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Safety
Tips for High Chairs, Booster Seats and Hook-On Seats for Kids
Once your
child is able to sit up on its own and is starting to eat baby
food you can begin sitting them in a high chair at feeding time. High
chairs
come in many different colors, styles and brands so you can often find
one that
can match your child’s décor or even the décor of your
own home. As your child
gets bigger and older you can also use booster seats and hook-on seats
which
are great for taking to restaurants, grandparents and on trips.
Safety
Tips for using high chairs, boosters and hook-on seats:
High Chairs and
Booster Seats
- Never leave your baby unattended
while they are in a high chair. Curious children will often try to
stand up which can cause an unnecessary fall.
- Keep all eating trays clean and
sterilized.
- Always make sure that slide off
trays are snapped into their proper position. If they are not the baby
could climb or lean forward and fall out. Also, make sure their fingers
are out of the way when you attach the trays so you don’t smash their
little fingers.
- Always make sure that the straps
that hold your little one in the chair are properly secured and
fastened.
- Make sure that the chair is not
near anything that your child could use as leverage to push off from
and tip the high chair backwards. Also make sure it is not near
anything that a child could grab or touch that could hurt them like a
light switch, receptacle or cooking utensil.
Hook-On
Seats
- When you use a hook-on seat make
sure to hook it to a wooden or metal table and make sure it is very
secure. Never attach it to a glass table.
- If you use placemats on tables
make sure that they do not interfere with the grips that hold the chair
to the table securely.
Popular high chair brands for
kids are
Chicco, Cosco, Eddie Bauer, Evenflo Fisher-Price, Graco, Peg
Perego, and
Stokke
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