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  • SnowGirl
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2016
    • 131

    Is this behavior normal?

    I have a 1 yo DCG (turns two in July) whom I have had since she was 8 weeks old. Ever since she was sitting up and eating solids, she has seemed very uncomfortable in highchairs. I started her in the bumbo (as I do with all my 6 month olds), then she moved to a playschool chair that straps onto a dining table chair, then when we got a bigger house I was able to move her to a real high chair, and now she's sitting in a child's chair from Ikea.

    In all of these seating surfaces, she shifts around constantly. It almost looks like she's trying to pass a really hard poo or something. She'll arch her back, she has a distressed look on her face, when she was a baby she would cry and scream when put in the high chair. Now that she is in a chair, she'll sit and eat, but like I said she's bouncing up and down as if she's really uncomfortable.

    I brought it up to her mother, who said she noticed it too. But she didn't say anything else about it or seem concerned.

    Should I just leave it be? Or should I ask the parents to get a doctor's opinion in case it's sensory? Not my business? I've never seen this behavior before.
  • Mom2Two
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2015
    • 1855

    #2
    Does she do better with a soft surface? Does she only squirm when in these chairs or does she act constipated at other times?

    I guess if you can figure out a work-around, go for it.

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    • SnowGirl
      Daycare.com Member
      • Jan 2016
      • 131

      #3
      She'll sit on a soft surface or on my lap just fine. She's pretty active and never in one place for long (like most kids her age). When sitting on a hard surface, she is always bouncing or shifting as if uncomfortable. I might see if a cushion on her chair will change that.

      I just didn't know if this was concerning enough to bring up to a pediatrician or if I shouldn't worry about it if mom and dad aren't worrying about it.

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      • Lovatic24
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jun 2014
        • 97

        #4
        I have this at my house. The middle blue part is suspended from the white frame and moves a bit with their weight.
        Non-slip rubber around the bottom and holds up to 60 lbs.
        I bought mine at Target.https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionhe...SMZVVF4810GK64

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        • hwichlaz
          Daycare.com Member
          • May 2013
          • 2064

          #5
          I wonder if something is up with her tailbone....sounds like my step mom after breaking hers. Once it was healed, she still couldn't sit in a hard chair without discomfort.

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          • sahm1225
            Advanced Daycare.com Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 2060

            #6
            Originally posted by hwichlaz
            I wonder if something is up with her tailbone....sounds like my step mom after breaking hers. Once it was healed, she still couldn't sit in a hard chair without discomfort.
            I was thinking tailbone too. Is she fidgeting or actually bouncing in her chair?

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