and 1" thick. It fits on this rail with a couple inches of strap to spare. If your rail is ~5" tall x 1" thick, you will be nearing the limit and should find a way to check one in-store on a display crib if you can. Any taller than 5" and I am sure the strap won't reach around. Hope this helps with your buying decision.

This thing works great. Has nice tunes and is soothing and entertaining to the baby. Babies are so individual in what they do and don't like. My baby likes it, but I wouldn't say she's mesmerized by it. She watches it for a bit then looks at other things. I do like that you can just turn on the ocean sounds for white noise. She does fall off to sleep well with it. As for those saying its loud, it starts off kind of loud but the speaker is pointed out the back of it so it a not as loud to the baby as it is to you. It does get quieter as it goes on. I like that it slowly gets softer before shutting off. I haven't used the remote as my baby is usually asleep by the time it shuts off. As of now the music and fish don't soothe her to sleep as much as they just keep her entertained in her crib while I do something else. I like that you can turn off the light and just have the sounds. Overall I like it and I'd buy it again. It's not some miracle baby soother, but it's cute and does the trick. Update 6/5/2014 STILL love this soother. My baby is now 1 year old and loves this even more now that she's older. She can now turn it on and off by herself and she falls asleep to it every night. When she takes naps, sometimes she'll wake up, turn it on, then go back to sleep all on her own. She loves to watch the fishes and listen to the music. I've still never bothered with the remote. She pretty much tunrs it on and off herself so I don't need it. Still works great and for as much as I use it (every day) the batteries last a pretty decent amount of time. I've never had an issue with it falling off or coming undone. The latch is very secure. She bumps it constantly, hold onto it while standing up in her crib, and hits it. Never once has it come loose or fallen off. It's very sturdy. I'd say of all the gadgets I've baught for my daughter, this is on the top 5 list. Definitely worth the money.

Love love love the baby einstein products, and this one didn't disappoint. Our baby was mesmerized by this under water scene and eventually "turtle" ended up being one of their first words on account of the turtle appearing to be a mascot on almost every product. This product ultimately achieved right what it says in the title for us, it helped our little one be comfortable in their crib, and soothed them as we transitioned from bassinet in our room to the nursery. For us personally, no lights with just the ocean sounds seemed to do the trick, and it's genius that as it nears the end of it's ten minute interval, the volume just slowly fades away. As they got older, the light and music functionality became great for before or after naptime to allow them to just be comfortable staying in their crib for "quiet time." The main annoyance with this product is the C batteries that this thing seems to have the appetite of a bear for. MY GOD THIS THING EATS BATTERIES! This is where the remote greatly comes in handy, because if you happen to be monitoring your little one & you see they've passed out well before the music interval is up, you can sneak right into their room and click this sucker off to try and salvage a few more hours of battery life out of it. Another pro tip on this item - if anyone you know has a registry through anywhere other than Amazon, don't buy it from the other infamous baby stores - it's like $15 more right off the bat. My cousin recently had a shower and I ordered this through Amazon warehouse (there was the smallest cosmetic damage to the exterior of the box, but the crib soother itself was still sealed NIB) and it only cost $19. I simply called the store for where she had registered and asked them to remove the item from her registry because I had purchased it elsewhere. This allowed me to purchase additional items and still stay in budget! Overall cute product, and great gift ;)

I like this in spite of a couple of flaws. My son finds it very entertaining, so I give it a pass. The music and sounds are good, and I like being able to switch between white noise sounds and actual classical-type music. I like having a dim and dimmer option, and I like having two volume settings. I have two complaints. 1. The strap to hold it on the crib rail is too short. My crib isn't super fancy but it does have a fatter front railing and the strap was too short. I had to mount this on a side rail, which didn't make a lot of sense based on how babies sleep in the crib. Another inch of strap would make this fit on a much wider variety of cribs. 2. The "low battery" indicator isn't an indicator of low batteries. The light comes on when the batteries are dead. How stupid is that? It's easy to know when the batteries are dead - it won't turn on. I need to know when they're getting low - so I have some time to replace them before bedtime. That is just a design flaw - why would you alert me that the batteries are completely dead? Sheesh. Oh, and the remote never worked, so I probably should have taken a star off for that, but I didn't really care. Didn't see a need for a remote for this type of thing anyway. I guess technically I have 3 complaints, but I really wouldn't judge my decision to buy this based on the remote.

This thing is honestly a miracle. She was getting to that stage where she wanted something to look at and the night lights I had that put a picture on the ceiling are boring and hard to see. So I got this, and not only does it have a blue light that shimmers in her crib (a bit on ceiling too somehow) but the animals all move around, it has soothing ocean sounds she falls asleep too, and the music is nice and soft so if I have to wake her up I'll use the music but it's soothing enough for baby to sleep to on the lower volume option. It has a button for you to just turn the light on if you want to check on them and a remote to turn it on/off for any reason, I would've probably used that option when she was a newborn but I use it rarely since she's mobile and turns it on/off with the bottom star button.. a lot! It's an awesome soother and I don't wish I bought a different one at all. Matter fact, she fell asleep within 5 minutes tonight just watching her soother. I suggest any parents of a baby get one. Love it! Edit: I see some people complain about the battery life and the low-batt light. I think it may be an issue with higher end batteries (for some reason) I've noticed that when I use the cheap ones, that it runs for at the least (lots of nights of not sleeping right away due to bottle wean, so lots of on-time) and 2 weeks otherwise, when the low-batt light comes on, I've run the batteries down up to a week after that light came on but like I said, I feel I get a lot of use due to playing around with what batteries worked best. It does have lights, sounds, and movement that your baby is turning on and off constantly with a run time of 20 mins, so it's not too bad to pay 5$ for a pack of batteries even if it's just one week of use if baby sleeps better. I'd pay 5$ a day if I had to! But I get 2-3 weeks out of each set of batteries. Figured I'd add that.

After five (5) YEARS continuous use, it is STILL GOING STRONG. I have a 5 year-old and a 2 year-old who share a room. The 5 year-old needs a light to go to sleep. The 2 year-old can't sleep with a light on. This is the perfect compromise. And when I say continuous use, I mean every day playing through at least 2-4 times through. It has withstood constance on/off toddler action plus being dropped down stairs, dragged around and an occasional launch through the air. It will eat batteries (size "C") so I strongly recommend rechargeables. The volume can be a little loud (there are two settings) even on low. The music is not annoying. I say this in all the honesty from having to listen to the same melodies every night over the baby monitor and remaining sane. There is a slight whirring motor sound when the aquarium "movement" is turned on. But if you just want lights and music, you can turn the movement off and that goes away. For my kids, that whirring sound has become a comforting white noise so it works for them. They love, Love, LOVE their aquarium. Highly recommend!

I bought this to keep in my son's crib to give him something to do. It serves its purpose, however, there are some things that I wish were different. Pros: - The unit is easy to install, and does play music, the animals move, and it has lights - My son seems to really enjoy the lights, which mimic moving water, and he also seems to like the moving animals - It does have a remote control so that you can turn it on and off without touching it Cons: - Since the lights are LEDs, they are harsh to look at. If this is the only light on at night, I feel like it would be too bright for my son to stare at safely. - The music is in my opinion, a tad too loud. I want my son to relax and fall asleep sometimes, but this music is too loud for that. There are other modes, however, there is no mode that has the lights and movement without sound. Conclusion: While this unit does entertain my son, I feel like anytime we use it, it just makes him a little more bouncy. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I would prefer that it relax him a bit more. I am also afraid that this toy is a tad too bright at night, and that the music is too loud even on the softest setting. This is an OK toy, but I will probably be on the lookout for something else to put in his crib.

Awesome crib attachment. Our daughter loves it and it really does help her get to sleep (currently 8 months, been using it since 4 months). She's now crawling and can go over to it and push the star to start it. The remote control, we have found it to be completely unnecessary and a waste of AAA batteries. Its just not needed. If your baby is awake enough to be crying, walking over and turning it on is not going to change much. Batteries. Yes it eats them. But its not daily, maybe weekly or every other week. Buy Eneloop or another rechargeable to combat this. Its very easy to change batteries and doesn't require you to reattach strapping to the crib between changes. If you have a crib without slats, it will be tough to fit this on it. We have a crib with the front center having a solid piece, but then slats all around and had to place it near the slats. It simply would not work elsewhere. The brightness on this is fairly bright, enough to make it look like there are waves dancing on the crib mattress close by. Its a pretty blue though so it is calming. You can play the music or sea sounds without the light also. The lights dim to nothing after about 10 minutes to help baby fall asleep. The music is perfectly loud/soft. It is just enough for baby to drift off to. It seems a little softer than most mobiles, but then again it is closer to baby. It slowly gets softer after appr. 10 minutes to help baby drift off calmly to sleep.

Lo compré para mi sobrino y le encanta. Se relaja mucho con las luces y la música es preciosa. Que tenga un mando lo hace más funcional.

Absolument génial! La plus belle et la plus incroyable veilleuse que j'ai jamais vue! Musique agréable, haut parleur de bonne qualité! Lumière et volume intelligent. Et une télécommande pour les parents !

Very good musical toy. We use it during the day with the music and movements and my little one giggkes at it. During the night we use it in ocean sounds mode and it settles her off to sleep. Perhaps the quiet mode is a little loud, ive used a plaster over the speaker to muffle the sound but all music toys seem to be the same noise level.

Dieses Aquarium nutzen wir schon 1 Jahr. Jeden Tag. Unsere Tochter liebt es von Anfang an. Wenn Aquarium an geht, bedeutet das für sie SCHLAFEN! .. Der Preis ist ziemlich hoch, aber bei uns hat sich auf 100000% gelohnt. Ich empfehle das jedem, bei wem einschlafen Problem ist.. Das Aquarium hat mehrere Funktionen.. Melodie, Meergeräusche, Licht.. Perfekt.. Fernbedienung sehr praktisch. Meine Tochter wenn wach ist, macht das selber an.. Ist wirklich super!

Totalmente recomendable para bebes que no quieren dormir y les encanta ver la luz, la combinación entre la música (muy relajante) y los efectos del agua es genial para que el bebe se duerma, la luz es tenue y de color azul, mi bebe se queda mucho rato viendo como se mueven los animalitos y tiene varias combinaciones (sonido mar, sonido mar + luz, música, música + luz) y hubiera estado bien agregarle una opción más que solo tuviera luz sin sonido. es muy útil, y muy fácil de usar, el único detalle que yo vi pero es que los animalitos al moverse rechinan un poquito, pero no sé si así me toco el que me llego o así vengan todos los productos, pero es un pequeñito detalle nada significativo con las demás ventajas que tiene. Ah lleva 4 pilas tipo C, le compre unas energizzer hasta el momento llevo 2 meses usándolo todas las noches (promedio 1 hora) y aún le han durado las pilas.