Miles is in that in-between a highchair and sitting in the chair. He sits just fine, as you can see, but there’s still plenty of wobbling, almost tipping, standing on the chair (Oh, that one is the worst!) and then there is the awesome lay on the table to grab for our food. I know what you are saying, “Teach that child some manners!” Trust me, we are working on it. He really does a great job eating at the table, but I am wondering if a booster seat would help? We looked at some tonight and I’m just wondering if it would be just another launching pad.
I know what you are thinking. Take this question to a mommy forum! Yea, well, call me lazy. I want my answers to come to me now. 😉 Plus, I figured I would share this photo. As you can see, the pugs would vote on Miles just eating on the floor to cut out the middle man. Boy, speaking of manners, we have been so busy teaching Miles manners that the pugs have forgotten theirs! Look at that bad stamp with her paws on the chair. Oh, and the random spatula on the floor? That’s from Miles playing “kitchen hockey” with the spatula and a tennis ball. He actually calls it “chicken hockey.”
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Ok, enough of mommy and me time. In other news, if you live in Fort Wayne run to the World Market before it closes. We went tonight and were so depressed (even as we picked up stuff on sale) that it’s closing down. MAJOR BUMMER. I’m totally part of the problem though. That was one of those stores I loved but I didn’t go to enough. So I need to think about the things in town that I value, like the small businesses that I love the idea of having but really need to be better about getting out and supporting them. I’ve been a big believer in this whole economy crisis to just keep manifesting growth and not focusing on the lack of funds. So I’m trying to keep doing what I usually do and keep my head up. So consider heading out to that obscure little shop in town that you have always said you were going to go to. Granted, World Market is not a small business, but it’s just got me thinking about the other places in town that I would be bummed if they were gone. i.e. Bagel Station, The Mill, Fresh Market, Calhoun Soup, Salad and Spirits, Cookie Cottage, Mocha Lounge, Pint N Slice, etc.
What’s your favorite little place in town that you so want to hold on to?
Oh, and don’t forget, if you can recommend a booster seat or something for Miles, please do. John’s ready to put a phonebook under his butt. (Like anybody even uses phonebooks anymore!)
we use a booster for Zeke who is going on 19 months. He’s decided he’s a big boy and not a baby on a high chair anymore. Guess that’s what happens when you have older siblings to watch. Anyhow, our booster sits on a bench, so it’s not very tippy. For a chair I would suggest a booster that straps to the chair. And maybe even one that has a strap for him to! We totally have the baby crawling up ONTO the table to reach something going on here too. He’s also pretty good at scooting down to his sister or brother and helping himself to whatever looks good on their plates too. It’s like a little animal at the dinner table. Food flinging & flying, sometimes with utensils and sometimes with hands. Good luck!
We LOVE our booster seat for Emma! She does wonderfully in it! It will still be a while before she’s made the full transition, but this booster has definitely helped! http://tinyurl.com/amgpql
I’m not a mom, so I can’t really help with the booster suggestions… but when you said that John wants to use a phonebook it reminded me of this: http://www.redrover-kids.com/phnbkbst.html 🙂
Our son is two and four months (SO hard to let go of using the months in there – he’s growing too fast!!) and we got a Kaboost for x-mas from a thoughtful relative: http://www.kaboost.com/ I was pretty skeptical about it, but we stuck it on the bottom of a large chair (so he has plenty of movement room to avoid “the launch” and it’s working great. I think part of the benefit may be that he can rest his arms on the table now…
I’m so sorry you lost your nap!!! We’re debating switching Murphy up to a toddler bed, and I know that will be the end of our “era” and that kills me.
Good luck!
We used a tie on, portable, fold up booster for Jammer for a bit and somewhat for Ellie. We have a smaller table/chairs that we used for the kids at home.
Tell you the truth, what worked best of us was letting the kids sit on their knees until they were old enough to sit properly. Reason being, is that the kids would tip over booster seats in a booth at a restaurant because they still sat too far away from the table for their short arms. They’re not that stable on curved surfaces.
Stella has been in a booster for months. She retired the high chair on her own. We have a very simple, non-fancy, Fischer Price booster than straps to the seat. She stays in her seat throughout the meal b/c she know that if she gets up, she’s done. I like the booster b/c it has two different sizes…one high and if you flip it over, a bit lower (that’s the side she uses now). The back can also be removed. We’ve been very happy with it. Here’s one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/FISHER-PRICE-2-in-1-Booster-Chair-Toddler-Seat-PortableW0QQitemZ290290351586QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFeeding?hash=item290290351586&trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
won’t the chair that sits on the floor with the tray work, without the tray? Grandma
Bets – We got Evan this soft booster seat from One Step Ahead (link at the end). For the most part he liked it but now he prefers to sit on the chair itself w/o the booster seat. It doesn’t slide around and is soft so it didn’t ruin our wooden chairs. Good luck!http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=534471&parentCategoryId=85181&categoryId=85205
we totally used a phone book… the yellow pages to be exact- that was for about two years and then…Noah just didn’t want booster…chin up to the table and everything…like you..doggies come in handy and we got a happy camper who is …”like you mommy and daddy”-
we have a booster that has a seat belt. Mine actually liked strapping himself in for a little while. We called it a seat belt. We used it for a number of years, he is now too big for it. Next time you come over, we can see if your little one likes it.