High Chair

I have observed that preschools are usually aren't stay put when they eat. Mamas or yayas often have to follow them to feed while they run around and play.

My nephew, Josh, is one of them. He's already about to be seven years old. Even though he knows that he can already eat on his own, he still wants to let his mamala (grandma) spoon-feed him for reasons that he can't let go of the console joystick or the computer keyboard he's holding. However, when at times that his mamala isn't around and he would really be very hungry already, he would have no choice but eat on his own.

Worse is Josh's friend, Ken. His mother would follow him around (to spoon-feed him) even to the house of his playmate. At times, he would eat in our place because he doesn't like to end his play with Josh. So his mama would just give him his plate of food and instruct him to eat. This time, Josh and Ken would eat on their own , the good thing of letting them eat together. On the other hand, Ken's mama is already satisfied that his son has eaten already though not in their house.

I also saw other toddlers or preschools being fed outside of their houses. So literally they're already in our subdivision's road. Their "alaga" (child being taken care of) is either running around or playing with their bikes. They also seem to find it okay to have their child eat while playing.

The above are just the scenarios I don't like my baby Jaiden to be doing someday. His pediatrician advised us to have him in a high chair on his first solid food eating to train him to be in a proper place during his meal. A no-no is the walker as he'll think that it's okay to eat while walking or playing around. He should really be in a high chair. When he can already hold his own spoon and fork or eat finger foods, he should be eating together with us during our regular meal time. With this, he'll associate that eating time is really eating time in a proper place and at proper times. Also, we have to be patient in cleaning his eating mess as this is a priceless sacrifice for his training.

So we planned to buy one and canvassed for its price. I was initially shocked of its price. In SM, the prices range from two thousand pesos plus to fifteen thousand pesos plus (for the branded). Gosh! I couldn't believe my eyes knowing that using this high chair isn't forever. So we didn't buy at that moment. Later on I was getting used to its price ranges.

The need to buy arouse when Jaiden in his stroller was getting hard to feed. He would slouch and move his head (due to the stroller's very spacious front) to the extent that the Cerelac would unintentionally be placed anywhere in his face. Then his stroller would get very dirty of the mess.

Having SM's info of its high chair prices I asked Ariel to visit Metro Ayala. Fortunately there were high chairs sold at reasonable prices. So Ariel bought one at a price of almost five thousand pesos. The price wasn't a big deal then since the high chair is of good quality.

In the picture below, it's obvious that Jaiden is enjoying his high chair. I just hope that this will be for good.