I absolutely love this swing so much - that its the second one we have bought. I had the natures touch with my first child and she stayed in it till she was 8 or 9 months. We would feed her in it and she also took naps. Of course once the second child arrived the 1st one would keep stopping the swing (while it was turned on) and of course the motor died. You can buy new motors through fisher price but once i started looking at swing again i saw they had ones that now plug into the wall. I must say that is fantastic - we went through about 4 D batteries a week with our first swing - so not having...