https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:05:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2659028 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:42:11 +0000 Ajsmommy 2659028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bench at our kitchen island and that is where DD and I sit for meals. She's been sitting on it since around 2 ish I believe. No issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658954 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:31:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2658954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@misolee: the irony is she always wanted to sit in a regular counter stool at the island in our condo, until the baby started sitting in a high chair... then suddenly she needed to be in a special seat too, just as she was actually ready to sit in a regular chair. Because toddlers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658951 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:26:32 +0000 misolee 2658951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was in a regular chair but it was high (we had like a really high dining room table before we had kids) and she sat in it since two. Never fell or fidgeted. But that's her personality. My friends would bring their kids over for play dates and the kids would always fall off or over. We recently switched to bench when she was about 3.5 and it's fine. She's 4 now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658906 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:58:09 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2658906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a bench just before LO turned 2, and its worked out really well! I put one of these on the bench so give her a little boost. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionheart-Soft-Booster-Charcoal/dp/B005ZBHXOA/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1480463848&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=prince%2Blion%2Bbooster&#038;th=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionheart-Soft-Booster-Charcoal/dp/B005ZBHXOA/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1480463848&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=prince%2Blion%2Bbooster&#038;th=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658895 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:15:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 2658895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I actually want her to be able to get down now. Otherwise she pushes the table away from her chair to get down and it's infuriating. So that's good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658831 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:53:06 +0000 caitlanc 2658831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a booster seat strapped onto our bench. It has worked really well for us. We started using it there when LO1 was about 3 but even LO2 (almost 2 years old) uses it just fine on occasion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658825 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:48:45 +0000 erinbaderin 2658825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has been sitting on the bench since a little after 2. It's fine - I don't see it as being any different from a regular chair. He usually kneels, but now that he's a bit taller he can sit on his bum. It's a bit of a hassle because he can get down easily, and sometimes he slides over and crowds me out or sits in my lap, but it's fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kitchen-benches-and-little-kids#post-2658791 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:57:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 2658791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Enough with the kitchen table questions! :) </p> <p>If you have bench seating at your kitchen table, when could your kids sit on the bench without fidgeting or sliding around? We had been planning to do four chairs and a bench- so two chairs along the side further from wall, one on each end, and the bench on the side closer to the wall. But I'm wondering if my almost 3.5 year old will be able to sit on the bench anytime soon. She sits in a booster type seat now- she insists on it since the baby is in a high chair. </p> <p>So do you like or dislike the bench seating? </p>