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Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« on: April 10, 2007, 18:38:56 pm »
Anyone out there tried their lo in a Bumbo seat?  If so would you recommend we buy one.  DD is quite sicky and sitting upright helps a lot so this seems like it could be a good idea.

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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2007, 18:40:42 pm »
We LOVED ours. BUT, they're so expensive and get used for such a short period that I would reccomend buying one on ebay or on consignment. They're very washable.
We used ours as a high chair for a while when DS was just starting on solids too.
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2007, 19:51:48 pm »
We really like ours too!   :D  Seems to work well for for feeding solids.  Just a side note, though.  If your baby spits up a lot, this seat might not be the best.  Baby is really bent at the waist in this chair, putting a lot of pressure on the tummy, so it might make spit ups worse.  HTH!   :)
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2007, 20:01:26 pm »
Thanks for the replies.  I hear you about posibly making the spit ups worse.  Hmmm, we'll have to give it some more thought.
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2007, 20:16:34 pm »
My LO loves his bumbo and it's great for getting wind up ::). He's a refluxer so I have learnt from experience not to leave him in it for too long!

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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2007, 20:19:19 pm »
We tried Ryan in a friends before we went out to buy one , if like Ryan ,your LO has chunky legs then it's a tight squeeze and doesn't look comfortable ,we didn't buy one
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2007, 19:57:26 pm »
I tried the Bumbo for a little while. It was very cute to see him sitting up, but he was so fidgety he got himself out pretty quickly. I have no idea how but he did. For me it was good if I was sitting right next to him, but I wouldnt ever walk away for a second with him because he was always squirming out. Just my experience. If he wasnt so squirmy, I would have loved it.
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2007, 22:01:23 pm »
Alex fell out of hers when she was 6 months, so wouldn't recommend when they are getting active.  She got a nasty bump on her forehead. 
They are not worth the money and considering they are recommended up to 13 months In my opinion a complete rip off.
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2007, 08:14:29 am »
we used ours from 3 months as dd was really good at holding her head up. She loved loved loved having a different perspective on things after laying on the floor all the time and was so happy in it! She was sitting unaided at before 6 months and I am sure the bumbo helped. We also used it when she was first on solids, and then when she was bigger and in the highchair, we still used it for snacks. Also handy to take outside in the summer! Yes they can be expensive but we are hoping to have dc #2 at some point in the next 18 months so just looked on it as an investment and it's now with the rest of the baby stuff in the attic waiting...
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2007, 11:51:29 am »
Quote from: ryan's mum on April 10, 2007, 20:19:19 pm
We tried Ryan in a friends before we went out to buy one , if like Ryan ,your LO has chunky legs then it's a tight squeeze and doesn't look comfortable ,we didn't buy one
Miranda has chunky legs, but we got her one anyways... coz she just loved it so much. She didn't mind having some squeeze mark on her thigh and she really enjoyed looking around her world from a different view ::)
We got her a high chair around 6mo, coz it's really hard to get her chunky legs out from her Bumbo seat. When I look back, I really think using Bumbo seat only for 3mo is really short period of time and the price!!! But we really enjoyed it. I'ld sugget you to borrow it from a friend, or buy 2nd hand if you can ;)
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2007, 12:58:16 pm »
we got one for dd2, she had a flat head, it looked good, it sounded good, it was a waste of money, anyone want a free one, hardly ever used, when they are little you have to sit with them, dd2 used to arch herself, it did not seem like she enjoyed it much
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2007, 17:28:05 pm »
We didn't have one for dd1, but we got one for dd2 and she could sit in it from about 2 months on as she had good head control.  She really loved the perspective, still does, but I have to watch her carefully now as she's quite fidgety while in there.  Seem to be very mixed reviews - I would try it out somewhere if you could -- or buy one somewhere where you can return it if it doesn't work for your LO.
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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2007, 18:37:28 pm »
We've actually bought one knowing that we can return it within 28 days if we don't like it.  So far she's been quite happy in it. She only sits in it for about 5 or 10 mins at a time as she's still very little.  But she seems happy.  (Her big brother certainly like it!)

Thanks for all the replies.  It's so useful to know what others' experiences have been.

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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2007, 05:22:18 am »
BTW, They sell trays for the Bumbo chair now!

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Re: Thumbs up or down for Bumbo seats?
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2007, 22:59:37 pm »
I really like ours but we had the spit up problem.  Bends his little tummy and immediately out comes anything that he has eaten ::)
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