highchairs is it true that its important child has flat foot support

[sue1386]

re highchairs someone told me that its important babies toddlers children have a flat surface for their feed while eating eg on a highchair or stokke chair but not noke those booster seats tied to a chair or hooked onto a table

is this true ? does anyone know any reason why this is or is not important

thanks.

[Barb Glare]

Hi,

I can't help thinking that before highchairs, before sjokes(?) babies sat on mum's, dad's, grandma's lap - or on the floor to eat.....
Wonder how they survived.

[Liz]

It might be a circulation thing?? No idea.. but I would think it would only be a problem if they're left in there too long.. in which case ANY chair would be uncomfortable and un-ergonomic!

Good point Barb haha. A high chair might be the ONLY place a baby gets flat foot support. Even then... I don't think even now my kids feet would reach the foot rest on their high chair LOL. I don't know many 6-12 mth olds that would reach the foot rest either.

I wouldn't stress about it Sue Our high chair has crotch support.. which keeps them a bit more upright. But they shouldn't be starting solids until they can support themselves sitting up anyway, so that shouldn't be too much of an issue either.

[Phteven]

We didn't use a high chair with our second. I figured it was just one more annoying thing to clean. He was passed from lap to lap at family meal times and sat on a sheet on the floor for other meals ('coz it's easier to wash a sheet than a high chair, I'm all about lazy parenting lol). I haven't noticed any obvious ill-effects.

[Visitor7]

We didn't use a high chair with our second. I figured it was just one more annoying thing to clean. He was passed from lap to lap at family meal times and sat on a sheet on the floor for other meals ('coz it's easier to wash a sheet than a high chair, I'm all about lazy parenting lol). I haven't noticed any obvious ill-effects.

Same here. I started to use the highchair with DD2, then it just became annoying with all the cleaning, so I put it back in the shed and she sat on the floor, or on my lap, or wherever else it may have been convenient.

sue1386 - I have never heard of anything like this.

[Astrid]

Sounds like it is one of 2 things, either a sales speil from a salesperson so they can sell highchairs or their particular highchair. The other, if there is a specific reason for a certain child to ensure that their feet are flat and not dangling. Often people will take the advice given for one child with special needs and apply it to all children.

I think you would find it hard to find a highchair that allowed the child to sit with flat feet for the whole time they are in the chair. They grow and unless the foot rest was adjustable, their legs are going to be too short or too long most of the time.

[black_rose]

We have our two in boosters, they are both little and could escape the high chair too scary!! They are fine the tray is the same size as a high chair so no different and they feel like they are part of the famiy because they often don't use the trays. We also take them everywhere so they don't get upset about strange chairs.