Bouncy chair or infant swing for young baby?

My little girl (4 months) has a bouncy chair and a swing. She absolutely hates the swing but loves the bouncy chair which i did not spend a fortune on R300 at the Oriental Plaza - does the same job as the "branded" ones

I know this is a bit late to reply, but just doing it in case someone looks at the post later when deciding what to buy... I bought the Tiny Love bouncy chair when my son was about a week old. He is 4 months old now and not a day has passed that I have not used it to at least free my hands up to make coffee or go to the loo We never leave him in there for long periods, but my baby hates being put down (I realize I have probably "spoilt" him, but quite frankly I don't care) so putting him in the car seat/stroller was useless... He loves the vibrating function and batting/kicking his toys, and the more excited he gets the more the chair bounces I really believe that it was a great investment.

Ok ladies.. go and burst my bubble.
I've often heard of people saying how their baby loved it .. or what a great investment it was.. so now you both come burst my bubble

heehee

A Pram claire? The thing is... my daughter only likes the pram if it is moving.. and I can't always be pushing it so I was hoping for a bit of hands-free time to do other things.

Julz... I put my baby wrap on the other day plonked baby in it (after figuring out how to wrap the thing.. seeing the babysense sling never worked for me)... and when my toddler saw baby in the wrap he had a complete meltdown ... "take it off mommy... take lia out mommy... No mommy, no, no no.". He had a total freakout. It was bizarre. I can usually reason with him and was trying to explain that my hands were now free so it was better than carrying her but he wouldn't listen lol.

I will give it another bash I guess. My son loved his pouch but it is a nightmare getting them out of there again once they are asleep (the one I use anyway).

We used a bouncy chair for Liam, but had to take off the bit with the mobiles, music and lights as that irrated him.
But he loved the vibrating.

The best thing would be is to take your child into the shop with you and let her sit in one for a while before buying

But to be perfectly honest, they are really a bit of a waste of money (this is my personal opinion, others may disagree), cos they use it for such a short time and a pram or car seat can do a similar job.

We used the fischer price swing but he got irritated after 10 minutes so it was a waste of money for us. He likes it now that he is too big for it. The baby carrier worked better for us in the end.

Ok so my newborn loves to be walked and rocked etc, possibly due to the fact that I was always running around when pregnant and hardly ever sat down.

I don't mind doing it but sometimes I have to tend to my toddler or cook or do something and I know she is fed/ clean/ and just tired so having something like a bouncy chair/ swing to put her into to soothe her instead of walking up and down for hours seems like a good option in these situations.

Which did you get and how did your newborn like it??