Guides

Four longer answers to the questions parents send us: what a bouncer is for, what to do when the baby falls asleep in it, how to wear a hip seat, and what wears out in the first year.

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  What a bouncer is actually for, and what it is not

  Every baby needs somewhere to be that is not your arms. The seat you choose decides how long that somewhere lasts.

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  The baby fell asleep in the bouncer. Now what?

  It will happen on the first day. A reclined seat and a full stomach put a baby out in four minutes. The question is what happens in the next four.

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  Wearing a hip seat: the belt, the angle and the twenty pound wall

  A hip seat is the fastest carrier in the house to put on and the easiest one to wear badly. Most of that comes down to where the belt sits.

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  A year with a bouncer: what wears out and what to wash

  A frame lasts. Fabric does not. After twelve months of daily use the difference between a tired seat and a finished one is usually thirty five dollars of fabric.

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