Bye Bye Highchair!

It's official! The highchair will no longer occupy the space of two place settings any longer! It's gone from the dining room to the garage where it will wait until Ron & Holly pick it up for their new little one. Or maybe we'll take it to the in-laws and free up some more space!

We didn't kick Sammy out of the chair...she has made it clear that she no longer prefers to sit there any more. She wants a big chair. We believe in letting our kids make their own decisions...up to a point! Besides, as long as she eats her broccoli who cares where she sits?


This only backfired on us once. Zoe decided at 9 months that she no longer wanted to use her pacifier. Um, OK. I had been envisioning this long drawn-out battle that you read about in all the baby magazines since we first inserted between her lips! So, she just hands it over and I'm thinking, "Wow! That was easy!" Fast forward to three days later when we're at church, then a restaurant, and then...OK, you get the point! All those places when it isn't just handy, but ESSENTIAL to have a pacifier and she refuses to even look at as an option!!! Believe me, I still had it! I still offered it. But N-O! Ah well, we survived! Sammy also gave up the pacifier on her own. She never really liked it and she used it a lot less frequently than Zoe.

We also saw this coming. She had started to climb up and in her chair before supper time (the equivalent to banging silverware on the table while waiting for the grub). She also started to stand in her chair and look around so we started to lock in the tray after use to prevent her from being able to climb up there and stand. So it is time.

Now she's out of the highchair, potty training is in full force...and in just a few months our baby will be turning 2. This is just another stepping stone for us. I mean, her!