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Bibs that really work?
Has anyone been successful in ever finding a bib that actually kept
food off of the babies pants? I have bought tons. Tired of also having to wash the seat, under the seat, the foot rest, and the floor as well. With my first baby, I just chalked it up to being part of the self-feeding process - messy to the point of clothing changes, including mine since the food on their bottom halves would transfer to my shirts upon removal from the highchair. lol. With the second, it was a bit bothersome, but still "just a part of it." Now with 2 older kids needing to be places and more demands on all of our time, I find it very frustrating when I sit down and think "Okay, let's get you fed and then when you are done, we can go......" but it is never that easy because of the clothing changes, his and sometimes mine as well, which have to occur again first. Then, the crud that grows under the seat in my neglect and rush can be quite gruesome when I refind it later when I have more time. lol. I have bought all of the bibs I could find that had various versions of pockets on the bottom, but food still goes down; sure less food, but still allows a mess. I have bought full- length body bibs, and still no benefit. Any successful bib models out there? |
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:20:30 -0700, Chris wrote:
I have more time. lol. I have bought all of the bibs I could find that had various versions of pockets on the bottom, but food still goes down; sure less food, but still allows a mess. I have bought full- length body bibs, and still no benefit. Any successful bib models out there? Yes. I went through all of them myself for the same reasons you did. I went to Ebay and then found something under "body bib." That was the basic shape. I had the Ebay lady make the top half waterproof so food doesn't stick to it and put a pocket on it so that food gets caught and doesn't fall on the floor. The bottom half protects the pants, has elastic to keep it on the legs, is split so that it fits in the high chair. It sort of looks like this, but with the changes added above. http://cgi.ebay.com/Baby-Bibs-Body-B...QQcmdZViewItem I don't remember the name of the lady who made it, but I'm sure another Ebayer or tailor could do it for you. |
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On Jun 1, 11:30?pm, toypup wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:20:30 -0700, Chris wrote: I have more time. lol. I have bought all of the bibs I could find that had various versions of pockets on the bottom, but food still goes down; sure less food, but still allows a mess. I have bought full- length body bibs, and still no benefit. Any successful bib models out there? Yes. I went through all of them myself for the same reasons you did. I went to Ebay and then found something under "body bib." That was the basic shape. I had the Ebay lady make the top half waterproof so food doesn't stick to it and put a pocket on it so that food gets caught and doesn't fall on the floor. The bottom half protects the pants, has elastic to keep it on the legs, is split so that it fits in the high chair. It sort of looks like this, but with the changes added above.http://cgi.ebay.com/Baby-Bibs-Body-B...20127360838QQi... I don't remember the name of the lady who made it, but I'm sure another Ebayer or tailor could do it for you. I found a model like that on E-bay myself a while back, but I didn't bother with it since food was still going to go down the sides and in between the legs. lol. Since I have the Crumb Chumb, which is similar, just not split for legs, it keeps food out from between the legs, but not from falling down the sides, and the pocket IT has in the front is a pain to clean when something slimy and squashable gets stuck into the corner of the pocket, I didn't bother with that one. lol. It is also waterproof. That really worked for ya though, eh? Not one bit of food got passed the bib at all? Sorry, I'm skeptical. lol. |
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:53:09 -0700, Chris wrote:
I found a model like that on E-bay myself a while back, but I didn't bother with it since food was still going to go down the sides and in between the legs. lol. Since I have the Crumb Chumb, which is similar, just not split for legs, it keeps food out from between the legs, but not from falling down the sides, and the pocket IT has in the front is a pain to clean when something slimy and squashable gets stuck into the corner of the pocket, I didn't bother with that one. lol. It is also waterproof. That really worked for ya though, eh? Not one bit of food got passed the bib at all? Sorry, I'm skeptical. lol. I had the Crumb Chumb. I didn't like it. The food slid down the legs onto the floor. With the cloth on the legs of the body bib, wet food that got there stuck there and I threw it in the wash. The pocket and top was waterproof, I just rinsed it out and reused, if the rest wasn't filthy. I don't think you'll find a bib where not one bit of food gets passed it, but the one I had made was pretty good at doing what I needed it to do. It was the best I found and I had a lot of bibs. I also had the nylon cover for the highchair so that I didn't have to wash the highchair cover and also a plastic sheet for the floor when the kids went through their messiest eating stage. |
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On Jun 2, 12:44?am, toypup wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:53:09 -0700, Chris wrote: I found a model like that on E-bay myself a while back, but I didn't bother with it since food was still going to go down the sides and in between the legs. lol. Since I have the Crumb Chumb, which is similar, just not split for legs, it keeps food out from between the legs, but not from falling down the sides, and the pocket IT has in the front is a pain to clean when something slimy and squashable gets stuck into the corner of the pocket, I didn't bother with that one. lol. It is also waterproof. That really worked for ya though, eh? Not one bit of food got passed the bib at all? Sorry, I'm skeptical. lol. I had the Crumb Chumb. I didn't like it. The food slid down the legs onto the floor. With the cloth on the legs of the body bib, wet food that got there stuck there and I threw it in the wash. The pocket and top was waterproof, I just rinsed it out and reused, if the rest wasn't filthy. I don't think you'll find a bib where not one bit of food gets passed it, but the one I had made was pretty good at doing what I needed it to do. It was the best I found and I had a lot of bibs. I also had the nylon cover for the highchair so that I didn't have to wash the highchair cover and also a plastic sheet for the floor when the kids went through their messiest eating stage. LOL. I had the floor mat and nylon cover too! How long did it take you to figure out that washing the high chair seat cover took the same amount of time, if not longer, to wipe down and clean? It took me once. The floor mat I had wound up looking nasty with my first baby when anything tomato-based landed on it, it got stained and those didn't come out so it just looked dirty all of the time. lol. Thanks for the input. |
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:50:00 -0700, Chris wrote:
LOL. I had the floor mat and nylon cover too! How long did it take you to figure out that washing the high chair seat cover took the same amount of time, if not longer, to wipe down and clean? Well, if I have to throw it in the wash, I'd have to do a load of laundry, and then I'd have to wait for it to dry. I didn't want to do that many loads per day. I guess I could wait until it's really dirty to wash, but I can't stand that. What do do if they want to eat and it's still wet? Wiping down is definitely easier, IMO. Didn't take me all that long to do. It took me once. The floor mat I had wound up looking nasty with my first baby when anything tomato-based landed on it, it got stained and those didn't come out so it just looked dirty all of the time. lol. I got the disposable floor mats, wiped them down, threw them out when they were gross. Rosalie had the idea of old sheets. I think that's a good idea. You can throw those in the wash. |
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we bought a two pack of rubbery bibs that had troughs at the bottom, you can
get the same made out of hard plastic, or towelling with a hard plastic insert, but these are flexible rubber. They are not perfect, but they are sufficient, they were bought before our now 4yr old started solids and are still in use by his younger sister, now almost 2. We do have other strategies though, we have for ages given breakfast whilst still in night clothes, then was them fairly frequently (it was daily when they were babies and has spread out, we have a reasonably high tolerance as to how dirty a sleeper can be, plus we only have 2 sleepers in the current size, when we had 10+ in the small sizes), lunch is something that only produces crumbs, snacks also, then after dinner, it's not long until bed! Cheers Anne |
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On Jun 2, 12:07?am, "Anne Rogers" wrote:
we bought a two pack of rubbery bibs that had troughs at the bottom, you can get the same made out of hard plastic, or towelling with a hard plastic insert, but these are flexible rubber. They are not perfect, but they are sufficient, they were bought before our now 4yr old started solids and are still in use by his younger sister, now almost 2. We do have other strategies though, we have for ages given breakfast whilst still in night clothes, then was them fairly frequently (it was daily when they were babies and has spread out, we have a reasonably high tolerance as to how dirty a sleeper can be, plus we only have 2 sleepers in the current size, when we had 10+ in the small sizes), lunch is something that only produces crumbs, snacks also, then after dinner, it's not long until bed! Cheers Anne I betchya I have those Anne. lol. Somehow he still got food onto his SHIRT underneath the models I've tried with the troughs. lol. @@ Funny how standards change as time goes on and with number of children, isn't it. lol. That IS the good thing about dinner time; just up and out of the chair and into the tub. lol. Sometimes I need to feed him his dinner in between a trip to the store and a trip to a soccer game (games always occur at normal dinnertime so I have to feed him first and he is in he do-it-myself stage). lol. He is getting less messy though now at 19 months. Just certain things like rice dishes and tomato dishes cause alarm. lol. |
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:53:43 -0700, Chris wrote:
I betchya I have those Anne. lol. Somehow he still got food onto his SHIRT underneath the models I've tried with the troughs. lol. @@ Funny how standards change as time goes on and with number of children, isn't it. lol. That IS the good thing about dinner time; just up and out of the chair and into the tub. lol. Sometimes I need to feed him his dinner in between a trip to the store and a trip to a soccer game (games always occur at normal dinnertime so I have to feed him first and he is in he do-it-myself stage). lol. He is getting less messy though now at 19 months. Just certain things like rice dishes and tomato dishes cause alarm. lol. SIL just strips the kids down to the diapers to feed them, then wipes the kids down. That works. |
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On Jun 2, 1:03?am, toypup wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:53:43 -0700, Chris wrote: I betchya I have those Anne. lol. Somehow he still got food onto his SHIRT underneath the models I've tried with the troughs. lol. @@ Funny how standards change as time goes on and with number of children, isn't it. lol. That IS the good thing about dinner time; just up and out of the chair and into the tub. lol. Sometimes I need to feed him his dinner in between a trip to the store and a trip to a soccer game (games always occur at normal dinnertime so I have to feed him first and he is in he do-it-myself stage). lol. He is getting less messy though now at 19 months. Just certain things like rice dishes and tomato dishes cause alarm. lol. SIL just strips the kids down to the diapers to feed them, then wipes the kids down. That works. The cold seats aren't that comfy when nudie, and wintertime it is totally out. lol. |
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