Bumbo owners, help please!

Birdies08 · November 2011

I have been thinking about buying one for LO. Right now we have a highchair, that can be a pain to strap her into, and a RNP, that she is getting too big for. I thought a Bumbo would be a good next step and they seem like a cool company.

Expect I cannot get consistent information from retailers about the weight limit! One place said 30 pounds, which would be fine, but another said 22. LO is already 20 pounds (I know), so that would not work at all.

Help me, Bumbo owners! What does the package/insert say?

sunset+skies · November 2011

We're borrowing one from a friend, but I'd be curious to know, too! The 14 month old keeps climbing into it, and he's 36lbs. I want to know he's not going to compromise the safety for when we put D in it!

JuneBugsMommy · November 2011

Ours says up to 22 lbs.

courtneyjean7 · November 2011

I dont have the box anymore so I dont know the weight limit. However, my 25lb almost 3 year old DD can fit in it, but my 4 month old 16lb DS cant. It really all depends on how chunky the babys thighs are. Im hoping DS legs will slim down so he can fit in it again!

Birdies08 · November 2011

courtneyjean7:
I dont have the box anymore so I dont know the weight limit. However, my 25lb almost 3 year old DD can fit in it, but my 4 month old 16lb DS cant. It really all depends on how chunky the babys thighs are. Im hoping DS legs will slim down so he can fit in it again!

My baby has super chunk thighs. Like, nurses on them and clothes don't fit right, ha ha. They are super cute, but maybe the Bumbo is not for her!

I wish I knew someone by me who had one so I could try it out... but if the package says 22 lbs, I think we'll have to just skip it.

Edited to make sense. I am sleepy.

JuneBugsMommy · November 2011

I checked BRU for similiar seats and the Mamas & Papas Baby Snug says Stage 2 of the seat can be used at approximately 12 months. So that one doesn't look like there is a weight limit. I also couldn't find a weight limit for the Prince Lionheart bebePOD Flex.

LexGator · November 2011

I don't know the weight limit, but I will say that my 17ish pounder's chunky thighs get stuck in the leg slats when I lift her out of it. So, I don't think the Bumbo will be a long-term thing for us.

Birdies08 · November 2011

JuneBugsMommy:
I checked BRU for similiar seats and the Mamas & Papas Baby Snug says Stage 2 of the seat can be used at approximately 12 months. So that one doesn't look like there is a weight limit. I also couldn't find a weight limit for the Prince Lionheart bebePOD Flex.

Hey, thanks! I saw the Lionheart one; I think we might get that. On their website you can actually see the insert and there was no weight limit.

pammeelala · November 2011

My 15 pounder has super chunk thighs and it's starting to get difficult to get his legs in there without them getting stuck. Especially his right thigh. Unfortunately, I bought mine second hand so I am no help on the weight limit.

JuneBugsMommy · November 2011

Birdies08:
JuneBugsMommy:

I checked BRU for similiar seats and the Mamas & Papas Baby Snug says Stage 2 of the seat can be used at approximately 12 months. So that one doesn't look like there is a weight limit. I also couldn't find a weight limit for the Prince Lionheart bebePOD Flex.

Hey, thanks! I saw the Lionheart one; I think we might get that. On their website you can actually see the insert and there was no weight limit.

The family I nannied for bought a Bumbo for DD and didn't like it so they bought the bebePOD and loved it! I totally forgot about this when I was registering and we got a Bumbo. It stays at my parents house, my mom watches DS 3 days a week, and they don't use it often. But, I wish I would've remembered and got the bebePOD!

lynn97 · November 2011

Birdies08:
courtneyjean7:
I dont have the box anymore so I dont know the weight limit. However, my 25lb almost 3 year old DD can fit in it, but my 4 month old 16lb DS cant. It really all depends on how chunky the babys thighs are. Im hoping DS legs will slim down so he can fit in it again!
My baby has super chunk thighs. Like, nurses on them and clothes don't fit right, ha ha. They are super cute, but maybe the Bumbo is not for her!
I wish I knew someone by me who had one so I could try it out... but if the package says 22 lbs, I think we'll have to just skip it.
Edited to make sense. I am sleepy.

When I was looking at seats, I remember seeing some complaints from people who said their LO's thighs were too big to fit in the Bumbo. But many of them liked the Prince Lionheart Bebepod, which is similar. You might look at those instead?

Birdies08 · November 2011

Lionheart it is! Thanks everyone!

Plus, cute, right?

JuneBugsMommy · November 2011

Birdies08:

Lionheart it is! Thanks everyone!

Plus, cute, right?

Yay! So cute!

justme04 · November 2011

I pulled mine out for DS2 and DS1 keeps sitting in it. He is 2 and 26 pounds...it hasn't buckled under him yet. Unfortunatly DH tossed the package and I can't find the insert right now...so I can't say for sure. I know a few people who have 2.5 year olds heavier then mine (One is 32 pounds) and they use their as a boster seat at the table...