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May 2020
16m 56s

Why Your Baby’s High Chair Needs a Footr...

KATIE FERRARO
About this episode

#7: This is a hard one for parents to hear: but your baby’s feet should be resting flat on a footrest in the high chair. A footrest helps stabilize your baby’s core, which in turn facilitates a safe swallow. 

 

Dangling feet are a no-go zone; but all is not lost if your high chair does not have a footrest! What do you do if your high chair does not have a footrest? I’ll show you some DIY high chair hacks to help improve your high chair’s safety if it does not have an adjustable footrest and give my recommendations for the best high chairs for baby-led weaning. 

 

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