High Chair Safety Tips

Seat Belt, Waist Belt

Whatever you want to call this belt, there needs to be something that holds the child to the seat. You can literally turn your back away for a few seconds and your child could be trying to jump out of the seat. That is the first main concern that you should have.

A seat belt is going to help hold the child in place, so they essentially can’t escape it. While you’re grabbing some food, you don’t have to worry about them falling out of the chair and easily breaking something.

Buy a Wide Base

Basically the base is the area on the ground it covers. The wider the base, the less likely it is going to tip over. This all comes down to simple physics, but the tipping point for anything is when the center of mass falls outside the base. When you have a much wider base it becomes difficult to make the center of gravity get outside the base and tip over.

Keep Chair Away From Corners

What I mean by this is that you have to keep the chair away from tables, counters, or anything that is blunt and has corners. If the child did get out and fell or if the high chair ended up tipping over, you don’t want them to hit the corner of anything. The seriousness of hitting a corner could easily break bones, including their skull. This is very important to follow and pay attention too.

Keep Other Children Away From It

You might have an older child that doesn’t need the high chair. They shouldn’t be standing around or holding onto the chair while you have a younger child in it. It is very likely that they could accidently cause it to tip or it is very easy for the children to try and play while on the chair.

These are some of my high chair safety tips and I hope they opened your eyes up to the potential dangers that could face you.