5 Best Baby Swings
Swing sets are great developmental garden toys, and swinging has numerous benefits for growing kids, such as focusing their attention, improving physical awareness and enhancing mood on those particularly grumpy days! But before we get onto some of the best baby swings on the market, let’s take a look at some of the great benefits they could provide your little ones.
Physical awareness
A stretchy swing can stimulate kids’ Golgi tendon organs, whose function is to detect changes in muscle tension. This phenomenon helps young children establish vestibular awareness (i.e. balance and posture) while learning to comprehend the world from different planes of motion; both of which are crucial aspects of a child’s development.
Focus and attention
If you notice the kids’ attention dwindling during homework time, a few minutes on the swing could put them back on the road to acing that assignment. Swinging for just a few moments makes kids more alert due to an increase in blood flow to the brain, which raises endorphins and awakens sleepy minds.
Mood Boost
Swinging raises endorphin levels, which in turn, enhances mood. Think about it, when did you last see a person get off a swing grumpier than when they got on?
Having covered some swing set benefits, we’ll now take a look at five swings guaranteed to provide them.
Best baby swings
Plum Baby Swing Seat (Red & Yellow)
This brightly coloured baby swing seat is moulded from high-density polyethylene (HDPE), boasting an incredibly high strength-to-density ratio guaranteed to keep the children safe and secure. It also includes a removable central T-bar and adjustable ropes that allow extension between 2.1m – 2.55m, making it a swing that grows with your child. Overall, it’s the perfect introduction to a garden toy classic.
Features
- Moulded HDPE seat
- Removable T-bar
- Adjustable ropes from 2.1m to 2.55m
Plum Single Swing Set
The natural heir to Plum’s Baby Swing Seat, the Plum Single Swing Set is ideal for kids between 3 – 10 years. Featuring an adjustable swing, soft-feel ropes and an injection moulded seat, this premium, yet affordable swing meets the very highest standards of practicality and comfort.
A powder coated steel frame provides robust stability and protection against the elements, while its compact build means it can be placed in yards and gardens with limited space.
Features
- Powder coated steel construction provides stability and protection from rust
- Soft feel ropes and heavy-duty seats offer comfort and practicality
- Swing arrives flat packed and predrilled with easy-to-follow instructions
Dimensions
- Length: 1.81m
- Width: 1.71m
- Height: 1.64m
- Recommended age: 3 to 10 years
- Maximum user weight: 45kg per swing
Plum 2 in 1 Swing Set
Suitable for both toddlers and young children, this 2 in 1 swing set from Plum can grow with your child or provide intermittent rides for two or more kids. Simply convert the baby swing to a single swing and you’re away. All swings provided in the set have cross braces for extra stability, and a powder coated steel frame that gives long-term protection against rust.
Features
- Grows with your child by converting from a baby swing to a single swing
- Swings include cross braces for reinforced stability
- Powder coated metal frame protects against rust
- Soft feel ropes and heavy-duty seats add strength and stability
Dimensions
- Length: 1.81m
- Width: 1.71m
- Height: 1.64m
- Recommended age: 1 to 10 years
- Maximum user weight: 45kg per swing
TP Toys Acorn Growable Wooden Swing with 2 Seats
One of TP Toys’ best sellers, the Acorn Growable Wooden Swing grows with your child – from just 6 months up until they’re ten.
Like Plum’s offerings above, the baby seat is recommended for toddlers between 6 months and 3 years, at which point the baby seat should be swapped out for the regular seat, which is also provided.
The taller swing’s extension feature keeps pace with your child’s growth spurts, while its FSC certification highlights its green credentials, making it the ideal sustainable swing for years to come.
Features
- Simple assembly with instructions provided
- Easy-to-follow height conversion
- Compatible with all TP Toys’ swing accessories
- Includes both baby and standard swing seats
- Constructed from FSC certified, pressure treated timber
- TP Toys’ timber is air dried, planed and kiln dried before being pressure treated with an environmentally friendly preservative (Osmose or Tanalith E), which penetrates deep into the wood, saving on further applications.
Dimensions
- Height: 123cm
- Width: 131cm
- Depth: 117cm
- Baby seat maximum user weight: 45kg
- Single swing seat maximum user weight: 60kg
- 6 months to 10 years
Plum Toddler Tower Wooden Play Centre
Equipped with a brightly coloured baby swing, integrated play deck, wave slide and more, Plum’s Toddler Tower is designed to let your little ones’ imagination flourish, while improving their motor skills and physical awareness.
The top play deck includes a mounted steering wheel and telescope that’ll provide hours of creative play, before they exit down the wave slide just in time for dinner!
Crafted from FSC certified timber, this sustainable play centre will blend in to just about any garden, while becoming a focal point for the children’s development in the years to come.
Features
- Crafted from premium FSC certified timber
- Integrated wooden play deck
- Bright yellow wave slide for fun-filled exits
- Swing arm with attached baby swing
- Picnic table for little cooks and mini diners
- Telescope for stargazing – or keeping a lookout for mum and dad!
- Crafted from premium FSC certified timber
Dimensions
- Assembled size: L244cm x W162cm x 123cm
- Platform height: 30cm
- Side length: 4ft
- Recommended age: 12 months
- Max user weight: 25kg
