One wonky Swedish screwdriver, one splintered piece of wood, one call to customer service, two wrongly assembled slats, and one calming glass of champagne later, we now have a high chair.
I have been introducing Simone to solids in dribs and drabs (and dribbles, more often than not) for about a month. A little here, a little there, sitting in her Bumbo chair. But on Monday she turned six months adjusted, and so I figured it was time to buy something more practical than the Bumbo and make non-liquid meals a real, honest-to-goodness part of our daily routine.
Reviews have been mixed. Simone is more interested in the cats than her food.
What WAS a success, however, was the introduction of a new game: Throw Things Off The Tray, also known as Mama asks “How High?”
I gave her an assortment of objects from the kitchen drawer, hoping to work on her fine motor skills—a spoon, a rattle, a medicine cup, a wine bottle stopper, an oral syringe, some pacifiers. She doesn’t seem to find flinging them overboard that entertaining in and of itself, but watching me pick them back up and put them on her tray is hilarious. To her.
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hehe :) she’s adorable always- even with food all over her face!! That’s funny about her enjoying watching you pick them up :)
I like the vaguely concerned look that she sports.
The cats are going to love it when she starts “sharing” her meals with them! My guy loved playing the “drop and watch mommy pick it up” game too. She’s getting so big! She’s adorable!
My son loves this game too! Such fun!
The cat is an issue during feeding time for us as well, and our feline has quickly picked up on the fact that it’s a good time to be present…he is enjoying the cereal puffs almost as much as Teagan does. ;-)
When it’s time to put on the big puffy winter coat (which TJ HATES), the cat is my new best friend. “Oooooh, watch the kitty” (insert left arm), “Ah, kitty came to say goodbye!” (insert right arm). Gotta love it!
She is so cute and precious! Now the fun REALLY begins! Love your blog! ;)
OMG those cheeks! Adorable. This “game” is a normal part of development and she seems to be doing amazing. You may have une petite savant on your hands.
Thank you for posting this.
All those cute pictures of Simone were making me waffle a little bit and wonder if, perhaps, another baby wouldn’t be the BEST IDEA EVER.
But this post has brought me to my senses. With my first child, that game was fun. For like three days. It lasted six months past the “fun” stage. Child number two, it was fun for about a day. Redhead that she was, the game lasted almost 2 years. Pretty sure that if I had to live through it again, I would hurl myself off the roof.
Oh my GOD, Simone, stop TAUNTING ME WITH YOUR CUTENESS.
Also, Alexa, I like your floors. And your radiator. But most of all your baby.
It is cute, very cute. Personally I don’t pick stuff up anymore, but then again, my baby has two older brothers who can chase the stuff that gets flung/dropped.
So are you making food? Are those carrots?
This is a superb example of Evolution’s ploy in making these beasties so damn cute. We will always pick up their stuff and continue to feed them, so that they may throw stuff some more, and eat, and propagate the species. “How high,” indeed!
The expression on her face is hysterical. She looks like she’s thinking, “Are you sure you know what you’re doing? This ‘high chair,’ it is unfamiliar to me.”
Hey, I would like to know where you got your high chair. Would you recommend it to others, or was the assembly too frustrating? Is the champagne included?
Ditto Randi above re: the cat and figuring out what to send overboard. Destined to become best friends, starting NOW.
is that the anka high chair in espresso? if so, DO TELL where you found it. everywhere i look online it’s sold out.
and even better than the high chair is your most adorable daughter. we are at the same stage with adali. food has never been her thing. she did like the chocolate pudding i gave her a bite of the other day though. she gets the sweet tooth hoenstly i suppose.
She is adorable!! We call it the pick up game in our house. Good for development but not for your back.
love the high chair! I am feeding my little on in the bumbo seat as well, now that I have a wooden toddler table and chair set in my kitchen there is no room for a traditional high chair (I hate how bulky most of them are!)…… my little one is 5 1/2 months old and the bumbo in the middle of the kitchen table (I KNOW I KNOW but I am feeding her so its not like I leave her there!)…is still working. I am currently trying to find a restaurant type wooden high chair, they seem to have one of the smallest profiles to me, and i think it would tuck right up to our kitchen table. Anyway Simone looks like she is doing fantastic to me, my daughter has not yet developed that game and my parents as teachers advisor that came this week said that when they toss something and look over to see where it went its a really good milestone because they realize that objects dont just disappear into thin air!
One word of warning, and its harmless so its not a big deal but I felt like a goof ball….. my son LOVED sweet potato’s and carrots more than nearly every other food, so while I continued to pepper in green veggies and fruit, he got a lot of sweet potato’s and carrots….. ANYWAY one day I was photographing him and I noticed his nose was ORANGE, and I dont mean I didnt wash him up properly and it was stained, I mean IT WAS ORANGE, I was a bit panicked….. called the doc and they said if a baby gets a diet high in beta carotene, they can start to get an orange color in their skin, they just told me to watch the beta carotene a bit and it would fade away but let me tell you it took nearly 2 months! My family thought it was hysterical…..me not so much!
How adorable! And how exciting, a new chapter in Simone’s life: she has graduated to a real high chair!! And a new chapter for the cats as well, LOL. There is a whole new person in the mix now, doing interesting things to keep them entertained. Very cute.
OMGsh what a beautiful baby! Carry on Simone with your fun game of tossing things on the floor. I remember my grandkids doing that sort of thing, fun!!
You wrote: “watching me pick them back up and put them on her tray is hilarious. To her.”
Snort. That’s babies in a nutshell! Have you ever read Bill Cosby’s “Fatherhood”? (I think it’s in there.) He talks about playing the “fetch the toy as the baby drops it from the crib” game with one of his kids, and imagines the baby thinking, “Hey, this person is a lot of fun. Not too bright, but a lot of fun.” =)
Aww, she’s taught you to fetch! Smart (and beautiful) girl. :)
But. She’s so darn cute, and now you have a whole ‘nother branch of baby pics to take: Messy Food Pictures.
I would like to eat her cheeks please.
Dude, That excitement she feels when you pick the toy back up? She’s thinking “Hey! I made that thing totally dissapear, now she made it re-materialize! Let’s see if it works this time…” over and over and over again. Object permanance is a fascinating thing! Now you get extra mom points for helping her with fine motor and cognative development at the same time!
Be prepared for many many months of that game! My daughter is almost 18 months old and she still loves that game, especially when it involves feeding the dog by throwing her food on the floor (usually it’s a good sign she’s done eating).
the chair looks great!! and how cute noodle sauce all over her face!!
dude, YES. what is it with babies chucking things on the floor from height??
on the other hand, i have learned that my cat will eat half chewed sandwiches. and watermellon when desperate.
I find myself more fascinated by cats sometimes, too. Simone knows what is going on: fling things + mommy picking them up = funny!
Genius!
What a funny girl! Love the high chair also, what is it? We are just starting the sport of high chair chucking also at our house. So much fun!