Bumbo chair

The bumbo chair was a disaster for my 2nd refluxer. Any time he was put in it, he threw up, projectile. We used the bouncy chair w/o vibration after feeds, for 15 minutes, to help lessen throw up. With our first, we actually put him in the swing after eating, and he would relax there for 15 minutes. The 2nd hated the swing! Good luck.

BTW, we borrowed a bouncy chair by Baby Bjorn, that was fabulous. Just material and some wooden bears. Unfortunately, it wasn’t available to borrow for our 2nd. We loved it so much, we bit the bullet ($100) and bought it. It’s been our savior, b/c our 2nd weighed 24 lbs b4 he was 8 months old and most bouncy chairs only support up to 24 lbs.

My friend’s reflux baby loved his bumbo. Alex liked it but couldn’t sit up in it because she was so skinny. I think that a lot of it depends on the “build” of the baby.

We had a bumbo for physical therapy purposes, and it really helped Bryce build trunk control, but he was a lot older when we used it. We would always put Bryce in his infant carseat after he ate to keep him upright, and that worked really well for us. He was upright enough, but it didn’t scrunch his tummy.

Carter didn’t like it, but we had success with an excersaucer and stuffed tons of towels around him and put some under his feet so he could be completely supported. A baby einstein video would keep him still, upright and happy for a good 20 minutes or so after a feed…