Milestone - He has earned his place at the dinner table

12 November 2008 at 7:30pm

Ryan has achieved another milestone as far as we are concerned. For the first time, he has earned his rightful place around the dining table. He was given a Chicco Highback chair as a gift from one of his mommy's colleague. But the instructions said 6 months and above. So, the chair has been in the unopened box waiting to do it's duty.

Dinner time with Ryan has always been a juggling act. I am not talking about the food. It is Ryan that we are juggling because he wanted to be carried and would not want to sit still. So, we will take turn to carry and `entertain' him while the rest eat. Since my younger sister is staying with us till her own apartment is ready by year-end, we will take turns to be his jester. Needless to say, dinner is almost always a hurried affair.

With him at 5 months now, we have decided to try training him to sit (hopefully in a civilised manner) by the dinner table while we have a decent meal. So we brought out the chair, fixed it up and gave him a try a couple of days ago. He really do not have much patience with it though.

We did the same thing last night but to keep him entertained, I gave him his bolster. And surprise, surprise. We had our 25 uninterrupted minutes of a decent dinner (amidst giving him some occasional attention and encouragement). He was busy playing with his bolster, cooing and talking to himself. And he certainly looks good sitting on that cool Chicco highback.

We would not have bought it because our check with the stores showed a hefty price tag of close to RM700! Unlike a car seat where safety is a great deciding factor, a dining chair is a dining chair to us. Like I said earlier, this little fella is lucky to have many uncles and aunties who are more than willing to shower him with gifts. (And the parents aren't going to complain..hehe)