Suggestion for chair for feeding 4month solids in

[skibunny]

Hi,

My 4month old son has just started solids. He seemed ready and we are just giving him rice cereal to start off with. He loves it!

Though I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good chair to have him sitting in while I feed him the cereal?

He has a bouncy chair that I put him in, but he's very hyper and always bouncing the chair with his kicking feet.

He would be too young for a high chair, though he likes to push himself up into a sitting position a lot now. Even though he is not steady in the sitting position.

Im a first time mum so this is all very new to me!

[~inbalance~]

Hello.    I'm just wondering why you have started solids so early?  The World Health Organization recommends waiting until a LO is 6mos.  I know a lot of moms do start earlier when their LOs show signs of readiness, but one of the big signs for being ready to start solids is a baby needs to be able to sit up unsupported in a highchair.  This is largely due to safety, it is just not safe for him to be eating in a reclined position.  I would suggest that if your LO can't yet sit up by himself that you wait just a bit longer to give him solids.  If you're looking for good recommendations for highchairs, you can check out this forum as well:  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?board=7.0  HTH

[kimmbba]

We have a chair that straps to the dining chair, I think it's fischer price, that has three tilting positions.  One is back for an infant (for a bottle) then a middle position (I started my son in this position when he was eating solids), and then the full upright position.  It also transitions to a booster to push up to the table.

I know the reccomendation isn't to give solids before 6 months, but my dr. "allowed" us to start Ethan at about 4 months rice cereal as he was drinking massive amounts of milk and never seemed satisfied.  However, I agree that if your LO is unable to sit up it's dangerous.

[~inbalance~]

We have a chair that straps to the dining chair, I think it's fischer price, that has three tilting positions.  One is back for an infant (for a bottle) then a middle position (I started my son in this position when he was eating solids), and then the full upright position.  It also transitions to a booster to push up to the table

This is the same one we have.  Fisher Price Space Saver I think.  I loved it with T because he could sit at the table with us even before he could sit upright.  F doesn't love it so much though and hasn't sat in it nearly as much as T did, although we still use it everyday with him.

[essexlemon]

We had a special group run by one of the HV's when DS turned 5 months and she actually quizzed me on why I hadn't started him on solids yet (I was the only mum in the group who hadn't started).  I really felt I had to defend my decision to wait until the recommended age

That aside - a lot of the mums found the Bumbo chairs quite good for feeding.  You can get them with a little tray attachment so it's like a mini high chair.  They're quite popular for sitting young babies in and some of the bubs looked reasonably comfortable but I was never very keen as DS slumped in the one at the children's centre and there's no head support so quite tiring I should think when they are first sitting up.  They are quite expensive as well.

[Texomamama]

I started DD1 on cereal at 4 months as well.  Multiple pediatricians I know indicate 4 months is fine.  I just used her bouncer chair to feed her until she was sitting unsupported at about 6.5 months.  Tried the Bumbo, but she slumped down in it.  The Fisher Price product the PP's describe above sounds pretty cool though.  Think I may have to get one

[skibunny]

Thanks for the suggestion of the Fisher Price Space Saver. Had a look on the internet and it looks like the right thing to get.

Only problem is where to get it! I live in Northern Ireland and cannot see where I could buy the chair in the United Kingdom.

Amazon.co.uk have it on their website, but its currently unavailable!

My health visitor suggested feeding my son things like potato as the same thing as kimmbba above - baby was drinking lots of milk but not seeming satisfied.

[Shiv52]

I'm in northern Ireland too!  I have the same chair as the girls are talking about. It's made by safety first and I got it in Samuel johnstons. Not sure where u are but there i's one in town or one at abbey centre!

HV in the uk can be so rubbish. I find they work alot more off their opinion than current advice and research. Mine told me to start solids at 5 months too and I actually brought up the WHO recommendations and she was a bit flustered about it all. Not used to people questioning her advice at all!

[firsttimemummy]

We have a high chair that turns into a table and chair when he is bigger - DS could sit in the chair okay but would slump to one side so we used towels at either side to prop him up ...

[skibunny]

Thanks Shiv52. I spend that much time buying online that I completely forget about the shops!

I live near Newcastle, but Im in Belfast all the time with family there. So I will check out Samuel Johnstons in High Street.

Health Visitors have given us all sorts of different information that it is so confusing!

[Buntybear]

We would use a bumbo with one of their trays before we got a high chair.