Product Description

Bring the soothing sights and sounds of the sea to your baby. The Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Lullaby Soother features a scrolling, illuminated ocean scene with fun-loving fish, colorful characters and 25 minutes of continuous playing melodies from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven or beautiful nature sounds.   Features 4 play modes: Melodies and lights, melodies only, nature sounds and lights and nature sounds only. Additional features: Drift off features: lights and melodies gradually soften to gently help your little one ease into sweet dreams. Remote control lets you start or stop soother from up to 15 feet away. Attaches securely to most cribs, 9'' H x 10 1/4'' W x 3 1/4'' D . Crib soother requires 4 C batteries, not included. Remote requires 2AAA batteries, not included .  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1929 in Baby Product
• Brand: Baby Einstein
• Model: 30984
• Released on: 2008-07-27
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 3.25" w x 10.25" l, 30.00 pounds

Features

• Melodies, lights and nature sounds play for 10 minutes
• Automatically shuts off after 25 minutes and it can be reactivated with remote control,Includes volume control
• Attaches securely to most cribs
• Features 4 play modes

From the Manufacturer
The Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Lullaby Soother incorporates real-life ocean imagery and Baby Einstein characters that swim along in this scrolling aquarium scene that lights up and plays soothing melodies for your baby. A unique “soothing mode” gradually softens volume to put your baby to sleep and the remote control allows for activation or deactivation without disturbing your baby. Soft edge lighting allows you to check on your baby from a distance. The Sea Dreams Lullaby Soother includes a button for baby activation and its bottom design allows for extended bedside use for older babies.

Customer Reviews

Great product!
I purchased this after reading all of the reviews on here, mainly due to the long play time, and the gradual shutting down of the crib soother. Apon reciept, the picture here does look much different than the item does in person, as far as the screen - but it doesn't make me any less happy with the product.
One review complained about the volume, buy my soother does have 2 volume levels, and I think even the loud one, isn't very loud. The quiet is perfect.
One review also complained about 2 units that stopped working. I have discovered why! When the batteries begin to fail, the until stops working in phases. All of a sudden the motion wouldn't work on our unit. Because I had read the previous reviews, I initially thought my players was broken too because we still had light and music.
Then a few days later, the light would only work for about 5 minutes at a time, but we still had long periods of music. So I thought yep, its garbage. But then my husband said, well, lets just change the batteries.
And like new - the whole thing works again!!
So I'm guessing that the gradual systems stopping is meant to be an indicator that the batteries are wearing down. It doesn't mean the unit is defective. I didn't check it at first, because I thought they were new batteries - but it turns out my husband and just put in the ones from our old crib player.
So with this revelation, I can say I am perfectly happy with this player. I love the length of play, the gradual shut down and I really LOVE the remote function. I'm happy!

Disappointing Baby Einstein Product
I'm usually a fan of Baby Einstein products, but this one was a disappointment. The biggest problem is that the admittedly cute and colorful creatures stopped "swimming" after only 2 months. Also, I found the background lighting to be too bright. My baby would often squint and turn away from the harsh light. I felt like I was forcing her to watch TV in her crib! I chose this soother because I like the gradual shutdown, the length of the playtime and the remote control. The first two features were nice; the remote control worked only sometimes even at short range. So, while this soother has some nice features, overall it was not worth the money.

Battery-eater galore
My 4 year old son is absolutely addicted to his "fishies". He must have them to fall asleep. He has always loved Baby Einstein, as well. This was a perfect fit for us. However, buyers beware. The 25-minute timer, especially if you have the lights, motion and music turned on is very energy-intensive and requires LOTS of batteries. We have been through at least 200 batteries and we've only had the product a year or so - not so great for the pocketbook or the environment. Also, as others have mentioned, the features stop working gradually when the batteries are low. So, every so often, we have a 'crisis' in our house because "the fishies stopped going around", etc. - always a winner at bedtime! The challenge of the day is to find an equivalent product feature-wise that either doesn't consume so much energy or can be plugged in to the wall.