Please select baby equipment rentals below that are available in Long Island, NY Price - From Low To High Price - From High To Low Showing products 39 Item(s) Showing products 39 Item(s) A proper feeding high chair or booster seat is one of the new items you should buy for your new baby. Babies and toddlers are messy eaters, so the right high chair can keep food messes in check. Additionally, feeding your baby in a safe upright position helps limit choking risks, teaches your little one proper table manners and allows your tot to become an independent eater because his dishes and utensils will be close at hand. That said, if you're raising a green baby, it can be hard to find a suitable high chair. Most are plastic and few wooden chairs are made in a sustainable manner. When you do find a more eco-friendly high chair it tends to be a lot more expensive, so it's not a win-win situation. Luckily, you've got Inhabitots to help you out. We've rounded up 5 greener high chair options in a variety of price ranges, plus we've got some great tips about how to buy a safe used high chair (yup, buying secondhand is more eco-friendly too).
Keep reading to see our top picks. Tripp Trapp by Stokke works for tots who are 6 to 36 months of age, growing with your child for the most comfortable and correct ergonomic seating. + Tripp Trapp Chair $249.99 fresco chrome by bloom is the world’s highest baby chair, comes complete with a 3-position recline system, and easy up/down height adjustment allows baby to join the family at the dining table or the modern breakfast bar. Your little one can use this chair starting at birth and keep on using it well into his school years. Features of fresco chrome include: For a less expensive bloom chair, take a look at bloom’s urban high chair. The Height Right Wooden High Chair by Keekaroo is made from renewable rubber wood with a plant based lacquer finish and has many other features beside: + Keekaroo Height Right High Chair $149.99The Coolest New Convertible Baby Seat Bouncers are one of those baby products that you’ve gotta have for the first few months (how else would you go to the bathroom or take a shower?).
But they have a short life. After about six months you’ll never use the thing again. Stokke Steps, the new bouncer that can transform into a high chair, begs to differ. Adaptability is what makes this product special. To get the full effect, you buy it in two stages. Start with the Stokke Steps Bouncer, which sells for $199.99. That might sound like a hefty price tag, but this little baby soother has a few better-than-average features. Before baby is big or advanced enough to bounce on her own, it has a cradling motion to keep her moving and happy. And when she’s ready to bat at a toy, you can add one to the detachable hanger. The fabric color options are also on trend with neutrals like greige and brights including orange, and there’s lots of plush padding to keep your little one cozy. Another big plus: The fabric is washable. Looking for a place to perch baby? We all know putting the bouncer on the kitchen counter is a safety no-no, but having her at your height while you’re making dinner or having a meal is nice.
So, now add on the Stokke Steps Chair. In one quick step you can pop the cushioned baby seat out of the bouncer and onto the high chair to bring your little one closer to you. The high chair is an additional $279.99, making the whole shebang quite a splurge ($479.98), but it’ll also check three things off your to-buy list: a bouncer, high chair and toddler seat. When your sidekick is ready for solids, use the Stokke Steps Chair as a traditional high chair, with or without a tray. The simple plastic design is easy to clean and wipe down, over and over and over again. Later, remove the baby seat with back and leg holes and adjust the foot rest for your growing toddler, and they’ve got the perfect adjustable seat to last throughout childhood. The Stokke Steps Bouncer retails for $199.99 and the Stokke Steps Chair retails for $279.99. or at select retail stores. Would you spring for this all-in-one chair? Tell us in the Comments! Photos courtesy of StokkeClick here to see our updated list for 2017
These are the top 10 highchairs available in 2014. We ranked them by design, booster seat option, age range, and safety. You also want to make sure you get a comfortable infant high chair so that your child enjoys themselves. Remember, if your baby is happy and calm you are happy and calm :) This rule applies to highchairs as well. $25 – $100$100 – $200$200+PlasticWood Fashion SEE IT NOW 3SEE IT NOW 1SEE IT NOW Price, Info, & Pics Price, Info, & Pics(Guest Post by Melanie Potock) Here on Science of Mom, we’ve been discussed starting solid foods over the last few posts. It’s a topic that I spent a lot of time researching for my book, and I ended up devoting two chapters to feeding solids. It’s also highly relevant to me right now, because 5-month-old BabyM is just starting to dabble in solid foods, and I want to be sure that we get off to a good start with his lifelong relationship with food. I was thrilled when Melanie Potock, a pediatric feeding therapist, joined the discussion about starting solids on my .
She helped me understand the importance of trunk stability for eating solid foods, and I asked her if she could write a guest post about the nuts and bolts of setting children up for comfortable and successful eating at the table. I’m so glad she agreed. After reading her post, you’ll understand why I’m working on improving our high chair with duct tape today! Melanie also has a book coming out this fall: Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent’s Handbook. She’s a wonderful resource, so please feel free to ask your questions in the comments.Feeding Your Child Using Stability and Independence at the Table By Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP As a pediatric feeding therapist, I visit homes, daycares and preschools to help hesitant eaters become adventurous, healthy, happy eaters. The very first thing I assess is how the child is positioned in their feeding chair. As mentioned in Alice’s recent post on readiness for solid foods here on Science of Mom, babies must be able to sit upright before safely introducing solid foods.
Because fine motor development is always dependent on gross motor stability. But, did you know that toddlers and preschoolers also require optimal stability when learning to try new foods? Follow the S.I.T. Model to ensure that your child is seated comfortably and with appropriate support: S.I.T. stands for Stability & Independence at the Table. Most feeding chairs are designed to hold up to 50 lbs. with the assumption that a small six-month-old or a heavier toddler would be able to sit in the exact same chair. Here’s the problem with that: There is a huge difference in the size of a six-month-old baby just starting to eat solid food and an eighteen-month-old toddler. Every child needs stability while seated as I noted in this article: “Gross motor stability (in this case trunk stability) provides the support for fine motor skills. It’s very hard to learn to eat purees off a spoon or do any sort of self-feeding of soft solids if the trunk is not supported. Try it yourself by letting your trunk relax and fall into the back of your dining chair, slightly slumped.
Now stay that way and try to bite, chew and swallow. Imagine if you were just learning to eat this way!” To achieve stability in the trunk, begin by sitting your child upright in her chair. Be sure that the pelvis is tilted forward just slightly, as shown in this diagram. First, put a rolled-up kitchen towel behind the arch of her back to ensure that the hip angle tilts forward or is slightly less than ninety degrees. If baby appears to be swimming in the highchair, add another rolled-up towel or spongy shelf liner on either side of her hips, filling in the gaps between the hips and the sides of the chair. Next, assess the back of the chair: Does baby need to lean back slightly to rest and then do a little abdominal crunch every time she leans forward to eat from her tray or take a bite from the spoon? Fold a towel and place it behind her shoulders if the seat back won’t fully adjust to an upright position. To ensure that smaller kids don’t slip forward in their seats, you can do two things: 1) Place a piece of spongy shelf liner under your child’s bottom to make it stick and/or 2) Wrap a washcloth around the saddle horn (if your high chair has one) and duct tape it, creating a fat cone of fabric.
This added padding will fill in the space between baby’s diaper and the saddle horn and prevent her hips from sliding forward. Finally, make a mental note where all those rolled up towels were placed. Take off the high chair cover, duct tape all the towels to the plastic high chair beneath, and replace the cover. You now have a customized high chair for your child and can adjust or remove the towels as she grows. No matter what size your child is, always visualize the diagram noting that stability begins at the hips with a slight anterior pelvic tilt. The trunk and shoulders align over the hips to provide stability for fine motor skills like eating, spooning purees and picking up finger foods. Chewing is also a fine motor activity, as is swallowing! Ensure optimal stability from the hips down by providing every child a foot support. Why do you think your baby always hooks his big toe under the high chair tray? He can’t put his feet on the floor and he’s seeking out stability.
Most high chairs have a footrest – but it’s impossible for smaller children to reach. Try raising it up by adding a saltine box (duct tape again) and add a sheet of shelf liner on the box for their little feet to get some added grip. For older children, please refer to this article on seating and picky eating in preschool settings. In her post on readiness to eat solid foods, Alice noted: “Trunk stability is also important because it allows you and your baby to be able to be face-to-face during feeding and for your baby to be an active participant in deciding whether, how much, and how fast to eat. You offer baby a bite, and he leans forward and opens his mouth if he’d like to accept, or he turns his head away to say no thanks. With good trunk stability, a baby can communicate his wants and needs to you, and you can be responsive to them. This way, feeding becomes a respectful and pleasant conversation between the two of you.” Establishing sound seating is the bridge to independent eating.
Once baby is sitting with confidence, he is more likely to stay at the table longer and participate in the family mealtime experience. This can also include finger foods from a very early age. One of the best ways to begin to foster independent eating is to pull off the high chair tray and pull up to the family table. Depending on the height of the table and the height of the feeding chair, bring your baby to the table to eat as early as possible. The table should align with baby’s sternum or breastbone, so that when sitting upright she can rest her elbows comfortably on the table top for added stability. My favorite chair for this is the Fisher Price Space Saver. The seating is superior and requires fewer adjustments with towels as noted above and fits most kids quite comfortably. Be sure to add a towel behind their back, as it doesn’t adjust to a fully upright position. Another wonderful option for babies sitting up well on their own is the amazingly adjustable Keekaroo Height Right Chair, which grows with your child.
In fact, it holds up to 250 lbs. and can one day be used as a desk chair or even a piano bench. I prefer that my clients do not feed their children in Bumbo seats, as they must be seated on the floor for safety and it puts the child’s pelvis into a posterior tilt, causing pressure on the stomach that can exacerbate reflux and spitting up at mealtimes. If you must use a booster seat, be sure that the child has adequate support as described above, including a footrest. Table top feeding has many benefits, including: Stability & Independence at the Table: Just one of the ways to Raise a Healthy, Happy Eater. Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP is pediatric speech language pathologist, an international speaker and a media consultant on the topic of hesitant, picky and selective eating. She is the co-author of the forthcoming Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent’s Handbook and the author of Happy Mealtimes with Happy Kids: How to Teach Your Child about the Joy of Food! She is the executive producer of the award-winning children’s music CD titled Dancing in the Kitchen.