In defense of the Bumbo
This post is pretty much a rant, but it is also more from a therapist perspective...just warning you. I am not a paid spokesperson (although, Bumbo people, if you want to pay me to endorse your product, I'd be ok with that). It is about a wonderful baby product called a Bumbo seat. For those of you not familiar, it is a contraption that looks like this: It is used to help babies who are not yet independent sitters sit upright. It is a great way to work on head and neck control, as well as visual development, since the babies are upright. It gives them a chance to work with their eyes in a vertical plane, giving them the opportunity to work their eye muscles as they work their head and neck muscles. They even have little trays so kids can work on their fine motor skills too. Random picture found on internet when googling Bumbo Bumbo seats have just been recalled for the second time in five years. It bums me out. They are being recalle...