Why Your Baby’s High Chair Needs a Footrest

Jan 28, 2025

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#007: How does an adjustable footrest on your baby’s high chair help reduce the risk of choking? In this episode we’ll look at how your baby’s feet resting flat helps stabilize their core and support a safe swallow…and how to fix your high chair if it doesn’t have a footrest or if your baby’s feet don’t reach the footrest yet.

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. Why your baby’s feet resting flat on a solid footplate helps reduce choking risk

2. How to build a DIY footrest if your high chair doesn’t have one

3. What to do if your high chair has a footrest, but your baby’s feet don’t reach yet

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/7

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