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May 21, 2007 at 3:36 pm #34004

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Does anyone have any experience with the bumbo chair. We got one for Cooper a few weeks ago and I haven’t put him in it now for about a week, but before everytime I would he didn’t really seem to like it and he would spit up huge amounts. I got it b/c I read that it helped with reflux babies. Has anyone had any success? Do you think he is too young for it? He can hold his head up really well, but maybe he doesn’t have enough trunk control? I am just at a loss of how to keep him upright, oddly enough he really loves to be in the floor, usually flat on his back which I know isn’t common in refluxers, and I hate to do that right after he has eaten so I need to find a way to keep him upright after feeds… does anyone have any other suggestions other than the bumbo chair? Thanks.

May 21, 2007 at 5:24 pm #34015

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The bumbo chair was a disaster for my 2nd refluxer. Any time he was put in it, he threw up, projectile. We used the bouncy chair w/o vibration after feeds, for 15 minutes, to help lessen throw up. With our first, we actually put him in the swing after eating, and he would relax there for 15 minutes. The 2nd hated the swing! Good luck.

BTW, we borrowed a bouncy chair by Baby Bjorn, that was fabulous. Just material and some wooden bears. Unfortunately, it wasn’t available to borrow for our 2nd. We loved it so much, we bit the bullet ($100) and bought it. It’s been our savior, b/c our 2nd weighed 24 lbs b4 he was 8 months old and most bouncy chairs only support up to 24 lbs.

May 21, 2007 at 6:39 pm #34021

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The bouncy chair worked best for Myles after feedings. He did like his Bumbo chair immensely, but he stip up tons in it.

May 21, 2007 at 8:38 pm #34036

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My friend’s reflux baby loved his bumbo. Alex liked it but couldn’t sit up in it because she was so skinny. I think that a lot of it depends on the “build” of the baby.

May 21, 2007 at 8:45 pm #34038

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Gabby HATED it. She only used it to help her stand up and she loved climbing it. 🙂 Otherwise, it was completely useless to us. I am keeping it in hopes that our future child will like it.

May 22, 2007 at 9:34 am #34085

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We had a bumbo for physical therapy purposes, and it really helped Bryce build trunk control, but he was a lot older when we used it. We would always put Bryce in his infant carseat after he ate to keep him upright, and that worked really well for us. He was upright enough, but it didn’t scrunch his tummy.

May 22, 2007 at 11:18 am #34097

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We are just starting to use one for Landen and he really likes it a lot.

May 22, 2007 at 11:45 am #34100

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Carter didn’t like it, but we had success with an excersaucer and stuffed tons of towels around him and put some under his feet so he could be completely supported. A baby einstein video would keep him still, upright and happy for a good 20 minutes or so after a feed…

May 22, 2007 at 1:09 pm #34102

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We did what Ann Marie did with the exersaucer/towels. Carson loved to be UP and this worked for us. We never did find a good bouncy chair/bumbo that worked for us!TnBEich2007-5-22 13:17:55
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