Re: Bumbo chair - To Lori

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Hi Lori... I bought a bumbo for Ignacio when he was almost 1 year

old since he was still not sitting on his own and his band treatment

was finished. IT WAS THE BEST SPENT MONEY... of course, after the

band ;-). I definitely think it helped Ignacio gain the confidence

and force he needed to start sitting on his own. His twin brother,

, who is behind Ignacio in motor skills started sitting in

the Bumbo and in three weeks he started sitting on his own. I

really dont know if the Bumbo had anything to do with it... but I

truly believe it did.

Concerning the size issue... I dont know in what percentile are the

twins but they are long (31 " ) but sort of skinny (21.5 pounds)...

and they still fit on it. The problem is that now that they are

sitting on their own they dont like the bumbo so much becuase the

want to be free to move around.

I know that the banding process can be expensive, specially whe our

dear insurance companies doesnt gives us any help... But I would

consider spending the money on the Bumbo... You can try to get one

used... One of the members in this group advice me to get on Ebay

to see if they had one available. Also you can check with other

members of this group to see if they are willing to sell theirs. I

would offer you mine but a friend of my dh asked us if we could

borrow the chair for their daugher who is 2 months old.

Good luck.

Annie

Mom to twins, Ignacio (DOC Grad 5/17/04) &

San , PR

> I talked to my husband about it last night, and we decided to

order

> it. I was just waiting to see if anything was posted today.

Thanks

> for the tips about entertaining - I never thought about the toys

> being out of reach, since my son is still easily entertained by

> looking things (although starting to explore more with his hands,

so

> that won't last long).

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> I'll let you know how it works - I can't wait til it gets here!

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