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Originally posted by FunnyMummy:
My take on highchairs and bibs. With one LO, we don't use the highchair a lot or bibs. In my personal experience, when you have more than one toddler (mine were 14mos apart), it is easier to manage them with these things.
Often (3-4 days a week) in the summer, I would have my two plus a neice and a cousin. There would be four kids w/in 14 months of age... mine were the oldest and the youngest. (And I did this voluntarily....am I crazy?) Since they were together a lot, I had booster seats for all of them and bibs. The bibs stopped around age 3. (Although I kept a couple for special occasions when I didnt want an outfit ruined right before we needed to leave.) I guess what I'm getting at is that if I had to risk changeing six outfits after each meal, I'd use bibs till they were teenagers! LOL With one, if he gets food on him (IF...haha), it's almost as easy to just put on another shirt.


The booster seats remained until they were 5-6. It is hard for me to tolerate a child getting up and down 20 times during a meal... or half sitting on the edge of the chair, half standing. Multipy times six.... ugh! Even the ones who normally (at home) would never sit still for dinner, always stayed in the booster.

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Originally posted by mluvsjaa:
poor Jon!!

If I had 6 + 2 yea they would def still be seated in high chairs and wearing bibs!!

Jacob was in his high chair till almost 3, when Alex was old enough and needed it. lol Alex was in it until we moved here, so right around 2.5.
I'll keep Alyssa in her's till somewhere between 3 and 4. don't plan on having another one to take it before then.
Both boys wore bibs till they were out of highchairs.