if you are having one of those days where you just have to lay on the couch and put the baby down for a few minutes, i think it would be very helpful to be able to control it from the couch!
i also really love the colorful mobile! you can change the direction of it, and you can also change which side of the balls are showing. there is a black and white side, which is awesome for newborns.
i wish i had this with jack. we would spend hours and hours rocking and bouncing him to try and calm him done. while this definitely would not have replaced us, it 