What the lady says in the article makes sense, and is a good suggestion. However, my wife and I have 5 children. The oldest 4 have all used a bumbo. Our youngest child is 8 months old, and he loves his bumbo. He loves sitting in it watching his siblings play, or watching my wife and I do chores around the house. Many times he will cry until we put him in the bumbo. Then he stops crying. He still sits up by himself, and he is starting to pull up on furniture.
We use a Bumbo seat only as a high chair for our 9 month old. We did not put her in it at all until she was 7 months old and already sitting up on her own on the ground. We have attached it to our dining room seats which are bench seats so that she can sit beside her big sister on the bench. Is this still bad for her development?
Again we ONLY use it once a day at dinnertime and we supervise her every second she is in it. Why use it at all? Fischer-Price makes a little feeding chair that is a better choice. A small bench or booster seat is a better choice. One of the best choices would be a Trip-Trap or Svann high chair, but they are expensive. They grow with the child. The notion of just using a Bumbo chair a little bit — even though it is a terrible piece of equipment for child development — is misguided.
I am an early intervention PT. We used to use Bumbo seats, until we saw their deleterious effects. Now we have a bunch of them in storage. I suppose we should recycle them. The only appropriate use is for a child with lower extremity paralysis who has no potential for independent sitting. This is an excellent article and the case is very clear. When should Bumbo seats be used? Answer: never! Yet they continue to get good reviews on Amazon, and well-meaning comments like yours — right after this excellent article — asserting that maybe they are not so bad.
They belong where baby walkers belong; nowhere around babies. I have 4 month old twins and sometimes I struggle with what to do with them all day. If experts agree that all baby equipment is bad for them, what actually IS recommended, realistically? And then switch? What are the other approved activities according to experts? Because this is something I struggle with. Obviously, as a SAHM, I have to get things done around the house and cannot always have one on one time with my twins but I try my best.
So I would love to know all of the approved activities they say are ok. I know there is another link about alternate activities so I will read that now too. I apologize if maybe that one will answer all my questions, lol. But wanted to type this out before I forgot. I have found a book that is incredibly helpful. I revieved it here on the blog a couple months ago and it has helped me even with my own baby.
Hope this helps you out a bit! I prefer the bumbo over worse things like walkers and jumpers. There are better alternatives than a Bumbo seat for plagiocephaly. Tummy time. Develop sitting with a Boppy in front of the child. A good high chair or booster seat. You are right: no walkers or jumpers. But a Bumbo seat is no better. I hope you consider revising your recommendations.
I was looking into the Bumbo because my 3 mo old is developing a flat spot on the back of his head. Any other suggestions? Thanks for this post! I was given a second hand bumbo and did not know any of this information! However it does annoy me that it mentions about babies being trapped and unable to explore developmentally but then goes onto say that we need to put our babies into sitting positions to help them to learn to sit.
All babies if just left alone will reach this milestone by pushing themselves up when they are ready. By sitting them up we are also making them stuck. Excellent point, Jess. Wendi McKenna, a pediatric physical therapist, wrote about this in her guest post about helping babies learn to be functional sitters and she provided some great tips.
Thanks for the info. Great question, Jessica. How old is your baby now? I completely understand your dilemma and am so happy to hear you wear her in a Boba Wrap. In that book, the author suggested that swings be used no more than about 30 minutes per day. She suggests that, if baby falls asleep in a car seat or swing, you should do your best to transfer her out and onto a flat sleeping surface as soon as possible. But I have had to be very conscious of only doing that in extreme cases as opposed to on a regular basis.
You definitely have to be realistic in order to maintain your sanity, but just be aware that are some downsides that placing baby in there on a regular basis as well.
I have to agree with you on this. I have a similar seat: the BeBe Pod, and I used it once my kids were able to sit but not keep from going backward. However, I have seen various kids sitting in the Bumbo at very young ages.
For families with infants who are delayed or have special needs, the seat may be used for a longer period of time. Tags: Bumbo , equipment , physical therapy. Good points made.
Linking back on my post about it. Here is the post! Thanks for your thoughtful post! Thanks for this post. I was looking for something in which to place my 4 month old pre-sitting baby with decent head control for short periods of time when I need to set her down e. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email.
Notify me of new posts via email. Views are my own. March 8, 6 Comments. Is the Bumbo a no-no? Nature will determine the timing. For now, simply help your little one to develop a brain and body ready for movement and sitting by providing the right environment:.
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