Thoughts on Bumbo chairs - Page 2

[cocoanib]

I appreciate all the comments, I was thinking of getting one for 3.5 month old DD.
That is, if I can find one used.
She has great head control and is on the verge of sitting up unassisted. I think this would be fun for her to use fr the next couple of months.

[Norasmomma]

Originally Posted by CalaRei

What I'm saying is don't assume. I'd feel awful if one of my friends came to a board to bad mouth me over something so silly.

Don't assume that I am bad-mouthing, I'm concerned about my friend's son. Plain and simple.

This goes in hand with a number of things I've observed.

[rhiOrion]

I've used ours a couple of times to put her in while I use the bathroom. Our bathroom is really narrow, and it takes up a lot less room than a bouncy chair. Though sometimes I do have a bouncy chair in the widest part of our bathroom, and use that. But if the bouncy isn't in there at the moment, and she's going to scream if she's out of my sight, I just put her in the bumbo for 2 minutes.

[July09Mama]

We got one when my dd was 9 months old and had been sitting forever. We only use it for eating. We can put it on one of our dining room chairs and then she's up at the table eating with us . I like it SO much better than a big high chair with a tray.
I agree that they're probably not great for little ones who can't sit alone yet, though.

[indigoscot]

with both our sons they used it sparingly for a couple of weeks. they are both big and ds2's thighs won't fit in it any more, lol!

ds1 was able to sit up from laying down at 6 months, crawled and pulled up at 7 months and walked at 10 months.

ds2 is almost able to sit unassisted at 5 months.

admittedly, we barely used the thing but it didn't impact either of them negatively.

i bet this 8 month old has been in there for hours at a time...definitely not what the bumbo is designed for imo...but the same can be said for an exersaucer, jumperoo, bouncy chair, car seat, etc...again, imo.

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[Mulvah]

Originally Posted by Norasmomma

Don't assume that I am bad-mouthing, I'm concerned about my friend's son. Plain and simple.

This goes in hand with a number of things I've observed.

In that case, since it's your friend, you should probably mention your concern(s) to her.