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Hawksmuir

purplepatch wrote: »

I've got the Prima Pappa Evo,

All things considered, a big thumbs down from me!

Wow we have one and it is one of our best ever purchases.

Cameron is 4 months and loves the chair, we put him in it if either of us is int he kitchen and he can have a good nosey around and see what we are up to.

We started weaning him at 14 weeks, he is now on

Breakfast - 8 oz milk & 2 rusks mushed with 2oz baby milk
Lunch - 3 ices cubes of Mums special Veg dish & 2 oz milk
Afternoon - 2 oz Orange & Water - Helps the bowels
Tea - 1/2 pot of baby food & 4 oz milk
Supper - 8 oz baby milk

We were told by HV that as long as he took solids and 20oz of milk he would be fine.

purplepatch

Hawksmuir wrote: »

Wow we have one and it is one of our best ever purchases.

Cameron is 4 months and loves the chair, we put him in it if either of us is int he kitchen and he can have a good nosey around and see what we are up to.

We started weaning him at 14 weeks, he is now on

Breakfast - 8 oz milk & 2 rusks mushed with 2oz baby milk
Lunch - 3 ices cubes of Mums special Veg dish & 2 oz milk
Afternoon - 2 oz Orange & Water - Helps the bowels
Tea - 1/2 pot of baby food & 4 oz milk
Supper - 8 oz baby milk

We were told by HV that as long as he took solids and 20oz of milk he would be fine.

I guess it's each to their own, I really am not keen. But I guess I'm swayed by the horribly ripped cushion and the fact that at nearly 18 months, Izzy still can't comfortably reach the tray. She is quite petite, but we're not talking abnormal, only a couple of cms shorter than her counterparts.

Actually, as it's 2nd hand, I have to say that I'm not 100% sure my Prima Pappa is actually the "Evo", but it looks identical to the picture of the Evo in every way - crotch post, 2 trays, folding mechanism etc

Edit to say that it isn't just me that has a problem with the tray height, lol.

Hawksmuir

purplepatch wrote: »

I guess it's each to their own, I really am not keen. But I guess I'm swayed by the horribly ripped cushion and the fact that at nearly 18 months, Izzy still can't comfortably reach the tray. She is quite petite, but we're not talking abnormal, only a couple of cms shorter than her counterparts.

Actually, as it's 2nd hand, I have to say that I'm not 100% sure my Prima Pappa is actually the "Evo", but it looks identical to the picture of the Evo in every way - crotch post, 2 trays, folding mechanism etc

Edit to say that it isn't just me that has a problem with the tray height, lol.

We haven't got ot the tray stage with Cameron (yet), but the chair moves up and down, doesn't that help with the tray height.

SusanC_2

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

I bought Mother & Baby magazine today and inside is a voucher for a free pack of Toujours nappies from Lidl worth up to £4.99. Anyone tried these? I will probably pick a pack up as we have a store fairly local but am scared to deviate from my forever faithful Huggies!

I couldn't tell you where but I read somewhere online fairly recently that Toujours nappies are fairly good. Last month I put Alice in a disposbale nappy because OH had taken her vest off and we were at church and I was worried the washable nappy might fall off when someone else was holding her and the disposable fell off. :eek:

Highchair wise I guess the thing is to decide what your requirements are. I wanted something fairly easy to clean without loads of little ledges under where the child sits and something padded so it would be comfortable for her to sit in while I'm cooking, baking, wasing up etc. in the kitchen. If I hadn't wanted something padded I would've gone for the booster seat like Becles and Snaggles. This is what we got except we got a different pattern in a sale because they keep changing the colours and sell of the old ones cheaper. The removable tray insert is quite useful actually as it means that when we come to clean her up we can remove it along with any leftover food which maes cleaning up a bit easier. If you're thinking of doing BLW it's worth looking at how far forward the bit they sit on goes relative to the tray (and how close the tray is to the baby). We've found when we've eaten out that quite a few highchairs the dropped food goes onto the floor rather than onto the seat where she can pick it up again and one place we went the tray was so far away she ended up eating off her knee.

purplepatch

Hawksmuir wrote: »

We haven't got ot the tray stage with Cameron (yet), but the chair moves up and down, doesn't that help with the tray height.

No, unfortunately not, the tray goes up and down too :rotfl: If I put her drink in the drink hole, she can't reach anywhere near it :rolleyes: I've got the seat unreclined and the tray pushed in as far as it will go, but it's still much too high for her. :mad:

SusanC_2

To stop the straps on the highchair getting dirty, we put the apron on over the straps.

tsstss7

fac73 wrote: »

In other news Elliot almost crawled yesterday _pale_ he ha perfected the backwards shuffle and can move around relatively fast like this but hadn't budged an inch forwards before now:eek:

OH is convinced that it's any day now with our lo even though he's only going to be 5 mths on Sat. Makes me laugh when he puts him on his belly on his blanket on the floor and trys to encourage him...Archie just spins round and does the occasional roll . He is trying to sit up now though so wont be very long till the crib goes to the next baby in the family.

OH has also got it into his head that we should be teaching him to read!

ATGUTKA - don't forget in your purreeing frenzy that you can give finger foods too...it's a delight to watch something so small get a whole banana in their mouth at once (like my big ds first time round!). I also like to give a practise spoon to lo so he can join in when he gets the urge.

Agutka

tsstss7 wrote: »

ATGUTKA - don't forget in your purreeing frenzy that you can give finger foods too...it's a delight to watch something so small get a whole banana in their mouth at once (like my big ds first time round!). I also like to give a practise spoon to lo so he can join in when he gets the urge.

:o I don't like the mess :rolleyes:. I'm not very tidy, so anything he does might still be there for the next meal :eek:, knowing my laziness...

Like now, he's napping and I'm here instead of tidying...
Ooh, lunch! My opportunity to sit down with a coffee and maybe a sandwich. Me me me

Becles

Agutka wrote: »

Ooh, one thing came to my attention. I was quite happy to cook for him and avoid jars in everyday life, but have heard from several people that it is a good idea to introduce these tastes at weaning stages, so they do not refuse them when you're out and about. Any experiences of this?

I've given Charlotte some jars, as I knew she would get them at my Mam's and if we were out and about. It was more peace of mind for me so I know she would eat them! She's had them at home when we've had a meal that isn't suitable for her, like the head blowing chilli that my husband made earlier in the week!

I've also bought the fruit jars which include exotic and expensive fruits as it works out cheaper. Charlotte likes the Hipp blueberry one, but a tiny pack of fresh blueberries costs about £2.99!

Just thought I'd mention the benefits of having the baby in the highchair at your meal times. Charlotte has her evening meal about 5pm, but we don't eat ours until about 6.30pm. She sits in the highchair at the table and has some finger food. Sometimes a bit from what we are having, other times some banana or a biscuit or something. She had a slice of garlic bread tonight. It just gets baby used to sitting at the table with the family. They will pick up table manners and communication skills from this age, and you'll be more confident that they will behave when you take them to restaurants, weddings etc., later in life. Never had any trouble taking the boys out for meals and I swear it's because I introduced them to the table from a tiny age.

Js_Other_Half

Becles wrote: »

Just thought I'd mention the benefits of having the baby in the highchair at your meal times. Charlotte has her evening meal about 5pm, but we don't eat ours until about 6.30pm. She sits in the highchair at the table and has some finger food. Sometimes a bit from what we are having, other times some banana or a biscuit or something. She had a slice of garlic bread tonight. It just gets baby used to sitting at the table with the family. They will pick up table manners and communication skills from this age, and you'll be more confident that they will behave when you take them to restaurants, weddings etc., later in life. Never had any trouble taking the boys out for meals and I swear it's because I introduced them to the table from a tiny age.

I would agree with this wholeheartedly. Even before DS was eating, he sat with us in the kitchen when we had a meal. We ate out when he was a little over 8 months old - you could almost see the other diners cringing as we sat down. Ds was an absolute star - gummed some stuff from our meal and looked around at everyone else.

I too would second the antilop chair from ikea - portable and washable