High Chair Nightmare, please help.

[Confuzzeled]

DS is 12 months, he is BLW by his own choice, he doesn't like spoons and likes only to feed himself. This was going fine until he discovered he was able to stand up in his high chair. Even if I have the straps on tight as they go he can still get out. Sitting him back down over and over results in tears. Letting him stand up is dangerous and he kneels in his food.

I tried putting him at a small table with his older sister but that was a disaster.

I tried taking him out whenever he stood up but he just doesn't care. He's not the biggest eater and will happily fill up on milk. Which is also an issue as I'm trying to stop night feeds but he's a bloody minded little terror.

Help, meal times are turning into a major stress and I need him to get enough food to sleep better.

Just a big bump.No advice but lots of sympathy!

How is he standing up? The (£11) Ikea Antilop doesn't have a footrest, he'd be hard pressed to get to his feet in that!

Get him some reins that go through his arms rather then a strap over his stomach IYKWIM.

Is he is a highchair with waist strap or 5 point harness style strap?

Mine stands up in the Ikea one. Sigh.

Well I suppose you could sit him on the floor or on your lap. Or let him toddle about with a sandwich...

Don't leave him though, my dd2 broke her collar bone falling out of high chair.

Rockbird, my ds constantly climbed out of the ikea highchair! he just held onto the sides, and because of the space, lifted hiself up, then drew his legs up so his knees were out then could bend his legs and place feet where his bum should have been!

first time he did it dd shouted 'look at him mummy!'while i had my back turned about 4 foot away washing up. ds was sat in middle f kitchen table eating an unpeeled orange!!

I 2nd rockbird

The Ikea chair is very hard for them to stand in especially with the tray on, there is just not the room.

I still use it for DD (2.7) although without the tray now, just against table iyswim as she is a titch

Confuzzeled - strap him in to the antilop and either really try and distract him - sing, dance, do soemthing weird etc or just put up with the tears for a bit - he is too young to sit at the table obviously.

Although if he is filling up with milk then there isnt much incentive to sit in the chair so maybe a twopronged approach? Its a bit mean to make him sit in the chair when he isnt hungry at all.

And ime the food isnt related to the sleeping. You can drop the nighttime feeds yourself once you are down to one feed - its not related to how hungry they are most of the time.

Goodness, my little Houdini couldn't get out of the Antilop, I thought it was escapee-proof! She mustn't have been trying hard enough :o

Surely a securely-fastened 5-point harness (i.e. from a set of reins) will be enough to keep him in his chair?

In our day nursery we used reins on every high chair, as well as the chair straps.
Some babies were such Houdinis we had to tighten every strap.
There is usually an attachment point, or you can screw in a couple of metal eyes.
The nylon webbing reins can go in the washing machine too.

It's a Chicco high chair with a 5 point harness, a good one I picked up at the nearly new sale as dd used to wriggle about so much when feeding I wanted something padded.

DS can climb out the Ikea one too, we use them when we go there, I live quite close and the food is good when I'm feeling lazy.

I have reins somewhere, I shall dig them out and have a go.

Omnishambles - I know your right, neither of my children seem to need much sleep and I've always blamed food for it but I think it's just in our family. DD is getting better (she's 3.5yo now) but DS is up and wanting fed 2 or 3 times a night. He doesn't feed to sleep so I don't think it's that. It may be comfort but every time I've tried to reduce feeds he gets really upset, will fall asleep but wakes up every 15 - 20 mins until I feed him.

HV says I need to get more calories in him during the day. He eats like a monster in the morning but loses interest mid afternoon and by dinner time he hardly eats at all.