[tri-med] Re: Bumbo Chair

Bumbo Chairs weren't necessarily recalled, but there is a tipping hazard.
If you got one before the "recall" you could get a sticker to put on it to
warn about tipping and to remind you not to leave children unattended.
Elanor has tipped over a couple of times in hers, but she thought it was
funny!  I can see how kids could really get hurt though, because if they
need the Bumbo for support, the child probably doesn't have the muscle tone
or ability to right him/herself if he/she starts tipping over.  Also, it is
tempting to use it for a highchair alternative, but it could be dangerous
unless you are standing right next to it 100% of the time.  Otherwise, they
are great!  We put pillows all around in case Elanor took a nose dive, and
she loved sitting so upright!  She is too big for it now, but when she was
smaller we used it all the time.


Jennifer Vanderbeek
Boise, Idaho
Mom to Arwen, 9; Elanor, 7 (T18); caregiver to Joe, 29 (Cerebral Palsy), and
wife to Andrew

I'd like to be OCD, but I just don't have the time...

Check out Elanor's CaringBridge site at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elanoranne



-----Original Message-----
From: tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Irene Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:13 AM
To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tri-med] Re: tumbleform chair

I was just thinking, weren't the bumbo seats recalled?  Or have they fixed
the "problem" and put them back up for sale?
On Jan 31, 2008 9:07 AM, Wendi <wendijo24@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jackson had a Bumbo too, he loved it!  His PT liked it too for positioning
> him.  They have them at Babies R Us and Target, they cost between 40 and
50
> dollars.
>
>  Wendi, mom to Jackson trisomy 4p, inverted duplication, 3 years old!
>  Jameson 3 1/2 weeks!
>
>
> Verheyen <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Hi Sharon,
>
> You should look into a BUMBO CHAIR. They are awesome, we just got our
> granddaughter one for Christmas. She will be four months old on the 8th.
> She loves it and it frees up her mom's hands.
>
> Good luck,
> Tracy mom to Cody (Trisomy 9)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:47 AM
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: tumbleform chair
>
>
> > My Jason has T 17 and is 7months. he is still in bouncers but he is
> > constantly wanting to get into the sitting up position, and i feel they
> are too
> > reclined for him. he is always throwing himself up, ( like he is doing
> an
> > abdominal crunch) and he can't stay seated up like that on his own, so
> on
> the way
> > down from the crunch, he went sideways and his upper body was hanging
> out
> the
> > side of the bouncer. i did find one bouncer that is more upright, but he
> tends
> > to fall to the side in it, and just looks lopsided.
> >
> > i asked my PT about getting him some type of special chair for him, and
> she
> > said she would let me know when he needs it. it seems to me like he
> needs
> it
> > now. i was wondering at what age your child got their first "special"
> seat,
> > was it for just relaxing, was it because of feeding??.......which chair
> did
> > they have??.......who recommended it to you??........did the medicaire
> > waiver/care at home pay for it??......
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sharon
> > mom to Jason T17M, 7 months, and Lauren 2 1/2 yrs.
> >
> >
> > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.
> > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
> >
> >
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> > www.trisomyonline.org
> > Families Helping Families On-line
> >
> >
>
>
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-- 
Irene
Christina (6), Caroline (4 with partial trisomy 17p) and Kallie (2)
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolinesmith
http://ourpieceoftheworld.blogspot.com


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