Graco Sweetpeace Newborn Soothing Center Review

I got the Graco Sweet Peace as a gift because it was on my registry. I looked at the demo online and saw it in a store and it looked great. The fabric was soft and it swings in a different direction than most swings. The advertising said it was meant to be more soothing to a baby. My baby was very fussy for the first few months and this did not soothe him at all. He hated being in the swing and rarely calmed down in it. The toys on the toy bar are silly - there's a mirror and a teething ring. He does like to play with the mirror, but that's it. There's also a hanging toy that hangs from the canopy but it is attached by velcro so he can pull it off. The motor is really loud so you have to play the music very loud in order to even hear it. It also takes up a ton of space. I was sold based on the hype, but I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. It is cute, but it doesn't do what it should. I probably would have liked it better if we used a Graco carseat because it takes those as well as the seat it came with.