High Chair Positioning for Babies

High Chair Positioning for Babies

by Solid Starts

Seating position is the most important thing to consider when baby is in a high chair. Proper positioning for feeding is crucial for swallowing safety. Additionally, seating position impacts a baby’s ability to use their arms and hands and chew.

Proper positioning includes the following:

• Shoulder and hip alignment: back should be completely straight, shoulders in line with hips
• Bent knees with the ability to bear weight forward into the feet
• Ability to reach with the arms/hands to easily reach food on the tray
• Weight forward, pressing through the feet. This often creates about a 90-degree angle through the ankles, but rather than the angle, look for the postural position of the feet pressing into the footplate.