Bouncy Chair

sarahhoney · Mar 20th, 2010, 10:34 AM

Hi Ladies,

Quick question about your use of your bouncy chairs!

Every day Dylan is becoming more and more awake - he is a premmie and his due date is tomorrow! So I talk to him, sing, dance - yesterday we gave a good 30 minute performance to the Glee soundtrack! But obviously as all of us know we have got to get things done!

Now as he was a premmie his bouncy chair was way too big but we've started to introduce it slowly and today I've plonked him in it while I wash up, tidy etc!

My question (after the waffling) is to ask if you ladies leave your little ones in their bouncy chairs if/when they fall asleep or do you move them into their moses baskets etc?

billybump · Mar 20th, 2010, 10:45 AM

I was told by my midwife to only keep my Lo in his chair for an hour max (this was when he was 2 weekds old, he was 3days over due date) even now I don't put him in it for long as he leans to one side, I put him in his pram with a toy arch when I'm doing jobs. He. usually falls asleep in there after a while.

AtomicPink · Mar 20th, 2010, 10:48 AM

now and again i did, but not a lot. if hes ok to move while sleepin i'd move him.

polaris · Mar 20th, 2010, 11:09 AM

My LO took the majority of his naps in his bouncy chair until he was 4 months old. But only once he could support his head well and was comfortable in it.

xolily · Mar 20th, 2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by polaris

My LO took the majority of his naps in his bouncy chair until he was 4 months old. But only once he could support his head well and was comfortable in it.

this.. Laila has a flat head on one side and when laid flat she always falls to that side and stays there.. in her chair she moves to the other side.

ellie27 · Mar 20th, 2010, 15:31 PM

Anna is in her bouncy chair quite a bit during the day and she will fall asleep and I just leave her. She has good head control and the chair is well reclined and has a head support on it.

Anna is in her chair for easily 6 hours a day - hope thats not too much!!

If your chair is too big put rolled up blankets along the sides - worked for us

premmiemum123 · Mar 20th, 2010, 15:59 PM

My LO was three months prem and I used her bouncer a lot! She slept in it during the day for the first two months I had her home so she would have been five months but two months corrected, it was a god send. I would put her in there whilst I had a shower, did housework, cooked dinner...then after two months we started to put her in her cot for naps as she was beginning to move a bit more.

Moodyelf · Mar 20th, 2010, 16:49 PM

I tend to wait until she is sound asleep and then move her into her moses basket. That being said, I think it's only happened 3 times in the last month lol I tend to pop her on her play mat if I have to do anything while she's awake at the moment, especially if I have to leave the room (but that's partly as I have a hyper 3 year old running round too! lol)

Kota · Mar 20th, 2010, 17:31 PM

On the unforeseen day that my LO decided he was going to fall asleep on his own in his bouncer... you bet I'd leave him there!

Mar 20th, 2010, 10:34 AM	#1
sarahhoney Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 755	Bouncy Chair Hi Ladies, Quick question about your use of your bouncy chairs! Every day Dylan is becoming more and more awake - he is a premmie and his due date is tomorrow! So I talk to him, sing, dance - yesterday we gave a good 30 minute performance to the Glee soundtrack! But obviously as all of us know we have got to get things done! Now as he was a premmie his bouncy chair was way too big but we've started to introduce it slowly and today I've plonked him in it while I wash up, tidy etc! My question (after the waffling) is to ask if you ladies leave your little ones in their bouncy chairs if/when they fall asleep or do you move them into their moses baskets etc?

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Mar 20th, 2010, 10:45 AM	#2
billybump Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: yorkshire dales Posts: 658	I was told by my midwife to only keep my Lo in his chair for an hour max (this was when he was 2 weekds old, he was 3days over due date) even now I don't put him in it for long as he leans to one side, I put him in his pram with a toy arch when I'm doing jobs. He. usually falls asleep in there after a while.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 10:48 AM	#3
AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 19,122	now and again i did, but not a lot. if hes ok to move while sleepin i'd move him.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 11:09 AM	#4
polaris Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,746	My LO took the majority of his naps in his bouncy chair until he was 4 months old. But only once he could support his head well and was comfortable in it.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 15:31 PM	#6
ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 8,702	Anna is in her bouncy chair quite a bit during the day and she will fall asleep and I just leave her. She has good head control and the chair is well reclined and has a head support on it. Anna is in her chair for easily 6 hours a day - hope thats not too much!! If your chair is too big put rolled up blankets along the sides - worked for us

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Mar 20th, 2010, 15:59 PM	#7
premmiemum123 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Surrey Posts: 464	My LO was three months prem and I used her bouncer a lot! She slept in it during the day for the first two months I had her home so she would have been five months but two months corrected, it was a god send. I would put her in there whilst I had a shower, did housework, cooked dinner...then after two months we started to put her in her cot for naps as she was beginning to move a bit more.

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Mar 20th, 2010, 16:49 PM	#8
Moodyelf Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Grimsby Posts: 494	I tend to wait until she is sound asleep and then move her into her moses basket. That being said, I think it's only happened 3 times in the last month lol I tend to pop her on her play mat if I have to do anything while she's awake at the moment, especially if I have to leave the room (but that's partly as I have a hyper 3 year old running round too! lol)

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Mar 20th, 2010, 17:31 PM	#9
Kota Other BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: In a land down under.. Posts: 10,360	On the unforeseen day that my LO decided he was going to fall asleep on his own in his bouncer... you bet I'd leave him there!

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