riggins
You can't always get what you want, but if you try
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Hi guys- We just returned from our trip that included our 6-month-old who was not quite ready for a high chair. While planning for the trip, I asked you guys for some advice on how to seat her in the restaurants and I got tons of great info. I promised to provide an update on what worked when we returned.
DD is able to sit on the floor and balance herself with her hands between her legs for a few seconds (like 5-10), but no way ready to sit alone in a wooden restaurant high chair. She has already outgrown her infant car seat, so that wasnt an option. We found 2 restaurants, Chef Mickeys and Crystal Palace had actual infant high chairs. These were such a blessing. We asked everywhere, and these were the only two places that had them. (Places that didnt were LTT, Hoop Dee Doo, Ohana, CRT, PSB, and Mama Melrose).
I originally bought one of these: http://store.yahoo.com/leachco/13505.html I bought on eBay for $1.15 and Im glad I didnt pay more. It might work in a shopping cart or slatted chair, but wouldnt fit around the frame of a wood highchair.
I then bought one of these: http://www.epinions.com/kifm-B-BEquip-APC-Bouncers-Fisher_Price_Pop-Up_Play_Seat Someone on these boards recommended it and it was great for this purpose. Its basically a portable bouncy seat. It folds up small enough to carry around the parks in your stroller or diaper bag. If you have a small baby, this is a great idea. Fisher Price doesnt make them anymore, so I had to get one off of eBay. Ive seen a few pop-up there.
A few days before we left, I found one of these at a baby consignment sale. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056JOZ/ref=nosim/ibabystuff-20/102-7959943-2631327 It gave her the extra support she needed to sit in a regular highchair. As long as she wasnt sleepy, it worked great. I would only recommend this for babies who can sit, at least a little, on their own. She would not have been able to use this a few weeks ago. These may be hard to find. After I bought it as the consignment sale, I searched all over the web for them and couldnt find one anywhere. Heres an old epinions review in which the author indicates she got one at babies r us. http://www.epinions.com/content_1301061764
Sorry this has gotten so long. You guys were so helpful so Im hoping this helps someone else.
DD is able to sit on the floor and balance herself with her hands between her legs for a few seconds (like 5-10), but no way ready to sit alone in a wooden restaurant high chair. She has already outgrown her infant car seat, so that wasnt an option. We found 2 restaurants, Chef Mickeys and Crystal Palace had actual infant high chairs. These were such a blessing. We asked everywhere, and these were the only two places that had them. (Places that didnt were LTT, Hoop Dee Doo, Ohana, CRT, PSB, and Mama Melrose).
I originally bought one of these: http://store.yahoo.com/leachco/13505.html I bought on eBay for $1.15 and Im glad I didnt pay more. It might work in a shopping cart or slatted chair, but wouldnt fit around the frame of a wood highchair.
I then bought one of these: http://www.epinions.com/kifm-B-BEquip-APC-Bouncers-Fisher_Price_Pop-Up_Play_Seat Someone on these boards recommended it and it was great for this purpose. Its basically a portable bouncy seat. It folds up small enough to carry around the parks in your stroller or diaper bag. If you have a small baby, this is a great idea. Fisher Price doesnt make them anymore, so I had to get one off of eBay. Ive seen a few pop-up there.
A few days before we left, I found one of these at a baby consignment sale. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056JOZ/ref=nosim/ibabystuff-20/102-7959943-2631327 It gave her the extra support she needed to sit in a regular highchair. As long as she wasnt sleepy, it worked great. I would only recommend this for babies who can sit, at least a little, on their own. She would not have been able to use this a few weeks ago. These may be hard to find. After I bought it as the consignment sale, I searched all over the web for them and couldnt find one anywhere. Heres an old epinions review in which the author indicates she got one at babies r us. http://www.epinions.com/content_1301061764
Sorry this has gotten so long. You guys were so helpful so Im hoping this helps someone else.
