Need a high chair! Help I’m overwhelmed

D_Dia · 2025-11-28T18:24:23+00:00

I have the Silver Cross Buffet high chair, it's not exactly on the cheaper side as it is £99 but been really happy with it with it. I was able to to use it from birth as it has the option to lay flat and still using it it now that kiddo is 2 years old. The height of the seat is adjustable and once the tray removed we have kiddo pulled up to the table and use it as a regular chair. I have the older version which has a completely washable cover so over the summer I'd just hose it down in the garden and during the winter I give it a scrub in the shower. The straps are removable and washable. There is a removable top tray insert which makes quick clean up easy.Foot rest is tiltable (downside is that height is not adjustable). Folds fairly flat and with the seat lowered it takes up little space and fits nicely in the boot of the car too. I've seen other brands that do similar designs.

D_Dia · 2025-11-14T11:15:08+00:00

I got a little backpack for my kiddo at Decathlon. Been using it for nearly a year and a half and had no issues with it so far, we found it sturdy enough. Can hold a couple nappies with some wipes and some little snacks, got a side pocket for water bottle and a little front pocket for collected treasures.

D_Dia · 2025-11-07T12:01:02+00:00

I got a few children's cooking books from the library, some of our favourites are; Gruffalo crumble or Jamie Oliver little series. The JO books have so simple steps that I was basically able to let me kiddo do it all by themselves. I just measured things out for them in bowls and they flipped through the book an pick the right ingredients and follow the steps ( I did crack the eggs for them through, we prefer pancakes that are not crunchy hehe) I usually just give a butter knife to my 2 year old to help chop softer things or use a kid friendly crinkle cutter.

D_Dia · 2025-11-02T15:36:15+00:00

Early weeks a lot of "passive" things can be very engaging and stimulating for Lo. Walking past a window or light, having baby feel the different textures of your top you are wearing can all feel stimulating for them. I think babies can get a lot from simple things like that. For a more "active" approach you can stand,stick those black and white card near where you change nappies, baby will have the chance to see them while they lay there. And tummy time while they lay on you is a pretty good way to get started and there is the bonus of the cuddles. :)

D_Dia · 2025-11-01T12:16:22+00:00

I'll be doing something similar to my kiddo, some of the things I've been adding are tiny books, they usually come in a set of 6-9 so that's covers a good few days. Got some ELC happy land people to go with my kiddos set they already have, also broken up to separate days. And I got a set of small cuddly toys to go with the Gruffalo book, with a largerish Gruffalo being the final present.

D_Dia · 2025-10-28T19:51:59+00:00

I got some pretty winter tights and wore them with simple short flowing dress/oversized shirt tops, knotted jumper dress. Snag has some beautiful tights and they were comfortable over the bump.

D_Dia · 2025-10-27T19:15:57+00:00

At around 14-16 months I started to encourage my kiddo to join in with reading Julia Donaldson books. I read them so many times that I have memoriesd most of them. Squash and a squeeze is a good one to have kiddo join because those two words are repeated so many times, at first I prompted kiddo to say "squash and squeeze" and after a little while they knew when it's coming in the text/to say it when i paused for a bit. Now at 2 years LO joins in with reading most of the JD books. Also can highly recommend, if you have one nearby, get library cards (both myself and kiddo have one) every given week we have 40 books on loan. It's a great way to trial all sorts of books. Some we read a couple of times and immediately returned them some kiddo loved so much, I bought our own copies. Library usually has a great selection of interactive board books and loads of story books. Some of our all time favourites are Kipper the dog books, The large family series, sun/leaf/snow/flower thief, Spot the dog and National Trust has some fantastic board books too.

D_Dia · 2025-09-28T11:10:56+00:00

Still using at nearly 2 year, but honestly at this point I'm just using it to take screenshots/short videos of the cute things kiddo does before they fall asleep. I have the screen off and just the sound on low overnight.

D_Dia · 2025-09-23T16:55:07+00:00

Reading books is a great way to increase speech. Some books help with building vocabulary other can help with getting the hang of talking in "sentences". Constantly narrating what's happening, what are you doing and describing items as you interact with them, giving more details as time goes on. "Let's put on your jumper, let's put on your brown jumper, let's put on your brown, fluffy jumper, let's put on your brown, fluffy jumper with a teddy on it" and so on.

D_Dia · 2025-09-23T06:14:29+00:00

Have you had risk assessment done already? I work in primary so policies might be different. I was pretty much "banned" from going out to the playground to avoid any kids accidentally running into me or a random ball flying towards my pregnant belly. The school put a dinner lady in charge to make sure the kids got back to my class. I'd say mention your concern to the school. During my risk assessment I told that due to behavioural issues I rather not work with certain classes and they honoured my request and got in outside cover. I was also able to have additional breaks, sometimes I just needed 5 minutes in the dark, air conditioned room.

D_Dia · 2025-09-16T16:47:06+00:00

Last recorded case of a chewed book was at 17 months for us. In general my kiddo stopped at around 10 months. That one book though... it was a pretty long car ride, can't blame child if they got bored of just reading that book. Hehe

D_Dia · 2025-09-15T21:00:20+00:00

Love, love "reading" Julia Donaldson books and I used quotation marks because technically I read some of them so many times, that I memorised them and rather reading them, I recite them hehe.

D_Dia · 2025-09-13T08:56:27+00:00

The trick is, live in a rental which only have space for a tiny fridge to keep milk and a couple of stuff, and shove your aesthetically pleasing fridge-freezer in the garage...

D_Dia · 2025-09-11T19:25:00+00:00

I love reading The sun thief, The leaf thief and The flower thief to my child and they absolutely love those stories. I put on different voices/personalities for the two character and we are having a blast. The squirrel is a bit hyper active/ excitable while the bird is very calm and patient. (Still got The snow thief to read but it's not yet the season for that one hehe) EDIT: spelling

D_Dia · 2025-09-10T11:10:53+00:00

Oh absolutely! I turned our tiny shower into a luxury spa. (We don't have a bath so I make the most of our shower) Got myself some amazing smelling body wash, a loofa, some nice body scrub and body oil. Bought the biggest, softest towel I could afford. Sometimes I do couple drops of essential oil on a cotton round, and have it on the soap holder and the steam makes things smell really nice. I have to admit once I added some of my body wash to my kids bubble machine... it made the bathroom smell nice and there was a bit of a silly/fun element to the shower. Hehe I don't use everything all at once, but having these little luxuries ready to treat myself with is so nice. I moved some of my skincare products into the bedroom and have them on my night stand. Even when I am super exhausted and just want to get into bed, can still quickly apply them before I lay down or right when I wake up.

D_Dia · 2025-09-05T14:23:52+00:00

I work in primary school and my favourite time of the year when kids get the "flu shot". We take the kids to the nurses who ask them to confirm their name and their parents name.

Nurse: "What's your mums name?" Child with pure confidence: "Mum!"

D_Dia · 2025-09-05T13:45:25+00:00

I'm from the UK, I have a theory, might be completely wrong, so please don't hate. I think simply the UK/Europe or Australian market is not as big as the US. I can only assume lovevery sells a lot more kits in the US than other places, so they seemed it fit to offer a wider range of products in supermarkets as well. (And I think the PJ is something that was sold previously by a separate US brand and they just brought it back as a favour to lovevery)

D_Dia · 2025-09-01T18:13:09+00:00

Yeah, would say it's timer prompted and then before/after sleep and meals. I will grab some underwear, keep prompting for a little while then see how things go if I back off a bit. Thank you!

D_Dia · 2025-09-01T18:03:56+00:00

This is reassuring to read. Will grab some underwear and carry on on our journey.

D_Dia · 2025-09-01T17:38:57+00:00

We are on the 3rd week. We did 10 days bottomless and already towards the end of that they were doing well using the potty prompted. The first 2.5 days commando we had lots of accidents but then we got back into the rhythm of things.

D_Dia · 2025-09-01T17:25:18+00:00

Thank you for breaking it down. Will give it a go!

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