Miss Zoe On Her Throne

About 2 months ago we bought Zoe a beautiful new highchair. I spent a lot of time selecting just the right one. I wanted it to be wooden so that the sensitive skin on her back and legs would not be irritated by vinyl or plastics, but I also didn't want it to cost a fortune. I finally found one that fell into the 'magic midrange' (magic in terms of quality and value). This is a phrase Jonathan use's all the time and considers products that fall into this range to be the best you can get as they are not so outlandishly expensive that no one can really afford it or so cheap that the quality suffers.

Until we got the chair we had been feeding Zoe in a fabric rocker her great Aunty Julie bought her when she was just a few months old. Each feed it would get even more dirty and disgusting so I was thrilled when we got the call from the shop to say our chair had arrived. We went straight out to pick it up, brought it home, set it up and admired how well it matched with the rest of the furniture, but then. disaster! Zoe couldn't sit in it! She kept sliding to the side and knocking her head, which soon brought with it much crying and screaming. I was so disappointed. After all the trouble we went through to get the 'perfect' chair and she couldn't even use it. So it was back to feeding in the rocker for another 2 months while Zoe spent a little more time learning how to sit up and stay up.

Yesterday I decided to give her another go in her beautiful new chair. This time we had great success. She absolutely loved sitting up and watching what was going on. Feeding her is a little more difficult as her head bobs all over the place in her attempt to stay balanced whilst taking in the surroundings from high up on her throne, but I am just so relieved that the chair is finally being put to good use, rather than collecting dust in the corner. Now it can collect dust and a range of weird and wonderful spills as Zoe spits, throws, drools, drops and smooshes her food all over it. Every baby needs a throne of their own to do that too.

The little princess, sitting high upon her throne certainly rules supreme in this house.