Terror Chair

We bought this little chair for Momoka to play in. It looked more fun than the Bumbo chair that seems to be all the rage because this chair has a lot of toys attached to it. The Bumbo is just a boring looking chair. We ordered this high speed Bumbo beater from the internet and anxiously awaited its arrival. We wanted the chair as an alternative to the bouncer and baby car that require Momoka to stand up the entire time she is playing in them. She has a motorized swing but has never been a big baby swing child so that isn't really an option for more than a few minutes. We were looking for something that she could enjoy while we're doing chores or cooking and couldn't wag her around because of what we were doing. The chair also looked like it might be perfect for feeding her because we wouldn't have to worry about her slipping through the high chair seat and plopping on the floor.

The chair arrived and I got it out of the box and put it together. I couldn't wait to sit Momoka down in the chair and show her the toys. I picked her up out of her baby car she was driving around "Kitchen Motor Speedway" and placed her square in the seat of the new chair. She looked unsure about the chair and when I started showing her the toys, along with the noises they made, she let out a huge squawk and started crying very hard. Hmmmm, never done that before. Maybe she was in a bad mood / tired and cranky so we decided to give the chair another try the next day. Well, we had the same results the following day too. We then decided the toys were making noises she was not liking so I took all the toys off except the lady bug mirror.

The chair, sans toys, is now an acceptable place to watch Mommy and Daddy but only for a minute of two. She is still a little wary of the thing. In the past she hasn't shown too much fear and loud noises never really seemed to bother her but she has gotten more sensitive to noise in the last few weeks. Who knows, maybe she is also becoming a little more color sensitive - this chair, from a color perspective, is LOUD! Ours has an orange seat.

Oh well, you can't win 'em all. My holy grail - the perfect baby toy.

I am finally out of that terror chair. Moving on to something a little better - my nappy nap.