Eating is very messy.

[Jalapeñomel]

I have to learn to deal with this. 

We are doing a little of BLW and purees (although D seems to hate eating purees from me, but is ok with daycare), but food gets everywhere.  He doesn't really use a spoon...we got this spoon-squeeze thingy, but it ends up everywhere.  

This is one of the hardest things for me being a mom (weirdo, party of 1). 

[dulcemariamar]

Super messy but it wont be so bad later on.

[wavepool]

We have two dogs and I still don't like how messy it is! At first,I thought I'd have to give him a bath every time he ate. It did get better, but still messy!

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[cricketwife]

Yeah, we just started yesterday and the brand new high chair, which is supposed to be easy to clean, already has stained straps. I was mentally prepared for it to be messy but I thought I'd be able to clean it up better. I remember being about 10 and my mom saying babies in high chairs was her least favorite stage - that always stuck with me.

[greenchile1]

Do you have an ikea near by? They sell long sleeve bibs with pockets that are great. Contains the mess and are machine washable. We're still using these at 2 1/2.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 19, 2014 14:43:59 GMT -5 wavepool said:

We have two dogs and I still don't like how messy it is! At first,I thought I'd have to give him a bath every time he ate. It did get better, but still messy!

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Yes! How do you avoid not bathing each time?  He gets so gross and his chair, gawd! 

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 19, 2014 14:51:44 GMT -5 greenchile1 said:

Do you have an ikea near by? They sell long sleeve bibs with pockets that are great. Contains the mess and are machine washable. We're still using these at 2 1/2.

Oh man, this is genius! 

[greenchile1]

These are the bibs. I had a couple from Bumkins but they were more expensive.