Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat Color: Sage

by Prince Lionheart

Product Features

• Ergonomic design provides optimal support in helping baby learn to sit
• Helps ensure baby is safe and comfortable
• For infants 3-12 months
• Pediatrician approved & recommended
• High back helps promote proper posture

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 9 x 13 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000BWAC50
• UPC: 049345071016
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,301 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Product Description

Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat The ultimate in infant positioning and support, the Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat is perfect for your child. An essential tool for babies learning to sit, the Bebe Pod promotes great posture as well. Baby's own body weight helps ensure a safe and comfortable seating position without the need for uncomfortable straps. The Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat is lightweight and features a durable, non-toxic surface that is easy to wipe clean.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific baby seat (but be sure to use it properly and take appropriate safety precautions), January 18, 2007

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Happy Mommy "Elee" (Glen Cove, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat Color: Sage (Baby Product)

DS started sitting in the Bebepod when he was about 8 weeks old, as soon as he could support his own head. At that age, all of his other "seats" (swing, high chair, car seat, stroller, etc) had him in a semi-reclining position, where he's resting on the back of his head (that, along with the "Back to Sleep" campaign to prevent SIDS, contributes to the prevalence of "flat head" in many babies today).

Before the baby was able to sit up by himself, aside from us holding him up or his relatively brief tummy times, this was the best (and only) way to have him be upright on his own! There's really nothing else like it on the market. He loved the freedom of being able to turn his head and upper body around and interact with his arms. He sat in it to play, eat, watch TV, or just hang out with us. He really loved sitting independently, like a big boy!

We bought both the Bumbo and the Bebepod, since we couldn't decide which to get initially, and we used one for upstairs and one for downstairs. To be honest, they are really very similar, except that the Bebepod is more aesthetically pleasing. Its styling and pretty pastel colors are much nicer than the Bumbo's loud ugly colors. Both are made from low-density foam, which looks smooth like plastic but feels soft and comfortable to the touch. Both are lightweight and easily wipes clean. It's a great seat to take with you to the park, the beach, or Grandma's house.

The Bumbo seat is designed so that the baby's butt dips further down quite a bit further in the seat than his legs do. That, along with the arm rests, seem to support him better when he was small (around 8-14 weeks). However, after he grew bigger, the Bebepod seems to be a bit more comfortable for him, since his bottom isn't dipped down as low and it maintains his posture better. Without the arm rests, his arms are able to reach his toys more easily in the Bebepod. Also, he likes to rest his hands or his toys on the center pommel of the Bebepod, where as his toys often fall off when he's in the Bumbo. (Our pommel seems very secure, and we did not experience the other reviewers' complaints of it coming off.)

NOTE: This is NOT a chair in which you should leave your child unattended. Since it does not have any buckles, it is possible for a child to wiggle himself out of the seat by arching his back once he's a little older. We usually keep the seat on the carpet, so that he stays safe even if he does manage to get himself out of it. (It's only happened once when he was about 6 months old. DS is 8.5 months old now.) Sometimes, we do place the seat on the table or in another chair in order to feed him, but then he's always closely monitored.

UPDATE: DS is now 11-months old. After he became adept at sitting on his own, unsupported, the Bebepod and Bumbo were no longer necessary. He liked to crawl and stand, so the confining nature of these infant seats were no longer appropriate. However, we're still happy with our purchase. The seats have served their purpose and we will keep them for the next baby.

In summary, this is a GREAT infant seat, which we would definitely purchase again. However, before you make your decision, realize that the usage of it may be limited to approximately 6 months or so, depending on your child.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great!, November 9, 2006

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C. Cross (Panama City, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat Color: Sage (Baby Product)

We picked one of these up for our daughter when she started trying to sit up on her own. She wanted so badly to sit up without our help, but didn't have the strength or the balance to do it, so we figured that this seat would help her with that, while giving her a sense of independence about it. It worked beautifully! It took only about a week or two of using this seat (about 15-20 minutes a day) before she started to be able to sit up without it!

Some things that we noted, though:

1) When we first started using it, we had to watch her carefully. She is very small, and used to turn sideways in it, putting one leg up and over the side, while the other stayed put. She never got hurt or anything, but it was frustrating for her. This problem was short-lived, however, and only lasted for the first few days, until she developed a better sense of balance.

2) We had to wait a while after feeding our daughter to put her in this. She would lean forward to try to reach her toys, pressing her belly into the part of the seat that comes up in the front. Sometimes she would lean forward so far that it would push on her belly and make her spit up if she had just recently eaten. (Our daughter had difficulty with spitting up anyway, so other kids might not have that problem, but still I think it is worth noting...) The seat is very easy to clean though, so it was no biggie from that perspective... just a bit of an annoyance for us and for our daughter.

3) Once she mastered the art of sitting up, she started trying to kick her feet forward while pushing down, to see if she could move the seat backward. It did not slide, though... it tipped. She almost fell backwards a few times by doing this, and we were very glad that we were there to catch her. She was on a padded surface in a safe environment, so wouldn't have gotten hurt anyway, but it probably would have given her a good scare if she had actually fallen all the way back.

Still, even with these experiences, I do recommend this seat! I do not know if the other seats of this type on the market would be better in any of these regards, but I thought this seat was just fine for its purpose, especially since we only needed it for such a short while. The big thing to remember with it -- and this is true for all things of this nature -- is that it needs to be used with parental supervision.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying, February 13, 2007

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C. Schultz "discover" (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prince Lionheart Bebe Pod Booster Seat Color: Sage (Baby Product)

1. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SEAT (AND SEATS LIKE THESE)?
Seats like these are marketed as "infant positioning and support" or similar. The intent is to help you teach your child to sit up. It is a tool you use while your are sitting with your child on the floor. You shouldn't leave an infant's side when they are in these seats, because they are liable to tip over. The directions state that the seat should be placed on a solid surface, so you need to be there to keep your baby from tipping and bumping his/her head on the floor. You don't want to use this seat on a table or any raised surface. You cannot use it on your bed, because the unstable surface will cause it to will tip right over.


2. WHEN WOULD I USE THIS SEAT?
I'm sure you have sat on the floor with your baby supported between your legs. Maybe you used a couple pillows to help you support your infant. This seat does the same thing. If you want to feed your child infant cereal in this seat, remember to set the seat on the floor--never on the kitchen table.


3. IS MY CHILD AT THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE FOR THIS SEAT?
There is a very small window in which you would use this seat. It is approved for infants 9-22 lbs, but I think that gives the wrong idea. Your baby will need to be strong enough to be a "supported sitter" but not developed into "self-sitter." I'm getting these terms from the Gerber infant cereal box. A "supported sitter" can hold his/her head up on his/her own. I don't know any 9 lb babies that are "supported sitters." "Self sitters" are too strong for these chairs. "Self sitters" will likely rip off the front pummel and/or learn that flipping the thing over gets a big fun reaction out of mommy.