Great product - but directions could be better
December 27, 2016
Haven't used the play yard yet as Baby has yet to arrive, but my husband and I put it together last night primarily to use as our "crib" the first month or so. I really love the color (Pipp) and design (both changing pad and portable bouncer/bassinet), but the instructions were written very poorly - an (almost) one-size-fits-all approach to all Graco play yards until specific instructions per attachment come up later in the manual. For instance, the initial instruction was to secure the play yard mattress to the bottom of the play yard (through slots in the fabrice, snapping to the very bottom legs - a difficult process for one person to say the least, especially one with an 8-month pregnant belly), but then once that was done, we rearead, several pages later that if we were using this as anything but a play yard (infant sleeper, changing table, etc.), we had to do something else entirely - so we had to find out how to deconstruct what we already set up. Very frustrating! Also, the vibration so other for the portable bouncer bassinet requires a D battery, unbeknownst to us. We didn't have one on us so we had to finish setting it all up without it (we'll go back to it later, I am sure). Lastly, we set it up where we have room (in the living room), only to find it didn't fit fully assembled through our apartment door frames! So basically we just collapsed it a little and turned it at an angle and it finally is in our bedroom! Overall, very good looking product though, and definitely seems secure. Can't wait to use it!
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