Re: I need some help

May 6, 2006

Our OT lent us several different " seats " for feeding...and they work great.

Perhaps ask them if they have anything? They didn't offer them up until I asked

and then it was like we got everything, so you never know until you ask!

Good luck! How is Eva doing post op at home?

supermama95 wrote: Eva is at the weight and height

where she is out growing her bouncy

seat and her car seat. I put her in herseats for feeding so she is in

an inclined postion and sometimes she sleeps in them while she feeds

but she is getting to big for them. Does anyone have any idea on what

else I can use that had good head control? I would use her highchair

but she sleeps in it and that would not be good and her head control

is not that great yet.

Thanks,

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May 6, 2006

Crystal, I think I have the exact bouncy seat you have (if I remember right

from your pics). My daughter, too, is too big for hers....but we still use

it. We just prop the back part (the top, above her head) against a couch ,

or on top of the ottoman. It won't bounce anymore, but it still works for

the feeds. I can't put Meggy in her high chair because it tends to give her

facial palsys (DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS ISSUE????). So, propping the

bouncy does the trick for us. I actually still let her bounce in it. It

almost touches the floor now, but she still loves it. She weighs 21 pounds,

and is 32 inches tall, so you have an idea of how much she has outgrown it.

As for the car seat, Meggy in the last couple of months, has been in her big

girl car seat. It is a forward facing one, but it has the padded bar that

comes down from above her head and stops in front of her chest. This

particular car seat works good for us because she is not very strong. The

bar allows her to feel in control of her body because if she starts to get a

little floppy, she puts her hands on the bar and drums on in and rubs it.

Eventually she becomes so engrossed in playing with it, she forgets to be

floppy. If she falls asleep, it has the 5 point harness that hold her in

place, as well as the bar. It is so padded, that if she barely leans forward

it stops her. So, sometimes, I'll look back and she will be ever so

slightly forward with her head rested against the padded bar. I hope this

helps. The car seat was scary for me....but this particular car seat has

been a God send!

, mommy to Meagan (CHaRgE) and 18 months, and big brother

3 3/4 years, married to the best daddy in the world for 9 years

-- I need some help

Eva is at the weight and height where she is out growing her bouncy