Bumbo chair? - Page 2

[Isaac'sMa]

Originally Posted by sorteep

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ditto for exercausers, johnny jump ups, old style wheeled "walkers", or anything that puts vertical compressive load on the baby's spine B4 the baby can do it on their own.. all bad bad bad (sorry to be a drag..) they ARE convenient but so is fast food ... nuff said..

Well said, Laura! Axial compression is BAD for any spine, especially a developing one and WILL cause problems later on.

[Undercover Hippie]

Originally Posted by Googy

I don't like them. Anything that artificially gets a baby doing something that they are not actually developmentally ready for waves a lot of red flags for me for a whole series of reasons.

Okay, I thought about this topic some more and I don't see how a Bumbo chair is that different from using a sling. My babies like to be upright in the sling from day 1. They also have been able to hold their heads up from birth and develop strong trunk muscles very quickly... sitting on their own by 4 months. So anyway, in an upright position in a sling they are getting support of their upper body and then using their own muscles to hold the parts up that they can... how is this chair really any different?

And then someone mentioned exersaucers... but by the time my kids were ready for an exersaucer, they were at the stage where they were trying to stand every time I held them... how could they not be ready for that compression on their spine then?

I don't know, I feel like there are lots of good points being made but I am still missing something. Seems like used at the right time, and in moderation, none of these devices have to be all bad... but of course if your baby is in it 24/7 that is not what nature intended and will be bad.

Oh, and about waiting to use the chairs... I think that is the one thing I wouldn't do. : The only warning I had read about these chairs previously was *not* to use it with a baby who could sit on their own and was reaching for things, because they could topple over and get hurt...

[mittendrin]

Originally Posted by GinaRae

I am also not a fan of having children sit up before they're ready. But just so you know, it's actually given awards by the UK. It's currently sold in the United States, England, Japan, Australia, France, Portugal, and South Africa. It's also "now obtaining TUV international standards approval in Germany."

Gee, thanks. My research was done a while ago, when they came out here and no one in Germany had heard of such a stupid thing. The bug is spreading I guess:.

I don't know how some people can't see the obvious: Nobody invented this thing because it's needed. Someone thought of another piece of plastic to sell and make money off of new parents who think their babies are missing out on something if they are not always ahead of schedule.

[oskie]

Originally Posted by melissakc

I bought one for DD but I waited too long and didn't get much use out of it bc her chubby thighs got too big for it.

That's the thing - babies in our family tend to be little sumo wrestlers. I just can't imagine chubby little thighs fitting into those openings for very long.

[Googy]

Originally Posted by Undercover Hippie

Okay, I thought about this topic some more and I don't see how a Bumbo chair is that different from using a sling.

Its totally different, for the same reason why its safe to use a sling with a newborn but not a Baby Bjorn. The sling provides all-around support of the upright infant, while the Bumbo and the Bjorn really only hold the baby up at the crotch/hips--this puts way too much pressure on the spine.

[scheelimama]

Originally Posted by Googy

Its totally different, for the same reason why its safe to use a sling with a newborn but not a Baby Bjorn. The sling provides all-around support of the upright infant, while the Bumbo and the Bjorn really only hold the baby up at the crotch/hips--this puts way too much pressure on the spine.

I understand how the Bjorn and exersaucers and such put the presure only on the babies spine and that's not good. But I don't see how the bumbo does that. Their whole bottom and back has support. I'm with Tara, it doesn't seem any different than a sling.

[DBZ]

If you are only going to use it in moderation and with constant supervision, then why would you want to use it? What good does it do, that you can't do without it?

According to teh bumbo seat website there really isn't an age or weight restriction. They happily tell you to use it from 8 weeks on up. I found no warning saying, don't use this if your child can reach for something. I was under the impression that the seat would hold her in. It didn't. I only used it at a friend's house once. My friend was trying to be nice by offering since I usually held my baby. She wanted to give me a break. To be nice, I put my DD in the seat. Hopefully my friend thru it out, but if she didn't I hope the seat rots and turns into a pile of mush in her basement LOL!

[Undercover Hippie]

Originally Posted by DBZ

If you are only going to use it in moderation and with constant supervision, then why would you want to use it? What good does it do, that you can't do without it?

I think this is a bit simplistic, honestly. I personally am thinking of setting baby in it for a few minutes while I am cooking, or eating something very hot, etc. There are things you simply can't do with baby in a sling in front of you! But with 2 big siblings around, or in places like the kitchen, laying baby on a blanket on the floor just might not be safe... I thought perhaps this was a better option for those small bits of time.