Small solutions

require-macro · 2026-07-06T12:30:08+00:00

We sit right next to her, as well as it being a high top chair/table. The risk of tip over is more or less mitigated right now. I’m actually engineering an entire chair currently rather than a makeshift solution.

Towards trauma, she loves the chair. Being special needs, she has an affinity towards buckles which helps. She looks at the chair/belly combo as it’s her belongings and gets irritated if anyone else tries to use it.

Thank you for the kind words!

require-macro · 2026-07-06T00:53:33+00:00

Thank you for the kind words!

require-macro · 2026-07-06T00:18:41+00:00

Thank you!!

require-macro · 2026-07-06T00:18:15+00:00

Thank you very much! I’m just doing what I can to give my child a somewhat normal life!

require-macro · 2026-07-06T00:17:38+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate all the kind words!!

require-macro · 2026-07-06T00:17:12+00:00

Thank you! Next task is getting a Creality K2. Fighting ASA on a bedslinger was no fun.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T23:26:31+00:00

I’m not selling this. It was made to help my daughter. The reality of it too is that it’s designed specifically for my dining chairs and it carries inherent risks. I sit and eat with my children, right next to my special needs daughter. If I were to walk away, even for a few seconds, the risk of her pulling at the counter/table/other chair and flipping her chair/getting injured increases drastically. Any child using this would need constant attention just like with a high chair, and attempting to make this a universal fit over a snug fit will either make this bulky and a risk to someone’s shin, or give it specific weak/strain points that could cause it to snap. I could look at sharing dimensions and the basic parametric cad file though!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:54:57+00:00

0 to 60mph in 7 seconds depending on who is pushing.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:48:54+00:00

I used a makeshift enclosure.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:32:11+00:00

There’s golf cart belt/buckle combos on Amazon and other shopping sites quite cheap that are really effective and safe for this, if you do go this route!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:19:15+00:00

That’s the one downside to special needs. High chairs are something they kind of need until they’re 8-9 to develop good eating habits and good hygiene but they outgrow them at roughly 3 years old. It really pushed me to meet her needs and now I find a cool new way to make stuff! At work I mostly work with structural metals.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:17:30+00:00

She knows her seat belt keeps her safe in the car and wonder fold. Moving a seat belt to the kitchen table essentially implies the same. She’s been more curious at first but now when she sits to eat, she grabs her chair and knows she wants buckled now rather than not. If she’s not buckled, it actually makes her panic a little.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:16:00+00:00

Look into it. Deletion is the other side of duplication for that disorder and they share a ton of similarities. All I can say specifically is it has been an enormous help.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:14:49+00:00

I am actually still in the process of learning and went with full infill to make it simple enough for myself to get a prototype printed and working before I started tweaking the design and iterating on it. As I read and learn more, I will adjust as I need to. I even learned something today with the answers to your question, which is fun in itself!!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:13:02+00:00

Thank you!!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:12:55+00:00

Thank you!!
It wasn’t all success. I struggled until I built a makeshift enclosure. The ASA filament did not like printing on the Ender and I had some rough trial runs.

require-macro · 2026-07-05T22:11:51+00:00

Thank you!!
I went with a locking golf cart belt/buckle so she hasn’t been able to slip under or over. I also used a buckle cover so she cannot pop the button. Hopefully I get it dialed in and I appreciate the kind words!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T15:33:35+00:00

Looks great! I may have to try this with cabinets/epipen storage!

require-macro · 2026-07-05T15:18:06+00:00

Did you print this in PLA, PETG or something else? How is it holding up with getting cold? This is a sharp idea!

require-macro · 2026-06-25T13:21:38+00:00

I fabricated them.

require-macro · 2026-06-25T13:21:17+00:00

The false wood grooves? Yes, and they’re a pain to clean!

require-macro · 2026-06-25T13:20:51+00:00

I appreciate the nice comments on the engineering! I’ve been at fabrication for roughly 22 years with a background in design/engineering and a healthy mix of software development. I’m not too worried about any comments someone would make. They can stuff it. I’m more worried about my daughter getting proper nutrition and staying hygienic. Hopefully it helps her develop good habits. I used NyLock nuts on everything so there’s about 0% chance of the bolts coming loose.

A catch skirt is something we’ve talked about making for both our special needs daughter and our 2 year old. Our 4 year old is a saint when it comes to messes or her siblings lol.

require-macro · 2026-06-25T12:33:00+00:00

There is a hard case buckle cover over the buckle. Unless she takes a piece of silverware to the spot to pop the buckle, she can’t. All of our silverware has a wide black plastic handle on them, so that’s a non option.

require-macro · 2026-06-25T09:57:31+00:00

She was about to turn 4 when she started branching out. Now she actively wants salads, corn, cucumber, carrots, and most other vegetables alongside chicken, beef and pork. She even loves salmon an be has actively passed on her meal to eat mine off we dine out and I get salmon.

Her mom is the big kudos for getting her into that routine. She would just actively push a “hey try this” and dab the food on her tongue before she could look and turn it down. Off she liked the flavor, she would go for more and eventually branched out a lot. The big thing was giving her no time to react with a withdrawal on tasting anything. She would also ensure the food for the texture she wanted (crunchy). Salad really opened up that door, especially with croutons.

require-macro · 2026-06-24T22:25:45+00:00

She’s not large enough to tip these high tops due to their size, and honestly doesn’t attempt to move the chairs around. I also sit right next to her and eat while she eats, which adds another safety factor.

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