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Hi all,

 my daughter is 9 months old. i started weaning from 6 months, and from that time, she has been feeding sitting/ laying on a bouncer. we were in our home country that time and didnt want to carry an high chair back with me, so didnt bother to really train her on it. Now, she has grown too big for bou cer and can easily get down from it, inspite of me tying her up with the straps. so we finally bought a high chair, but now she is terribly refusing to sit on it. she wants to roam about and eat and i am not really happy with it. Feeding time is so stressful for both of us now, and when i force her to sit on it, she ends up throwing up all the food she has eaten. Please give me some advice on how to make high chair experience interesting.

hi. you must not go back to feeding in her bouncer, it's really not safe so don't give in. she may be testing you untill she gets what she wants so stick at what is right no matter how tough it is.

you could try the type of chairs that attach to a normal chair (they have no trays) so she can sit straight to the table with you. this may make her feel better. look on the net or in shops.

stick with forceing her into high chair untill you get one, if you decide to get one, otherwise your going to have real problems at dinner time. you've got to keep calm though, don't show any emotion, not even when she throws it back up. she could be doing that on purpose or simply getting so upset it comes back up. stick to every time she eats she goes in her high chair no matter what. you've got to show her your the boss and her tantrum wont make the slightest bit of difference. but stay calm!

Thank you very much. That sounds really encouraging.  we have the normal chair attaching high chair, so let me see, how this goes on.  i'll  have work on being calm though. Anyways thanks. will keep you posted.

i give my little lad toys when sat in his high chair and my partner does the here comes a plane tirck to make him intertested in being sat there x

my little boy refuses to sit in a high chair just throws a tantrum and ends up not eating, he now just runs about while i feed him although im not happy with this, he does eat his full meal this way so im happy enough to let him!