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"Jeff" wrote in message news:Tzk8i.1490$WE4.549@trndny01... bizby40 wrote: ... I think some kids are just more ******* than others. My two never made a mess under the chair, and there is nothing I really did to encourage that. My son, however, at age 9 *still* makes a mess all over the table around his plate! We've tried making rules for him to follow -- swallow one bite before taking the next, hold your fork still for a moment to see if anything drops off, don't "throw" food towards your mouth, keep the plate right at the edge of the table, and more -- but he's just not a careful kid. No matter how we try, he still makes a mess. Now we're just trying to make sure he's in charge of cleaning it up. *sigh*. Gee, your son sounds just like me. There seems to be more crumbs around my plate than others. At least I clean up after myself. When it comes to neatness, I just don't get it. Jeff Lol -- ok, thanks for dashing our hopes that he would one day outgrow it! :-) Bizby |
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"Chris" wrote in message oups.com... Now that was a creative idea--looking at other things outside of the realm of those labeled bib. lol. I have a feeling Grant wouldn't like that either. The full-length bibs we have here do catch a lot in the lap, but food still slips over the front (and sides) and down onto the floor with all of the wiggling. lol. Well if you figure out a way to feed a baby/toddler without getting food on the floor - patent it. That would be quite a feat!! -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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On Jun 2, 3:38?pm, Ericka Kammerer wrote:
Chris wrote: I had the choice of less messy foods back when it was just me and my first baby at home every evening at dinnertime because I didn't cook meals since they were just wasted, but now that I have a whole family to provide regular 3 meals every day to, what I make is it. lol. I gave up on spending all of my time in the kitchen trying to ensure everyone was happy, that as long as 2 out of 5 are, then that is what we are going with, and if you don't like it, then pick one of the side items I've served up that I know you do and fill up the best you can on that. lol. How old is the little one? I have three, and I have to say that we never had all that much trouble with meals being *that* messy. I don't know if I have inordinately neat kids (sure seems unusual given how they try to keep their rooms now), or if maybe there's something you could do to encourage neatness so that you don't have to do so much cleaning in the first place. Best wishes, Ericka He is 19 months old and he never purposely drops things or throws them. It is all just stuff that doesn't particularly stick to a spoon or a fork well that falls down the front of the bib. |
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On Jun 2, 9:42?pm, "Nikki" wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message oups.com... Now that was a creative idea--looking at other things outside of the realm of those labeled bib. lol. I have a feeling Grant wouldn't like that either. The full-length bibs we have here do catch a lot in the lap, but food still slips over the front (and sides) and down onto the floor with all of the wiggling. lol. Well if you figure out a way to feed a baby/toddler without getting food on the floor - patent it. That would be quite a feat!! -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 I'll get right to work on that! lol. |
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Chris wrote:
He is 19 months old and he never purposely drops things or throws them. It is all just stuff that doesn't particularly stick to a spoon or a fork well that falls down the front of the bib. Hmm. Maybe we just eat different food! ;-) I wouldn't say my kids were unusually good with utensils by that age, and they didn't emerge from mealtime pristine, but there weren't huge messes on the floor and we didn't routinely chuck them in the tub after dinner either. Maybe we just had fewer sauces ;-) Best wishes, Ericka |
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On Jun 2, 10:36?pm, Ericka Kammerer wrote:
Chris wrote: He is 19 months old and he never purposely drops things or throws them. It is all just stuff that doesn't particularly stick to a spoon or a fork well that falls down the front of the bib. Hmm. Maybe we just eat different food! ;-) I wouldn't say my kids were unusually good with utensils by that age, and they didn't emerge from mealtime pristine, but there weren't huge messes on the floor and we didn't routinely chuck them in the tub after dinner either. Maybe we just had fewer sauces ;-) Best wishes, Ericka LOL. The floor isn't all that messy here. Just a few things make it down there. Wiping the floor real quick is a much different story than cleaning up the highchair seat and eating and going quickly. At least he doesn't rub food in his hair like my daughter did. As far as babies go, he is pretty tidy. We just have to wash his patties and wipe his face, but the changing of clothes because of things hitting the lap and getting underneath the lap just seems so unnecessary. lol. My kids all loved to feed themselves so I let them. I have met people who do not allow their children to feed themselves at all due to the mess. lol. |
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Chris wrote:
LOL. The floor isn't all that messy here. Just a few things make it down there. Wiping the floor real quick is a much different story than cleaning up the highchair seat and eating and going quickly. At least he doesn't rub food in his hair like my daughter did. As far as babies go, he is pretty tidy. We just have to wash his patties and wipe his face, but the changing of clothes because of things hitting the lap and getting underneath the lap just seems so unnecessary. lol. My kids all loved to feed themselves so I let them. I have met people who do not allow their children to feed themselves at all due to the mess. lol. Mine insisted on feeding themselves as well. One thing that was different for us is that we use a tall chair pulled up to the table, rather than a fabric-covered, padded high chair with a tray. It was easy to clean up, and they could be pulled up close to the table, which helped lessen the amount of food on the lap. Best wishes, Ericka |
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On Jun 3, 12:02?am, Ericka Kammerer wrote:
Chris wrote: LOL. The floor isn't all that messy here. Just a few things make it down there. Wiping the floor real quick is a much different story than cleaning up the highchair seat and eating and going quickly. At least he doesn't rub food in his hair like my daughter did. As far as babies go, he is pretty tidy. We just have to wash his patties and wipe his face, but the changing of clothes because of things hitting the lap and getting underneath the lap just seems so unnecessary. lol. My kids all loved to feed themselves so I let them. I have met people who do not allow their children to feed themselves at all due to the mess. lol. Mine insisted on feeding themselves as well. One thing that was different for us is that we use a tall chair pulled up to the table, rather than a fabric-covered, padded high chair with a tray. It was easy to clean up, and they could be pulled up close to the table, which helped lessen the amount of food on the lap. Best wishes, Ericka Hmmm. I do remember the booster seat days where we had that in the regular kitchen chair pulled up to the kitchen table.....my first boy was okay with it if I recall correctly, but we found food underneath it and in it all of the time with my second, a girl, for years it seemed. lol. She is now 7 and while the mess in the seat and on the floor is almost nonexistent (occasional clumsiness), I have to wonder when on earth this child will learn to eat while keeping food out of her hair and start having more direct hits into her mouth. lol. No, she really makes it into her mouth fine, but she must do this lip- licking maneuver that spreads the food out around her mouth about a good quarter-inch. lol. She is no dainty little flower. This baby loves to look from side to side at all of the other family members at the table to join in on the jokes and conversation, which is probably how some food gets down past the tray and still into his lap when up to the table in a restaurant highchair that we have, but he also likes to take his messy hands and put them under the tray into his lap, like when he is fake laughing with us and things. lol. |
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Chris wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:02?am, Ericka Kammerer wrote: Mine insisted on feeding themselves as well. One thing that was different for us is that we use a tall chair pulled up to the table, rather than a fabric-covered, padded high chair with a tray. It was easy to clean up, and they could be pulled up close to the table, which helped lessen the amount of food on the lap. Hmmm. I do remember the booster seat days where we had that in the regular kitchen chair pulled up to the kitchen table.....my first boy was okay with it if I recall correctly, but we found food underneath it and in it all of the time with my second, a girl, for years it seemed. I'm not sure how to describe the one we have. It's old--my parents used this one for my sister and a similar one for myself, and they weren't new then. They're wooden chairs that are small and tall, but they don't have a crossbar or anything like that so there aren't a lot of places to trap food. Cleaning it up is just like cleaning a regular all-wood dining chair. lol. She is now 7 and while the mess in the seat and on the floor is almost nonexistent (occasional clumsiness), I have to wonder when on earth this child will learn to eat while keeping food out of her hair and start having more direct hits into her mouth. lol. No, she really makes it into her mouth fine, but she must do this lip- licking maneuver that spreads the food out around her mouth about a good quarter-inch. lol. She is no dainty little flower. Yeah, my 3yo isn't either. She's not allowed to come to the table unless her hair is up ;-) Otherwise, she gets all sorts of stuff in her hair, mostly because she turns around and isn't aware of what her hair is up to. Best wishes, Ericka |
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I'm not sure how to describe the one we have. It's old--my parents used this one for my sister and a similar one for myself, and they weren't new then. They're wooden chairs that are small and tall, but they don't have a crossbar or anything like that so there aren't a lot of places to trap food. Cleaning it up is just like cleaning a regular all-wood dining chair. I know what you mean, we had one on loan for a while, but I've never seen one to buy. A similar chair that's available to buy is a Stokke Tripp Trapp, which we have two of. You can also buy a "baby set", which gives you a higher back and a between the legs strap, and cushions, we never used the cushions with #2, we removed the between the legs strap around 18mths, so we now just have a chair that is the right height, pushed into the table. I'm not saying everything is clean, that isn't the case, but we've never had the problem of food on the child's lap, a chair that pushes into the table gives you a lot more flexibility than a trap that has 3 positions. I think you do need the cushions for this chair early on, but even 6mths it's not absolutely necessary and I personally never put a child in a high chair before then. Anne |
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