Why Your Baby’s High Chair Needs a Footrest

#007: How does an adjustable footrest on your baby’s high chair help reduce the risk of choking? In this episode we’ll look at how your baby’s feet resting flat helps stabilize their core and support a safe swallow…and how to fix your high chair if it doesn’t have a footrest or if your baby’s feet don’t reach the footrest yet. Listen to this episode to learn: 1. Why your baby’s feet resting flat on a solid footplate helps reduce choking risk 2. How to build a DIY footrest if your high chair doesn’t have one 3. What to do if your high chair has a footrest, but your baby’s feet don’t reach yet Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/7 Links from this Episode My favorite high chair recommendations with discounts and deals (these are affiliate links): • Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair (new): The free tray gift with purchase offer is no longer available for the ⁠Tripp Trapp High Chair ⁠but you can get a free ⁠Tripp Trapp storage⁠ ($40 value) when you purchase the Tripp Trapp using the code BABYLED • Stokke Clikk High Chair: The free storage bag offer is no longer available for the Stokke Clikk but you can get a free Clikk cushion ($49 value) when you purchase the ⁠Stokke Clikk high chair⁠ using the code BABYLED • Mockingbird High Chair: Receive a free Early Eaters Dishware Set ($50 value) when you purchase the Mockingbird high chair using the code BABYLED: click here to shop • Unilove FeedMe Portable High Chair: Get 15-20% off my favorite portable high chair (discount changes depending on color/stock) with the code BLWFEEDME: click here to shop • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program and get $50 off when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50 • Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners Other Episodes Related to This Topic • Episode 492 - Mockingbird High Chair Review with @hello_mockingbird Stephanie Kaplan • Episode 490 - Tripp Trapp vs. Nomi High Chair: Which One is Better? • Episode 488 - Best High Chairs for Baby-Led Weaning • Episode 205 - High Chair Help: What if My Baby Won't Sit in the High Chair? • Episode 379 - Favorite Portable High Chairs for Feeding on the Go 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. and save $50 off when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices