R.C.
I work from home and needed that active, but happy time w/ my son as well. I used a bouncy seat w/ a vibration option, and placed it right next to my desk so he could see me and could be soothed by my voice when I needed to work. The toys were cute, but he did not play with them much until about 3 months. I found that he took many naps in there as well.
I also placed a blanket on the floor when I needed to fold laundry and let him have some tummy time. That will cause him to cry because he is probably not used to being on his tummy, but every baby needs to spend that supervised tummy time to help develop neck and back muscles. By the time I finished folding the laundry, he was ready to get off his tummy, but he had also had that devoted time to strengthening those muscles.