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You can't see too much of the feeder seat here, but this is the only photo I have of Emily in the feeder seat in her high chair. I had been placing Emily in her high chair with rolled bath towels at her sides, yet I still needed to assist her with positioning with one hand while I fed her with my other hand. The Physical Therapist asked us about our feeding arrangements and if any one had mentioned a feeder seat to us. She brought this feeder seat with her for her next PT visit with Emily. |
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Although the feeder seat (above) did fit into the high chair we had,
it was a snug fit. Emily's Special Education Teacher brought this high
chair and the feeder seat fit into it much better. We continued to
use this high chair after Emily out grew the feeder seat. The tray
on this high chair provided Emily with more support as it curved around her
in front. Rolled bath towels were too fat for this chair yet Emily
still needed a little extra trunk support. Rolled hand towels worked
fairly well and she eventually grew so they were just right.
Notice Emily's hands are fisted here. When she began receiving Early Intervention services, her hands were fisted most of the time. She began opening them and grasping for things but proper support was, and still is, essential. Also, notice that Emily is sitting on a pillow to raise her up a bit so that the tray is a better position for her. |
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We began taking the high chair camping with us as nothing else worked
well enough for Emily at camp. It turned out it wasn't such a crazy idea.
We d kept the high chair under the canopy, but even if it did get left out
and it rained it didn't matter since it is all washable and water-proof.
This photo was taken on the weekend of my birthday. Someone brought me a piece of birthday cake wrapped in aluminum foil and you see who got the cake! For something like chocolate, Emily doesn't bother trying to use utensils, the fingers and hands get the job done a LOT faster.
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When Emily opened the booster chair on Christmas morning, she had to
get right in it! That turned out to be good because it worked very
well for her to open her other presents while sitting in the booster chair
with the tray on.
It is not safe, however, to have a child sit in the booster seat on the floor out in the open since they can, as Emily does, push up on her feet and tip backwards. Setting the chair on the floor against a wall or heavy piece of furniture does work well, though. We do this at friends birthday parties so Emily can play with the other kids. Taking the booster seat to other peoples homes provides Emily with proper seating for meals and snacks and it can double as a floor chair eliminating the need to drag along the corner chair too. This booster chair is made by Safety-First. |
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Although this photo does not show much of the booster chair, I elected
to include it as a "before" photo. The "after" photo, below, shows
the booster chair rather well.
This photo was taken on Emily's third birthday. We had gotten our electricity turned back on the night before after being without electricity for 11 days. This was due to the great ice storm of 1998 (January). We had a big birthday party planned for both Jimbo and Emily for the following weekend but decided to post pone it as many people were still without power. Since I had spent the whole day cleaning up after being so long with electricity (therefore, without running water), we took the kids to McDonald's and came home to have this cake I had managed to throw together (and the only candle I could find after being so long without electricity!) |
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This photo was taken after Emily's second piece of cake -- a change of
clothes was needed after the first piece!
In this photo you can see the straps that snap around the back of the chair and the ones that secure around the bottom of the chair. The seat belt has the strap that comes up between the legs. This is very important for Emily as she tends to thrust her hips foward, and without the center strap, she can slip out of the chair. The yellow button on the side of the booster chair is to release the seat bottom to fold up. There is another button on the other side. After folding the bottom of the chair up, the red sides fold in and the straps wrap around and buckle together to hold it together. The tray then fits inside and there is a cut out handle on the top of the back of the chair. Often, I tuck a bib inside with the tray and slip the straps through a handle of Emily's cup before buckling it. This way I have everything Emily needs for eating away from home totable with just one hand. |
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