The Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym is an activity gym designed to excite babies with interactive games, lights,  fabric textures, music, and nature sounds.  The Rainforest Melodies and Lights Deluxe Gym is made by Fisher-Price.  This Deluxe Gym comes complete with a floor quilt for the baby to lay on while looking up at colorful arches that suspend a variety of toys for baby’s amusement and learning.  The hanging toys include  a shiny mirror , a mobile of spinning butterflies , a spinner with rattling beads, a crinkly leaf that can be used for peek-a-boo, as well as a variety of movable and stationary activity toys.  This Deluxe Gym also has sound settings:  a  20 minute setting of parent-activated continuous music, a baby-activated mode with 8 to 12 seconds of lights and music, or a 20 minute setting of parent-activated rainforest sounds.  All of these sound settings not only stimulate a baby’s auditory senses, they also help to soothe and comfort a baby.

Pros:

• Upbeat  music for when baby is active and playing, and quite, soothing rainforest sounds for when baby is sleepy.
• Many of the toys are removable.  They can be moved from the arch to the mat, or taken out of the gym for a bed-time buddy or car ride entertainment.
• The removable toys and the mat are all washable.
• The music is not irritating to adults, so the whole family can listen to the music while baby plays,  and the rainforest sounds are soothing  to babies and parents, alike.  Best of all, there are two volume settings.
• Simple to assemble, and easy to change out batteries.

Cons:

• Some people find this toy difficult to fold-up for storage unless it is taken apart.  It will not fit into the bag that it came with, unless it is completely taken apart.
• The mirror attached to the giraffe may not point into the center of the mat.  This may mean that a parent will need to hold the mirror for the baby to be able to see into the mirror.
• It has been reported that the mirror has fallen out of the frame in some situations, and can present a danger if a baby tries to put the round, bare mirror into his mouth.
• The butterfly mobile does not spin on its own, it either has to be spun by a parent or a baby.  This could, clearly, be hard for a baby that is unable to reach the mobile.
• This gym is not readily portable, so it is not easy to take it with on an outing to keep baby entertained.